Web Programming: Where Do I Start?

Well if you want to know how to design.. it only your determination, that matters and if you have the determination you going to make it.. and lay your hands on graphic tools.. Okay

First of all u have to get your hands on a web designing software such as micrososft front page or macromedia Dreamweaver. The latter is far more superior to its microsoft version but if it is to expensive and finding it is too hard, only then should you result to using front page.

After u have the software down you should go pick up a book, like html for dummies. This is a really good book to start with because it breaks down everything to the simplest form so your background is very strong. Once u have any HTML book though they will take u through step by step in creating basic websites. In order to be a really good webdesigner you have to have lots of experience and experiments, do not give up if its hard in the beginning, things will seem to become easier and become part of u sooner than u expect.

Back to the software, both of the softwares i recommended above both have three parts while making a webpage, you could work soley on code or on design or both at the same time. Knowing that you are just starting it i would advise you to focus more on the design part, it makes it easier for you to create what you want. it is known as WYSIWYG (Meaning What You See Is What You Get). This means that what ever you type or the pictures you put in your design would look like on the web.

well i don't want to get you bored or over saturated if u have another question don't hesitate to ask

Yes, yes. They've said it all. You might want to check this link out anyway: http://www.w3schools.com/

@oasis, i didn't say HTML ain't good oooo but for me before i started design or will i say before i joined the world of been  Web designer i learnt HTML and CSS but to me now i guess with HTML you will be able to design a website to a stage

Infact let me say it has Limitation,  because there kind of skill you will want to archive, but with HTML  alone bro far from it broder.

hi.
i am a fabulous-web-developer-wannabe and most times when i google naija-related stuff i usually get some nairaland forum discussion.

have looked up a number of the discussion boards, some interesting topics. i think this is great and and the forum is one great method of assessing naija sentiments on stuff. i am really interested in that.

well, so this is me a want to-be and please do check out my site: http://www.livingnigeria.com/
of course it is so grossly still-under-construction!

cheers

another great HTML tutorial can be gotten here: http://pagetutor.com/pagetutor/makapage/lesson01.html

i am based in a rural community currently and we had a few "webdesign-tutors" come by who were trying to teach web-design using the WYSIWWIG, which truly left a lot of the kids here lost. i am a firm believer in learning hard-coding, because if you don't get the nuts and bolts down first, trying to figure out how to get other "cool effects" or customised behaviours to your page will be impossible.

over here we are also believers in FOSS


even if linux is not as apealing as windows

i also think it (the PageTutor site) walks in line with Jacob Nielsen's "usability" rules to a great extent. Mr. Nielsen is like this hotshot web-design consultant.  this maybe jumping the gun but http://www.useit.com , his site, is a site to look up when planning/organising your content-layout. oh and the OOL site works too.