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**mango matto** · 12:10 AM

Hey everybody,
I know almost nothing about web design but I really want to learn. I have played a bit with Kompozer but that is the extent of my experience. I just don't know where to begin. Which language should I start with. Or do you have any good starting point and a good progression that I should follow.
Thanks in advance.
Mango Matto

**MapMaster** · 12-11-2009, 07:43 AM

HTML is most important skill.
additionally to above is CSS.
one more JavaScript

This is all about client side.

According server side you can learn PHP (most popular)
or JSP (if you like Java more then live)
or ASP (if you is fan of Windows only)
or Perl (if you like antiques)
or Ruby on Rails (if you like something unusual)

**Brian07002** · 11:02 AM

For a start do this (if your on windows)

Open notepad

Type the following (or copy and paste it) in the notepad window:

HTML Code:

<html>
<head><title>My First Web Page</title></head>
<body>
This is my first web page! Not too fancy, but accurate!
</body>
</html>

...And for your very first php script (note you can't view this until you install a web server)

PHP Code:


			
<?php
echo "Hello World!";
?>

Notice how in html and php your information is put inside 'Tags' for html you have: To name a few: <html></html>, <head></head>, <body></body> etc, etc..Your code goes between these < > and these < / > note these are < > open tags and these < / > are closed tags

Php tags: <?php ?>

There's alot more, but I'm just giving a few of the very basics

Good Luck in your ventures!

**mango matto** · 12-12-2009, 10:13 PM

Thanks for the information.
What does it mean to install a web server?

**Knight13** · 12-13-2009, 09:56 AM

Here is what i learned to get started in web design. and i learned them in this order

xhtml
css
javascript
php
sql
and mysql databases

Once you learn all of this you can make almost any type of website you want, this looks like a lot to learn but its not this is pretty simple once you start to understand it.

You can download a package called wamp that has a web server in it, and you use it to test your php files out, instead of paying for a website.

**jayrob** · 01:52 PM

You can use one of the many free website builders. If you want just a plain site I recommend www.webs.com or if you want a social website use <link drop removed>

**sn3twork** · 02-05-2010, 02:33 AM

Learn basic html and css probably from w3schools and then watch some youtube clips on how to use photoshop and how to cut psds and make them.

**topbestph** · 02-05-2010, 08:08 AM

Use W3 school to start with html mate. That's the start

**weker** · 02-05-2010, 05:24 PM

HTML and CSS to begin with. They are very easy to learn. Server side languages are harder to learn. S. language I recommend is PHP. Get the PHP5 and MYSQL bible.

**nanimair** · 02-15-2010, 01:47 AM

should i get an external hard drive, if so than what should i load to the hard drive and what do i have to load to my pc,

**lynxus** · 03:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mango matto

Thanks for the information.
What does it mean to install a web server?

A webserver is a program that runs on a computer that serves webpages to a browser.

Ie: if you had a server running on your PC you would browse to
http://172.0.0.1

And the webserver will run the HTML and PHP files and send them to your browser for rendering.

2 webservers that most people use are:

Apache ( the most popular ) - Runs on Linux, Windows etc.
IIS ( Only works on windows "Its microsofts" )

ID recommend if you run windows to google and install WAMP

This WAMP thing basically will install
Apache ( Webserver ), Mysql ( Database ) and PHP ( Serverside scripting )

You may also hear of something called "Htdocs" this is basically the root folder of your webserver and this is where you put stuff like index.html and your images etc.

The webserver cannot access anything outside of this directory by default.

**SpecHosting** · 02-15-2010, 10:56 PM

w3schools is an excellent place to start learning HTML and CSS. I would recommend that as it is the basics of almost every website. When you learn this, then you can expand it more languages. You must learn to crawl before you can walk.

**janiarisee** · 02-18-2010, 04:31 AM

I don't believe you can do that.