Re: Software recommendation for beginners

Thanks for all the replys on my original post. Now that I've read all these
posts I have to agree on one point, how do you learn html without writing
it? These will be high school students as well as some middle school and
younger so learning it will be a valuable skill. Starting out with  a
WYSIWIG editor would be like using a calculator before learning your
mulplication tables ... if you don't learn them early on, chances are you
won't know them later either.
-Suzanne


>Waaaaait a minute . . . . .
>
>How in the heck do you learn HTML without writing it?!?!?!?!
>
>I am _closely_ involved in primary education (I'm not a teacher, I'm the
>computer geek that keeps them all working) and in the school's I "frequent"
>I have met *several* in 5th grade or less, that can, and DO, write HTML in
>note pad (or simple text). Granted, these folks aren't turning out
>JavaScript and frames (YET!) but by-gosh they have -learned- to write
>**real** HTML -that ******validates*******.
>
>Don't get me wrong. . .
>
>There are indeed a _bunch_ of software programs out there that will
>generate "web pages", and those web pages indeed work well on SOME
>browsers, SOME TIME. And if that is good enough for you, by gosh as long as
>it's not my site they are posted on, it's good enough for me.
>
>But on the other hand . . .
>
>If *real* access is an issue. If pride in a job _correctly_ done is an
>issue. Then at this time YOU HAVE NO CHOICE but to LEARN HTML, sorry but
>it's a fact of life like death and taxes. Oh, BTW, I'm really not trying to
>shout at you, I just don't want you to miss that part :-) sorry if I hurt
>your ears.
>
>Now . . . .
>
>Doesn't it just make more sense to learn it right the first time, than to
>learn a bunch of junk you have to eventually UN-learn in order to
>successfully create the genuine article (valid HTML)?
>
>Even Homesite which as _proven_ to be one of the best of the best canned
>editors, writes code that must be tweaked before it will create a clean
>page that validates (in a lot of cases). If you have ever seen homesite you
>know that it's NOT WYSIWYG, If you don't know HTML, how in the heck are you
>supposed to know how to tweak it's code - answer: you can't. Woops!
>
>Summary . . .
>
>Take the time and trouble to learn HTML. There is _no_ substitute (unless
>you want to hire someone like me to write for you!), and nothing, at any
>price, that works better than a plain old text editor (OS flavor of your
>choice).
>
>There you have it, the world of HTML according to a guy so "fuzzy", it's
>his name. Take it for what it's worth to you - then send him the contact
>information for the clients who's sites you have produced with the canned
>editors so he can make a fortune fixing your stuff!
>


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