This is...

[rexfelis]

...my 500th posting! I am now an official Lit Addict. lol.

Now, does anyone know anything about web programming? I just installed a web server and I am interested in learning html, at least. How should I go about this? Any suggestions?

Keep in mind I am running on Linux, and so DreamWeaver and FrontPage are out.

If you'd like to see what little I have achieved with my little test page, and you are really bored, *wink* send me a pm and ask for my addy.

I am on dial up, so it's temprary. But I have to learn this sometime.

 

[LadyDarkFire]

For HTML, one of the best things you can get is arachnophilia.

http://www.arachnoid.com/

It's free.

 

[rexfelis]

For HTML, one of the best things you can get is arachnophilia.

http://www.arachnoid.com/

It's free.

Thanks for the tip. I am off to discover the world of web programming in html, which I once looked down upon in favor of another programming language and now sorely regret having done that... *sigh*

 

[p_p_man]

I used this link...

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/basics.html

It takes you very thoroughly and in an easy to learn format from the very beginning...

The menu is on the left. Start with the Primers..

 

[Weird Harold]

I am interested in learning html, at least. How should I go about this? Any suggestions?

HTML for Dummies is a good reference if you already understand a bit about programming. It does take you from the very basics to a good understnding of how HTML works, but some programming background helps.

 

[rexfelis]

I appreciate the assist, guys. Thanks.

 

[Shockdoctor]

What Linux distro are you using? I am running Linux Mandrake 8.1 and it has an application installed called Bluefish (I think) which is a HTML editor. I believe this is the URL of the Bluefish homepage if you want to look into it: http://bluefish.openoffice.nl

 

[milkit]

Ok this site will look lame cause it's HTML 'for kids' but trust me I have used all the ones mentioned above and Lisa Explains it all was the best it has EVERY thing you could ever want to know and even a board where you can ask for help if your stuck so take a look

 

[rexfelis]

What Linux distro are you using? I am running Linux Mandrake 8.1 and it has an application installed called Bluefish (I think) which is a HTML editor. I believe this is the URL of the Bluefish homepage if you want to look into it: http://bluefish.openoffice.nl

I am running Mandrake 8.1 also. I have heard of Bluefish, but I have not tried it yet. I'm playing with Quanta and Netscape Composer. Time to check out Bluefish.

 

[rexfelis]

Ok this site will look lame cause it's HTML 'for kids' but trust me I have used all the ones mentioned above and Lisa Explains it all was the best it has EVERY thing you could ever want to know and even a board where you can ask for help if your stuck so take a look

We all have to start at the bottom, so I appreciate any help I get. That includes your offerings as well as everyone else's. Thank you.

 

[Shockdoctor]

Originally posted by Rexfelis:



I am running Mandrake 8.1 also. I have heard of Bluefish, but I have not tried it yet. I'm playing with Quanta and Netscape Composer. Time to check out Bluefish.

Let me know if you like it or think it is useful. I have been tossing around the idea of brushing up on my HTML skills and maybe picking up some knowledge of PHP while I am at it.

 

[rexfelis]

Let me know if you like it or think it is useful. I have been tossing around the idea of brushing up on my HTML skills and maybe picking up some knowledge of PHP while I am at it.

Ok.

Tell me, how did you come to be running Mandrake 8.1? And is it your only OS, your favorite OS, or what?

 

[Shockdoctor]

I am a computer geek. I was introduced to Linux while at college and have been using it ever since. Started with Mandrake 6 and have just upgraded from there. It isn't the only operating system I use though. I have 6 PC's: one running Mandrake 8.1, one running Solaris X86, one running DOS 6.22 (for very old games I don't want to stop playing), one running Windows 98, one running Windows 2000, and one that I dual boot between Windows ME and Mandrake 8.0.

I would have to say that Mandrake 8.1 is my favorite OS so far. I only keep the Windows stuff for games and to test things for work.

How about you? What made you decide to go with Mandrake?

 

[rexfelis]

I am a computer geek. I was introduced to Linux while at college and have been using it ever since. Started with Mandrake 6 and have just upgraded from there. It isn't the only operating system I use though. I have 6 PC's: one running Mandrake 8.1, one running Solaris X86, one running DOS 6.22 (for very old games I don't want to stop playing), one running Windows 98, one running Windows 2000, and one that I dual boot between Windows ME and Mandrake 8.0.

I would have to say that Mandrake 8.1 is my favorite OS so far. I only keep the Windows stuff for games and to test things for work.

How about you? What made you decide to go with Mandrake?

I was introduced to Linux by a friend of mine - a very computer savvy friend I met in C programming class in college. He told me that unix-based os's were the thing of the future, and that if I wanted to make it, I would have to start looking into them.

I went home and figured out how to download RedHat 5.0's boot disk, and the rest is history. That was 1996.

I have used quite a few distros, not all, but most, and I finally tried Mandrake as a last resort. I was unhappy with various things about the other distros, and I was not so sure about using Mandrake because of it's logo looking so stupid to me. I know, I know, ridiculous reason. But it really repulsed me.

I started off with 7.0, and by 7.1 I was hooked. I was basically switching back and forth between Linux Mandrake and Windows 98 on a dual boot until about a month or two ago, when even my favorite games could no longer beckon me to use Winblows anymore. Why?

Because I ended up with a new installation of Windows about once a month. Everything kept falling apart, drives would disappear, drivers corrupted themselves, things spontaneously changed, you name it. Windows self destructs at an alarming rate around me. I guess I am a bit of a power user.

On the other hand, Linux just kept chugging along, daring me to add another desktop whenever I ran out of space. It has gotten to the point that I have reached my own multitasking limits, but Linux just keeps daring me to add yet another desktop... I was using 12 at one time.

When I tell my friends all of what my computer is doing while I am using it, and they see how much I do at once, and how fast, they are blown away. Especially since I have an "old" 800 MHz system. It blows the doors off systems running WinXP at 1.2 GHz, according to several of my friends.

I have come to a conundrum. Do I sit back and watch in pride as my friends all use my kick-ass computer, or do I kick them off to use it myself?

By the way, my computer also has a FreeBSD 4.5 installation I am playing with occasionally, and a three-boots-from-dead Win98 installation I have not gotten around to dd'ing back to life yet....

 

[Shockdoctor]

I have to agree that Windows does tend to self destruct faily often. The only Windows distro I haven't had too much of a problem with so far is 2000. I normally get everything working, make an image of the hard drive and expect to have to reload that image a couple of months down the road when Windows decides to commit suicide.

The only problem I really have with Linux right now is support for gaming. However, Mandrake recently came out with a gaming edition which is supposed to be able to run Windows based games without too much configuration. The only thing holding me back on using it is that I can't get a free version. Not sure if I want to spend $60 - $80 to test out an operating system.

I don't think I have ever used more than the 4 desktops that KDE gives you by default. I think if I tried to use 12 desktops at once I would forget what I was doing in half of them.

What you should do for your friends is give them a taste and then offer to help get them started on their own PC. I can never give up my PC for very long so that is what I normally do.

FreeBSD....I've been thinking about blowing away Solaris and trying that instead. There isn't as much support for Solaris X86 as I would like, and Sun is/was trying to drop it completely.