Where did you first learn web design - HTML, CSS etc.?

[kpac]

I thought this would be a good way for new web designers to find a place to start learning.

I learned web design on W3Schools.com, but of course this website helped as well. 

[asimeral]

Thank you so much for sharing this site!  It's really helpful to a newbie like me!  All I wanted was to change a few things in a web page, and this site was a terrific help!   

[stevejohnson1958]

Basically self taught...

I learned HTML through using Dreamweaver...and browsing the web...

There are a lot of guides out there that can teach you how to use certain coding...HTML, PHP, Java...and the like.  Just let your fingers do the walking.

Of course...forums such as this are invaluable, too.  When Googling...I usually run across a post or two which describe problems I've had...or have...

I learned by experimenting...and if I made a mistake...I learned from it.

[kpac]

That's gotta be the fastest time someone has been helped in!

I'm glad to hear it was helpful.

[Computer Hope Admin]

I was 100% self-taught myself, read a few various different books and back when I started there were not many HTML editors so I created probably around 500 of the first pages on Computer Hope in Notepad.  I was switched over to an HTML editor after getting a lot of complaints about spelling (no spell checker in notepad) and because tables are a pain to code and keep track of if you have table within table within table.

[Astoria]

Same here, 100% self taught.
Started with HTML, than CSS, than JS, and than PHP and MySQL

[kpac]

Started with HTML, than CSS, than JS, and than PHP and MySQL

I learned them in the same order.

First, I was just creating web pages for fun. It was ages until I got serious about it.

[michaewlewis]

I learned from the msdn library built in to Microsoft Visual C++. I even used the C++ editor to code my web pages for a while.
I still use the online msdn library for reference, since it references html, css, javascript, and vbscript.

[kpac]

I created probably around 500 of the first pages on Computer Hope in Notepad.

That must have been very daunting at the time but it payed of....

Look at the website now. 

[stevejohnson1958]

Creating a website with notepad...how archaic!

Just kidding..."Different strokes for different folks"...I mean...if you're going to have a large site...like this one, for instance...doing all the pages in notepad would drive me cuckoo.

I'd much rather learn the code, but have an HTML editor do the dirty work.  It just makes things go a lot quicker.

[michaewlewis]

actually, the better method would be to create the template in a notepad variation, and then use php to fill it with information.  That way, you just have to create and maintain a few pages and everything else on the site will be done automatically.

[Calum]

I started at school, so forgive my primitive upbringing.  I started with FrontPage and then moved to DreamWeaver, using the WYSIWYG interface to edit web pages and looking at the code to see what changed.
I started then using Notepad and began hating DreamWeaver and FrontPage, flirted with Nvu but couldn't get into it.
Now I use Notepad++, because it's tabbed so I don't have, say, 100 Notepad windows open, and it has a spell checker as a plugin, as well as a preview in browser function.
I learnt HTML, then CSS and a little JS together.  Most of my knowledge has come from trial and error, but I've also looked at other website's source codes to see what's happening, and used templates to build on my knowledge.  Forums and web sites have helped a great deal too, all found with good old Google.

[kpac]

Creating a website with notepad...how archaic!

Just kidding..."Different strokes for different folks"...I mean...if you're going to have a large site...like this one, for instance...doing all the pages in notepad would drive me cuckoo.

I'd much rather learn the code, but have an HTML editor do the dirty work.  It just makes things go a lot quicker.

You're dead right! Though the forum is a piece of software you can download - look at the bottom of the page.
Powered by SMF 1.1.4

[Calum]

The forum itself can be downloaded, yes, and it can require knowledge of PHP and MySQL if it goes wrong or you want to work on it in a more advanced way than the admin tools allow you.
But all the other HTML pages on computerhope.com have been made, not downloaded.  That's a lot of work.

[squall_01]

I learned at school my freshmen year.  Then during the summer I started teaching myself.  I got a book too that helped out instant html programmer's reference by alex homer, chris ullman an steven wright.  I still use notepad but when I want something to look like differntly then I try to code it I use dreamweaver.