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Preparing myself to run a news website

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  • 07-05-2009 12:09am
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    scruttocks
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    Hi all.

    I will be taking up a position as the web editor of a student newspaper next September. Unfortunately, my experience of web design is fairly limited. I understand most of the concepts but I lack coding skillz. The site will be run on ExpressionEngine.

    Could any wise sage give me some advice on where to begin getting the fundamentals of CSS/HTML and web design in general? There seems to be a lot of tutorials about, but I'd hope that someone would be able to recommend something better tailored to my needs.

    Thanks in advance.


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    p
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    If the site is built with ExpressionEngine then it won't be that technical. You'll just need to learn how the system works, but won't need to know much about HTML/Design or coding unless you want to change the design. If it's all setup already that shouldn't be an issue. :)

    If you do want to know a bit about HTML, it's certainly no harm, then there's a great book Head First XHMTL & CSS and this website will give you some of the basics too.

    http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/
    http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp


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    Hydrosylator
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    p wrote: »
    If you do want to know a bit about HTML, it's certainly no harm, then there's a great book Head First XHMTL & CSS and this website will give you some of the basics too.

    http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/
    http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp

    W3schools was my rock when I was learning html and css. What a fantastic website.

    Two great websites, that you may not need are:
    Smashing Magazine - a great website for the visual aspect of design, loads of clever css stuff with lots of great stock imagery

    A List Apart     - lots of very clever stuff for people working with websites. Code and advice.


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