If HTML is to be Learned, Why Are There WYSIWYGs?

Question:  You constantly harp about learning HTML. If it were that necessary, why are there a lot of WYSIWYG editors available on the web?

HTML 4.0 requires that form be separated from page content. This is meant to make webpages more user-friendly. I write about this here with a demonstration of what this means practically, through a styleswitching script, the same one that I have at LoggedNotes. This demonstration styleswitching is meant to show how current browsers can now manipulate the way a user browses a page. The example I give in the article is Opera (the most recent version). HTML 4.0 is the standard and so newbies at web design should learn it and stop using WYSIWYGs (even certain text editors) that are still at HTML 3.2 (and there are many available!)

If you have a free webhosting service at 110MB you've probably heard of "the filemanager". It is the place where one upload's the webpages that surfers will eventually call "your website pages." I have an article about filemanagers in "Uploading Your Webpages: Browser and FTP". In this article, I will limit myself to describing the features of the filemanager used by this site's host and perhaps even suggest some ways of taking full advantage of it.

If you can't design your own layout, download one of those free web templates/layouts that are provided for free in the web. Customize it using notepad or an HTML editor. You may use a WYSIWYG editor, but you may find it difficult later on if you are working on a CSS-styled template. Identify the parts you are going to customize by studying the source code and the stylesheet that goes with it. After customization is through, save your work in a name that identifies it specifically as a "template." Once saved, open it up in your text editor and -- what else is there yet to say -- enjoy your work!