for a real webmaster: Importance of HTML?
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It's absolutely essential. I would actually say that a forward thinking individual may wish to focus on XHTML and CSS2. There are WYSIWYG editors, even some good ones like Dreamweaver, but the code they generate is garbage.\n\nEvery page I ever developed was done in a simple text editor like Notepad.
1101843
That is a pretty broad question.\n\nLearn the basics. You need to learn HTML at the least. Then invest in a GUI like Front Page. There are a lot of online freebies, too.
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When it comes to langauages (like php or html) dont think in terms of good or bad. Think in terms of functionality. You need to look up the uses and environments for php and html ... in otherwords do you hoemwork yourself!
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Well first of all if your not willing to spend money for your website. go to http://www.100webspace.com/, or www.freewebs.com  free webs you don't have to know any thing about HTML if you go to the 100webspace you have to know something about HTML..   If you need some help on HTML you can personally email me.. Just click on my avatar.
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Depending on how complicated you want to make it, web sites can be very difficult to make. The above recommendation to use Front Page I heartily disagree with as it makes very bad HTML code. If you really want to learn HTML I recommend going to W3C's website - http://www.w3schools.com - as they are the ones that control the standard of the tags that are to be used. Most of the time they have examples that you can play with to see exactly how the different tags work.
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HTML is a code - Hyper Text Markup Language - the way to create and link web pages.  The links are the key to making the world wide web happen!  Quite simple to learn - view 'page source' on any of my pages to see how I built them.  I learned by doing this and used one library book.  \n\nhttp://www.homebusinessadvisers.com\nhttp://dogs.homebusinessadvisers.com\nThis one uses wordpress and HTML:\nhttp://www.myasianpartner.com
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Here are some tips for you...\n1. Focus on creating quality contents.\n\n2. Create error-free HTML - search engines love error free HTML. Must include meta tags. Ensure HTML heading tags are used properly to highlight the key words.\n\n3. Avoid dynamic URLs as far as possible - search engines dont seem to like dynamic links (the ones containing "?").\n\n3. Submit your site to top search engines like Yahoo, Google, and MSN.\n\n4. Submit your site to good directories like Yahoo, DMOZ.org, zeal.com, etc.\n\n5. Request webmasters of other sites who whould be intersted in your contents to link your site.\n\n6. Include the URL of your site to the signature of your e-mail.\n\n7. If it is a blog then register blog search engines like blogwise.com and technorati.com.\n\n8. Create an RSS feed and submit it to popular RSS feed readers like yahoo - may like to use pingomatic.com for it.\n\n9. Never use a spamming technique like over stuffing some keywords on your web page.\n\nPlease remember, it take time to build traffic - say about six months of focussed effort.\n\nBest of luck!!
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this site is a good place to start to help w/ writing html code, but if you're going to do web page you need some software like microsoft front page. Front page is pretty simple to use, you don't need to really know how to write html code with it and create beautiful pages, then all you have to do is upload to the server.
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Ask him what html, xtml, vrml, java script, gif, jpeg, href, img src, and so on stands for...if he can spit the meanings out with no problem then he is probably familiar with web design and already has some graphics experience. You might also ask him to provide some examples of sites he has designed. K I know when Im beat...plumpskin has provided an excellent site!
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Google is important because it is the most used search engine out there. If your website isn't listed and well-ranked, you'll be missing out on a lot of visitors who would have been interested in your website.\n\nGoogle's webmaster tools also help you learn what people find interesting about your site. If you use Google SiteMaps, that will show you all the search queries people used when your site came up and when it was clicked on.\n\nOf course, there's also the Google ads, which many webmasters rely on to make income from their sites. Their text-only advertisements are innovative for not distracting visitors from the actual content on your site.
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The description allows you to use most HTML. As far as customizing the layout, etc., you're SOL.
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So many possibilities...\n\nWhile pursuing development will always provide some benefit, I would encourage you to stick with areas where you're already strong, and just learn development as a means to enhance your content options.  I personally believe there will always be opportunities for experienced designers, although the format may develop more over time.  The bubble is still recovering, but its fairly obvious that the web is here to stay, web applications are on the forseeable horizon and will it likely will evolve into something better over the next few years.\n\nHave you looked at Microsoft Expression yet?  I'm not sure if there are any competitors for it, but I feel that it is a good step in the right direction.  As content delivery becomes ubiquitous more applications that focus on a variety of content delivery options (instead of just a web browser) will become the norm.  This is where the design experience will pay off.  As web applications become more pervasive for the consumer, there will be a greater need for experienced designers to present it well.\n\nDon't give up the ghost yet.  I would wager that the "bubble burst" was just a twitch in the growing pains of the Internet.  The best is yet to come...:).
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The best one to start with would be HTML
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You'll have to either learn HTML and some sort of programming language, or buy a software like FrontPage. I'm not sure if FrontPage will do that though. And you'll need a domain name, and probably a server if you plan on website hosting.
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yes its tough, first of all u need to know ur html codes without that then u cant make nothing, its a hard thing to learn and be good at, and u cant learn everthing just like that ur gonna need to learn everything in classes...but u can learn the basics from some sites\nhttp://www.2createawebsite.com/build/html.html
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Yahoo has an excellent free web site.  It is a great way to start.  No HTML is needed - but if you have it - you can do wonders.
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The advantage that Dreamweaver and Notepad share over Front page is far, far less bloated files.\n\nThere's not much of an advantage over Dreamweaver, presuming you're not paying for it, because dreamweaver's got it's own text editor, complete with syntax highlighting and manuals.\n\nThe advantage to hand-writing HTML (or any other code for that matter) is that, once you've got the hang of it, it's infinitely more powerful than using a WYSIWYG editor, since you can do everything the code will allow, not just what the particular editor does. Also, it's easier to fix code when you know what it does.\n\nEDIT: (real men use Vim)