Ok, thanks. That's helping me get over the mental block and get started
playing around. I've also used Scroogle to come up with these:
http://webdevelopersjournal.com/articles/linux_web_server.html
http://linuxreviews.org/webdesign/001_Your_First_Web_Page
So I'm getting started. The world clearly needs another half fast web
designer... And according to the court appointed psychiatrist I'm
already certified.
Thanks,
Ben Bullard
My computer always used to beat me at chess, but it is no match for me since I changed the competition to kick boxing.
On 08/23/2010 01:53 PM, Mark A. Hershberger wrote:
> Ben Bullard<benbullard79@gmail.com> writes:
>
>
>> Where to go to learn about web page design in Linux?
>>
> There really isn't much too it. Do you already know web design? I'll
> assume you don't know anything about HTML at all, so we'll start there.
>
> First, find a simple website. A good example is
> <http://www.pagetutor.com/html_tutor/>. Next, view source. On Firefox,
> this is Ctl-U. A new window will pop up with the source code for
> that page.
>
> Copy the text you see there and paste it into a text editor (gedit under
> Ubuntu will do, for example) and save it as a file on your desktop as a
> file with the “.html” extension.
>
> Double clicking on the file you just saved should bring it up in your
> web browser, but if it has images or styles in it, it probably won't
> load correctly.
>
> So, in your text editor, find the line that has<head> and add
>
> <base href="http://www.pagetutor.com/html_tutor/">
>
> after it. Click reload on your web browser and you should see
> everything pop into place.
>
> To find out what the<base> tag is doing, search for “base html
> element”. The first hit or two will give you a good understanding or,
> at least, a place to start.
>
> Next do things like removing the pop-under code or adding arbitrary
> text. Reload the page in the browser after you make changes in your
> text editor and you'll see the page update before your eyes.
>
> Get stuck? Ask a question here or search the web. Poke arund, explore,
> ask questions, solve problems.
>
> Thats about all there is to it.
>
> Mark.
>
>
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