Need help to design themes for GS

[Edberg]

Hello.

Right now im stock in, what book i should read in, to get some basic css/Xhtml design from my paper, and onto www.

Is there any tips, some of you can give me.

What programs do you use?

I have the version from dreamweaver mx4, and fireworks.
But i need some links to tutorials on how i can get forward.

Thanks

Edberg

[den15b]

Start by checking out w3schools, then get a good text/code editor like notepad++ (free), and start banging away at the keys. Google css/xhtml/php tutorials, there are heaps of them on the net, w3schools is an excellent resource and teaches you the basics.

[yojoe]

programs ... well, plenty coders use basic text editors.
Choose your own from: notepad2, notepad++ or programmer's notepad.
Wysiwyg editors aren't the thing if you know what I mean
But you can always look at more advanced dev environment like aptana.
I used it for a while, but for most of my website N++ is the thing, as it offers plenty useful options for text editing.

As it goes about where to start from, search for html & css basics, as you have to understand the difference between them, learn their semantics and basic tags.
There are plenty places with learning guides.

[Edberg]

Thanks for the answers already.

Wysiwyg editors aren't the thing if you know what I mean
But you can always look at more advanced dev environment like aptana.
I used it for a while, but for most of my website N++ is the thing, as it offers plenty useful options for text editing.

I like dreamweaver, because in code view i help's me with the code(typing the words/code), it insert the closing tag an like that. If you understand me?

If you use DW in code view, would the site be the same, as i you program it in a text editor?

[yojoe]

There's no problem for tag closing and completing in N++
Dreamweaver isn't the only editor with above mentioned features.

Actually it's not a matter of the tool, but knowledge.
You can do everything even in plain notepad

[den15b]

Paying big money for Dreamweaver or Microsoft Expression is expensive, the best programs are not WYSIWYG (IMHO). You're better off using an editor like Notepad++, Bluefish or Komodo Edit and viewing your pages in a browser. The better editors use tools like code hinting and syntax highlighting which are a great help, but do not add any unexpected code, unlike WYSIWYG editors.

[yojoe]

There are as well: khtml, PSPad editor, Web Tide.
Still, learn html&css basics at the beginning.


den15b: thx for info about bluefish. Gonna look at it, because editors listed by me aren't better than well configured N++

[den15b]

Even with all these code/text editors around, I still prefer to use normal notepad for html & css, it's just a little more time consuming to find out where you went wrong (no syntax high lighting). My most important feature is included in notepad anyway, "find & replace" for all those mysql databases (or any database for that matter) that need to be moved to another server, url or domain name.

[yojoe]

It surely can be mentioned that everyone started his coding adventure with simple notepad
But those were mid 90-ties, and now we got tons of useful OS programs