What is the best way to learn HTML and are they any free programmes that will teach you?

Question

Can you create fourms with html

Answer 1

I found the best way to learn was through some free tutorials on the net, and then just play about on your computer. Start small, then build in pictures, format text etc, and inset images.

Tables are great to learn as they'll help set out information in a certain way. forums are a bit more advanced, I've not designed them myself, but imagine you'll need a server/database to store your forum data.

I have however seen many websites with a 'generic' forum. Basically if you search on the internet someone has developed a forum which you can take and put into your website. Just make sure they have designed it for this (they'll offer a free forum for you to use), otherwise you might run into copyright issues.

JavaScript is also helpful (and may be help with a forum) as it helps provide a sort of 'memory' for HTML pages.

Answer 2

there are many just go to http://www.w3schools.com/HTML/

and if u just search in google u will find many other then this..

Answer 3

http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/1-int... is a good starting point.

You can (and should) use HTML to describe the data sent to the client browser for a forum, but you'll need a database on the server to store the information in and a programming language (such as Perl, Python or PHP) to get the data you want from the database and add suitable HTML to it.

Answer 4

the way i learned was saving the source of a web page and pulling apart codes, to find out what did what & how.  But be cautious, and try not to steal layouts.

Eversoft Front page is a good program. its free and has a lot of variations you can learn. Also instant scripts. Just do a Google on it. It says free trial, but the trial doesnt expire & you get all the features. None of that annoying greyd out unless you buy it, stuff. I've had it for a year.. Saves me some time. ;)

as far as forums? If your reffering to message boards, I dont think there are any HTML ones. On my fansite we use phpbb ... easy to install

Answer 5

The absolute best way to learn HTML is through examples. Go to http://www.w3schools.com/ to learn HTML.

As for programmes, I don't know of any, try looking one up by going to http://www.download.com/ .

Answer 6

No, you cannot create forums with HTML, you can create the look of a forum but you will not be able to use it due to needing some form of server side scripts and a back end repoistory (database).

HTML is very easy to learn and put into practise, however, to do it well is actually quite hard. Go in search of 'One True Layout' for a good example of how to do it 'properly':

Answer 7

http://www.w3.org/ is the best place to learn all web related technologies. W3 is a World Wide Web Consortium which reviews and maintains all standards related to Web Technologies.  

Answer 8

I taught myself HTML just by googling certain things I want to do in creating a webpage. Ive left you some useful links that Ive boomarked.