There, there darling... ...now back to the kitchen.
<VBG> On 03/07/2009, Christine Aguila <cagu...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Up until 2 days ago I had never written 1 line of html code--not one--for > any purpose. I have spent the last two days, however, learning about html > and learning how to write some html code using Notepad so that I might get a > simple index page up. Oh my gosh, am I brain dead. (Aside: as I write > this, I can hear the most beautiful live xylophone music coming through my > study window. It's absolutely delightful. Someone is playing in his or her > backyard somewhere across the alley.) I did, in fact, get something > written, but oh, is it stinky--and I never did get it just the way I wanted. > > On the one hand I am a bit proud that I learned to write some code--and I > learned how to write a css style sheet--and I was successful at linking the > two, though they didn't link at first, and it took me forever to find the > typo. I had written *type="test/css"* instead of *text*. Ugh! And I got > the jpeg to link to where I *almost* wanted it, but I never could figure out > how to get my little two item list to align the way I wanted to. Still, > like I said, I'm a bit proud of my meager results here. > > But that's just the problem--oh, how meager the results are! I have no > problem being a beginner at anything--it's where everyone starts when > learning something new, but gee wiz, you'd think after 2 days I'd be a > little further along! Moreover, I started looking at the code for some > elegantly simple web pages that I admire, and I'm totally intimidated by the > complexity of the code and feel quite sure it would take me most of the next > 12 months just to get close to learning this stuff. > > Hence, I'm going to throw in the towel and will probably use Word Web Pages > to get something up. > > Lastly, to all you Cyber Techie Code Writers who can write this stuff at the > speed of light, I sincerely tip my hat to you in admiration. Cheers, > Christine > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
