Learn HTML/CSS advice needed.

[Stuarte]

Hi guys,
Anyone know of any good FREE resources to get me started with HTML and CSS?
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Cheers!

[Hightower]

I got a book off Amazon for about £3. Cheap enough.

[tmcd35]

I always find this site helpful

W3Schools Online Web Tutorials

[PaulBM]

HTML and CSS Tutorials, References, and Articles | HTML Dog

is one of the best sites I've found. They have 3 levels of tutorials, from Beginner to Advanced.

[dhicks]

Anyone know of any good FREE resources to get me started with HTML and CSS?

I've just spent a weekend trying to teach a friend of mine about HTML! Right: all you need to remember is what tags and attributes are. This is a tag:

<tag>
</tag>

Tags may have attributes:

<tag attribute="value">
</tag>

Tags may contain text:

<tag attribute="value">
Some text.
</tag>

Tags may contain other tags:

<tag attribute="value">
<subtag>
</subtag>
</tag>

That's it. That's the whole of HTML that you actually need to remember. For the rest, just keep a copy of the HTML Specification open in a browser window to refer to and copy example bits of code from.

--
David Hicks

[ctaylor2]

Here's some resources I used whilst learning.

HTML

HTML: An Interactive Tutorial: www.davesite.com/*webstation/html/

Introduction to HTML: Dave Raggett's Introduction to HTML

What Beautiful HTML Code Looks like: What Beautiful HTML Code Looks Like

Handy list of HTML codes for characters like the copyright symbol etc: &#x2318;C &#x2318;V Character

XHTML Overview: http://webmonkey.wired.com/*webmonke...0/index2a.html

CSS

CSS from the ground Up: www.wpdfd.com/issues/*70/css_from_the_ground_up

70 Expert Ideas for CSS coding: 70 Expert Ideas For Better CSS Coding | CSS | Smashing Magazine

Learning CSS Positioning: www.barelyfitz.com/screencast/*html-training/css/positioning/

I'd recommend you just start building some simple sites so you get used to thinking in the right way - learn by doing is best for me. Once you get used to the concepts then I'd also recommend subscribing to some blogs on the subject: look fro Design Float and Smashing Magazine for some useful links.

[Stuarte]

Thanks guys, there's some useful stuff there.
Cheers!