Greetings to all,

 

I am new to web design and have been reading up on HTML/XHTML for 2 days now, and feel I have learnt all the basic knowledge. My question is about css, I was woundering do people write websites in pure css or html or use both mixed? Is it worth just using one over the other. I have been reading alot about using css for setting the layout for your site. Also people say learn html/xtml then css, then javascript etc, do I need to learn everything like javascript flash etc? I read on some forums that people say forget learning html and just use css is this correct?

 

thx

You need to learn both..... HTML is (simply put) the contents of the website, you use CSS to style the site.

 

Welcome to the forum by the way

Hello

 

Well I think you have to learn css and x/html at the same time as they go hand in hand.

 

The rest can come later in my opinion.

Welcome to WDF!

 

HTML and CSS go hand in hand. HTML is used to define the structure of a document, eg headings, paragraphs, lists etc, and CSS is used to style the page and content, eg apply colour, layout, fomatting.

 

Those people are right in that learning HTML and CSS is the first thing you need to learn - everything on the web revolves around these two things, they are the foundations of the whole internet.

 

You don't need to learn javascript, Flash and so on, that's really a matter for you to decide when you have learnt the basics.

Hey thx for the fast replies. So with htm/x I use it to set the layout like text, placing, headers, colums etc, and with css I use that for font size colours etc?

 

So my other question is what is dreamweaver for If I can just code this by hand why do I need to use dreamweaver?

Ah you put it so much better than I did Bluedreamer..... I had trouble forming a sentence lol!

Ah thx got it:)

 

Also Is there anywhere to learn about where to do good layout structures for sites? LoL I know where headers go:p but the layout of everythign else and stuff like colours and what fonts to use etc.

Hey thx for the fast replies. So with htm/x I use it to set the layout like text, placing, headers, colums etc, and with css I use that for font size colours etc?

 

So my other question is what is dreamweaver for If I can just code this by hand why do I need to use dreamweaver?

You don't!

So my other question is what is dreamweaver for If I can just code this by hand why do I need to use dreamweaver?

 

You dont need dreamweaver, it's no use for someone who is learning. It will do nothing except teach bad habits. All you need is a basic text editor.

haha ok thx:) its just I kept reading one of those most essential tools to use for css was dreamweaver:P

 

But anyway im comfortable with using notepad.

 

thx again for the help:).