What should I learn to know about web designs and programming ?

I am a freelance journalist planning to start a web magazine. For this i need to learn web programming, but i have no idea about how to start ? I mean I dont know anything about basics of programming for the WEB. Even things like web server, FTP or any other terms are not known to me .





I basically want to focus on learning JOOMLA CMS for making my site because we want to use Ijoomla magazine component for it .





Please suggest how should a novice like me start learning the terms and tricks of web design ....





I would also appreciate if someone can tell me where in central india, I can find tutors for this...





Thanks in advance...

What should I learn to know about web designs and programming ?
Start in HTML web programming, then learn something about web design.
Reply:It takes years to master the skill sets needed to learn effective and robust web programming.





This is THE reason for the existence of "CMS" applications like Joomla. Joomla makes it easier for the non-programmer to manage dynamic content of a website.





I suggest get up and going with the CMS then look around for programmers when you want to refine or add features and functionality. You won't have any time to do journalism if you seek to master web programming which takes years
Reply:First of all programming and web design are apples and oranges. If you want to make web pages you need a MARKUP LANGUAGE. Markup languages are instructions that a web brouser uses to display info like text, images, and video. If you want a simple page like a blogg or something you can learn HTML (hypertext markup language) or XHTML. You can also learn JAVA. Another option if you dont want to spend a lot of time learning the language you can buy Frountpage for windows ( i think its under a new name now) or Dreamweaver. Thies applications alow you to make proffesional web pages just by simply pointing and clicking (like using Photoshop). If you want to go the learning rout get the book "the complete reference html %26amp;xhtml " by Thomas A. Powell and "Core Java" by Gary Cornell, Cay s. Horstmann. And as for the second part of your question Im an American I dont know jack about any other country.
Reply:I think the best way to start is to have Joomla set up
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Reply:the first thing that you should learn if u want to make a website is standard html google it and it should come up w some tutorials for learning how to write it
Reply:First start learning HTML language which is too much easy to learn. That will help you to design simple webpages.


After that for advanced web designing learn some scripting languages such as CSS scripting, Javascript which will help you to improve your webpages.


There are lots of websites which provides tutorials for web designing. Just Google for it.


You can get free webpage layouts from


http://www.freewebtemplates.com/ which has a huge collection of free web templates.
Reply:Start with Y! Geocitie's or Tripod's pre-formatted style stencils until you get well enough along to be able to write your own HTML. You don't need to learn scripting to start out!





You're eventually going to have to learn Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) and possibly CSS and scripting languages - but start simple with a Free Y! Geocities web page in Y! to practice with,





"Secret" #1:-)


In IE Explorer: Click on the "View"Tab, then select "Source" This gives you the uderlying HTML code for most any web page. As an example try doing it to my web site (Fair Warning:This is a Neo-Pagan site): http://www.barsoomfishrap.org. It ain't as pretty as a pro site, but it has the advantage of being easily maintained, and it does the job I need to do just fine. I pay Y! to give me more tools and no ads - "Your Mileage May Vary!" Grok?





Secret#2


You can use MS Word to do your HTML Scripting for you. One of its drawbacks is that the header on it is huge. It drowns the reader in "source" information that they don't need to be seeing, and that you may not want revealed about your computer, so you're going to have to edit it out. Another problem is it doesn't DO bullet lists very well. You may want to ***Download*** or buy a "What You see Is What You Get" (WYSIWYG) HTML editor. You don't have to be a code monkey like I am - you can do a web page without even seeing the underlying HTML.





Secret #3


One reason not to specify fonts styles is that the reader's browser may not have it, and the reader can often choose the font style s/he reads it with - it's a waste of time... Don't try to map out exactly to the pixel where things should go, most browsers simply ignore it and display it the way it "wants" to. META tags often help Search Engines Find you, be prepared to relentlessly promote your e-zine - But do it on the cheap until you get a feel for what to buy... In fact, do everything on the cheap side that you can!





Secret #4.


A Seach Engine is your friend! there's alot of material on-line you can get for free. Don't buy "solutions" until you've tried to get somethng similar for free! Try places like Download.com





Secret#5:


Don't use clashing colors that make your website unreadable. Patience is very short on the web, and you don't want your reader's trying hard to read your prose, because they'll quickly move on to the next site... Pls don't use red on green letters on a black background. Speaking of patience, another good example of what NOT to do can be found at Prince's (the singer) website. His "professional" web designers force you to watch a 5+ five minute video EACH time you access the site, with no way to tern the d@mn thing off! If you absolutely need an entrance page, create it so those who only want information can get to it quickly.