[ILUG] [Q] HTML4 + CSS2 (+ wml(1) ?) on-line tutorial?

[Dave O'Connor]

On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 18:40 +0000, Kae Verens wrote:
> 
> reading the specs (w3c.org) is a good way of understanding the 
> technicalities of it, but for a real understanding, there's nothing like 
> actual tutelage.
> 
> I'd recommend doing some of the hwg.org CSS courses. The guy that 
> teaches them, Eric Meyer, is probably /the/ authority on CSS. The 
> courses cost about 100 dollars (US) plus membership. They last about 6 
> weeks or so, and are practical.

Yeah, some of Eric Meyer's stuff is nothing short of unreal. 

> HTML, on the other hand, is simple enough that you can easily get away 
> with just reading the XHTML specs and checking your work against 
> http://validator.w3.org/
> 
> I mention XHTML, as it is basically HTML4 with the crap removed from it. 
> Use XHTML, and you'll be also writing valid HTML4, and most of it is 
> valid HTML3.2 as well.

If you decide to go with xhtml you may want to bear the following in
mind in case it bites you later.

http://hixie.ch/advocacy/xhtml

However much you dislike IE now learning this will stuff will make you
really HATE it. :) Lots of stupid stuff but still well worth it.

-- 
Dave O'Connor <0034452 at student.ul.ie>