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I taught by myself Dreamweaver MX to undertake a personal website. I’ve been some sort of tech pubs consultant for a long time. That’s now useless. So I am soon that can put out my shingle to be a Web Designer. I would like to aim at the home business current market. I am sooo burnt out on Corporate and business America. So I do not think that market will be wanting very compicated, whizzy sites. I am at this time in an html course by way of a community college. The actual professor is moving the W3C five rules of XHTML. I see that I will need to upgrade to Dreamweaver MX 2004 for this. Anyway, forgive the ignorance, but here’s my question. Inside the 80’s I utilized IBM GML Script to produce computer manuals. It was just like html. Then when they invented Framemaker, use of in their proper mind would employ Script.
Thus, why do I need to learn coding if Dreamweaver we know And how precise does my expertise in the coding should be if I feel using Dreamweaver
And do you think the companies doing browsers will really go on to a strict W3C XHTML necessity making older sites struggling to display I won’t be able to imagine anyone informing Bill Gates develop his browser.
Along with, anybody read this magazine WEBBUILDER It’s published in great britain. Very expensive throughout the States. There has to be something like it published inside States that anyone would recommend
Thanks for ones patience. I’d post my Wp website designer web site, but I probably will not constructing it right up until I finish by courses. I want to do it right. I’d post this personal site I did teaching myself Dreamweaver MX, but it’s just a New Age thing and you should gag.
Related to to become a good member of the following community. Thanks!
Lesley
Just comments. Please don’t be angry or a thing for what WE said. Everyone has their opinion.
That really depend on what you attempting to be.
If you need to be a programmer plus build tools (like dreamweaver) for many people. Then you need to know the coding.
If you need to work on HTML DOCUMENT (or any specific coding) for years ( > = Decade ), then you should know the coding.
If you need to build website and also learn other stuffs, then you don’t really need to know the coding.
But some standard coding knowledge is good to have got. You should at the very least read some HTML DOCUMENT (or XHTML, PHP, CGI or whatever) books that’s for " beginners". And keep books around in case you need them for any quick check.
Primary is experience. Extra you’ve done, extra you’ll know. Even there is not any work, just make upward some task by yourself and go for it.
Consider the good leave other doubts. I’m personally not adequate to answer these people yet.
Dreamweaver is a new WYSIWYG drag-and-drop type application which is capable of making sites when the user doesn’t know an amount of HTML. You don’t even must touch the code if you can’t want to. However, many things which can be done with the WYSIWYG features are only a tip of the total functionality of the application, not to mention its internal PHP, CSS along with JavaScript capabilities. Basicly exactly what I’m saying is definitely, yes it can be performed to build devoid of coding experience, but those with experience are going to find the application has a lot more to offer.
I think that after all this in time, it usually is usefull to utilize the W3C’s compliancy if you might be building a new site, but it’s generally more trouble in comparison with it’s worth in making an older website XHTML compliant.
Best of luck, Leslie, and come back if you would like more help!
Li Brad
MODIFY: Beat me to it, Elroy
Thanks all! What about a recommendation to get a good reference publication and magazine
Thank you again,
Lesley
" SAMS Instruct Yourself" series.
" Developing with web standards" by simply Jeffrey Zeldman, the " SAMS instruct yourself" publications including Elroy said, as well as the O’Reily " Pocket sized Refrence" series.
It’s pretty useful to have a basic information about HTML as well as using Dreamweaver. I taught me basic HTML while using " HTML For Dummies Quick Reference" (not even all of the book) and I recently use Dreamweaver to get my designs. I really like Dreamweaver because it is the only editor I’ve used that’s extremely powerful plus still uses 100% W3C-compatible code until you mess something in place.
Well that doesn’t make much sense in my opinion!
While Dreamweaver is a lovely program which does create quite beautiful code, you’ll probably want to learn HTML because:
1) it’s quite easy.
2) you’ll really need to understand it youngster should be use other engineering, such as JavaScript, CGI/PHP and XML/XSLT – that will aid you in both getting jobs as well as performing them more rapidly.
Learn while you go, and check out at w3schools for many online learning (link within newfiewebguru’s sig : and here: http: //www. w3schools. com/).
html code IS simple, as soon as you learn that (it took us a weekend : 2 DAYS! you cant spare 2 days ) an individual knwo it for life-long, and its an excellent skill to know. think how fast online is growing these days almost every career uses a computer, and the net, and millions connected with companies have websites – you could write your companys webpage etc….
confidence us – know HTML, you don’t regret it. what maybe you have to lose.