Call it Code, HTML (HyperText Markup Language), XHTML (Extensible HTML) or markup – when people use those words, they’re talking about tags or the system needed to format a web page.
Does it make sense to LEARN how to make web pages "by hand" using nothing but a text editor? Does it make a difference if you know web page languages like HTML and CSS in addition to web page making programs?
You Bet It Does!!
Here’s Why.
WordPress, Dreamweaver, and similar web page editors become easier to use when you know how to work with source code.
I can’t tell you how many people I’ve taught who have said, "If only I could edit the HTML code, I would be able to really use WordPress, Dreamweaver or other web page authoring programs. I can only do so much with drag and drop and pull down menus. If I could just edit the code, I could fine tune things to get my page to be just the way I want it."
Learning how to edit your code is just one of the things you’ll learn in Intro To HTML.
Take my online class and you certainly won’t need to take a beginner’s course on Dreamweaver, WordPress or similar HTML editors. In many ways you’ll know how to use these programs because you will have learned how to edit the code.
That’s exactly what happened to me. First I learned HTML, then I became a Dreamweaver and WordPress nut case.
Gain independence and creative freedom you can’t get any other way.
When you know how to make web pages "by hand," you won’t have to rely upon any application other than a basic text editor such as Notepad for Windows or TextEdit for Mac. You can go to any computer and quickly make or edit a page, then upload it to your web server.
Also, you’ll find many employers will require that you know HTML regardless of what web content creation or web publishing software they use.
No matter which fancy Content Management System comes down the pike, knowing HTML and CSS will be useful for a long time to come because they’re fundamental to every web site.
Learning HTML (and CSS) is so empowering!!
Create optimized, easy-to-manage web sites that upload and download faster, and enhance search engine optimization.
The goal is to create the leanest pages, with the least markup and fewest tags possible. Using HTML (and CSS) effectively eliminates needless ( and usually incorrect) and non-standard code as well as outdated techniques (such as using spacer or shim images which is so outdated only Grandma uses them!!)
The result is a streamlined, easy-to-manage, search engine friendly web design. "Less is more" is no myth when it comes to web page creation. You’ll understand that when you know some web page code.
Use the web design skills you’ll learn in this course at work, home or play.
Learning HTML is like learning how to use a telephone 100 years ago. It’s your ticket to communicating with the world in the 21st century. It enables you to work more effectively with all kinds of online publishing platforms – Constant Contact, eBay, WordPress and so many others.
How can you exist without knowing this stuff?!!
Learn at your convenience, with my one-on-one online training class, Intro To HTML. I also teach the companion online class Practical CSS.
