HTML5

[:.justben.:]

Ok hi guys im learning how to code i know a little bit of html but i was told html5 was a more efficent way of coding should i buy a book to study it if so which book and should i use dreamweaver instead?

[Plucked]

I guess you could buy a book on it, but you can learn for free - I taught myself how to code, just by looking through other website's source codes and then adding/editing things of my own, now I'm able to code anything in HTML5/CSS3. Look online at tutorials

[:.justben.:]

I guess you could buy a book on it, but you can learn for free - I taught myself how to code, just by looking through other website's source codes and then adding/editing things of my own, now I'm able to code anything in HTML5/CSS3. Look online at tutorials

Would u be able to help me woth the basics soon?

[Chippiewill]

should i use dreamweaver instead?

Get notepad++ instead: http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Dreamweaver is for idiots with money to waste. Don't bother yourself with html5 until you've got xhtml 1.1 and CSS down properly in your head. The best way to learn is to practise slicing website and then coding them up.

Also 90% of the html5 spec is incomplete at the moment, W3C have only made their mind up on two things, the rest they're still drafting.

[Plucked]

Would u be able to help me woth the basics soon?

If/When I get some free time I don't see why not, been overloaded with client work recently though so I've got to get that finished. Feel free to PM me with your msn/skype

[Dentafrice]

I guess you could buy a book on it, but you can learn for free - I taught myself how to code, just by looking through other website's source codes and then adding/editing things of my own, now I'm able to code anything in HTML5/CSS3. Look online at tutorials

Yet you are still using <b> in the PHP you posted recently... really up to date. Even if you're not wanting to put emphasis (<strong>) to a speech reader, <b> is so old and deprecated. You, as such the most amazing developer (I'm able to code anything in HTML5/CSS3), should know that the convention is to use strong or <span>with CSS to make something bold, and not <b>. (This isn't MySpace days).

Get notepad++ instead: http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Dreamweaver is for idiots with money to waste. Don't bother yourself with html5 until you've got xhtml 1.1 and CSS down properly in your head. The best way to learn is to practise slicing website and then coding them up.

Also 90% of the html5 spec is incomplete at the moment, W3C have only made their mind up on two things, the rest they're still drafting.

So you're saying because I use Dreamweaver for quick things, that I'm an idiot with money to waste? I'm far from that. If he wants to use Dreamweaver at this early stage, why shouldn't he? He has a design and a code tab. Very easy to learn things when you can go back and forth easily.

This guy is definitely not ready for the "I can look at raw HTML and know what I'm doing" stage.

[Tomm]

Yep, this. However, just a minor correction; the html5 spec says you should use <em> for emphasis and <strong> to show importance.

The b element should be used as a last resort when no other element is more appropriate. In particular, headings should use the h1 to h6 elements, stress emphasis should use the em element, importance should be denoted with the strong element, and text marked or highlighted should use the mark element.

Yet you are still using <b> in the PHP you posted recently... really up to date. Even if you're not wanting to put emphasis (<strong>) to a speech reader, <b> is so old and deprecated. You, as such the most amazing developer (I'm able to code anything in HTML5/CSS3), should know that the convention is to use strong or <span>with CSS to make something bold, and not <b>. (This isn't MySpace days).



So you're saying because I use Dreamweaver for quick things, that I'm an idiot with money to waste? I'm far from that. If he wants to use Dreamweaver at this early stage, why shouldn't he? He has a design and a code tab. Very easy to learn things when you can go back and forth easily.

This guy is definitely not ready for the "I can look at raw HTML and know what I'm doing" stage.

[:.justben.:]

U guys are very helpful and ima try learn more css

[Plucked]

Yet you are still using <b> in the PHP you posted recently... really up to date. Even if you're not wanting to put emphasis (<strong>) to a speech reader, <b> is so old and deprecated. You, as such the most amazing developer (I'm able to code anything in HTML5/CSS3), should know that the convention is to use strong or <span>with CSS to make something bold, and not <b>. (This isn't MySpace days).



So you're saying because I use Dreamweaver for quick things, that I'm an idiot with money to waste? I'm far from that. If he wants to use Dreamweaver at this early stage, why shouldn't he? He has a design and a code tab. Very easy to learn things when you can go back and forth easily.

This guy is definitely not ready for the "I can look at raw HTML and know what I'm doing" stage.

sorry u sexy beast i wont argue with da pr0s

[Chippiewill]

So you're saying because I use Dreamweaver for quick things, that I'm an idiot with money to waste?

There are far cheaper programs to use for this kind of thing, I would not waste actual money on dreamweaver, maybe if I got it with photoshop or I got a really cheap student one but the w3schools tryit previews are going to provide just as much of a "quick test" system as dreamweaver. Also pressing ctrl-s, alt-tab and f5 is hardly difficult.