Html Helper Ring

So you want to create a web page but don't have any idea how to do it? Well, that's what this article is all about. We'll start from the basics and work up to some of the more advanced techniques.

The first thing you will need is an editor of some kind. My suggestion is to use the simplest, easiest editor of all - Notepad (if you are on a Macintosh, use the equivalent text editor). For those who don't know, Notepad is a very simple text editor which is started by clicking the "Start" menu, selecting "Programs", then "Accessories", followed by Notepad (by the way, some good Notepad replacements are NewPad, NoteTab, and NotesPad).

Why use Notepad and not some fancy editor? Simple - you want to learn HTML, not an editor. What the editor tend to do is hide HTML from you so you don't have to deal with it. Some of them, like Dreamweaver and Frontpage 2000, do a very good job and make it almost totally unnecessary to use HTML at all. Others, like Arachnophilia, completely expose HTML for viewing and editing.

Oh yes, before I forget, don't use a word processor like Microsoft Word or Wordperfect. These programs, although excellent at what they do, completely change the formatting of lines and make it much more difficult to write HTML code.

Okay now to begin the first lesson.
Lesson Plan

1. HTML Tutorial - Lesson #1 Creating Your First HTML Document
2. HTML Tutorial - Lesson #2 Formatting Text
3. HTML Tutorial - Lesson #3 Working With Fonts
4. HTML Tutorial - Lesson #4 Colors
5. HTML Tutorial - Lesson #5 Addressing
6. HTML Tutorial - Lesson #6 Working With Images
7. HTML Tutorial - Lesson #7 Changing Your Background
8. HTML Tutorial - Lesson #8 Inserting Special Characters
9. HTML Tutorial - Lesson #9 Linking to Other Documents
10. HTML Tutorial - Lesson #10 Special Linking Techniques
11. HTML Tutorial - Lesson #11 More With Images
12. HTML Tutorial - Lesson #12 Table Basics
13. HTML Tutorial - Lesson #13 More About Tables
14. HTML Tutorial - Lesson #14 Creating A Simple Form
15. HTML Tutorial - Lesson #14a More On Forms
16. HTML Tutorial - Lesson #15 Lists
17. HTML Tutorial - Lesson #16 Rulers
18. HTML Tutorial - Lesson #17 Working With Frames
19. HTML Tutorial - Lesson #18 Handling Different Screen Resolutions
20. HTML Tutorial - Lesson #19 Client Side Image Maps
21. CSS - Forms
22. CSS - Hyperlinks
23. CSS - Lists
24. CSS - Scrollbar
25. CSS - Text