Brushing up on your Website Skills

For anyone who wants to join the internet bandwagon – and these days, when technology is rapidly developing, one is sort of forced to join the bandwagon lest one wants to be left behind in the old age – an elementary understanding of how websites work is a must. It all begins with HTML or Hyper Text Markup Language. Simply put, HTML creates a website. Without an HTML, a website is impossible to exist. 

This basic code is fundamental if one wants to develop his/her website to more complex and sophisticated levels. If you are already familiar with the basics of HTML codes, it is also important to brush up on one’s understanding of these codes since a firm grasp of them is essential especially for those who are keen on making web design a serious hobby or, for many, a profession.

While many programs or softwares have been engineered to be “amateur” friendly, one can easily be lost without a basic understanding of HTML codes. Hence, the necessity of not just knowing how to get to a website, but also how websites are created in the first place. The above schema is a good point to start. One can actually practice that by typing the codes in a computer writing text program (examples are notepad for PC-users or textedit for Mac-users) and see how a webpage will look.

With these basic codes, the possibilities for developing a webpage are endless. One can play with texts, images, videos, and other types of files. It is with excitement to know that such crazy-looking codes comprise the basic structure of websites. Awesome, isn’t it? For those who are not well-versed with website-speak, as I often call it, these basic codes are a great reference point to develop one’s latent potential of creating html websites.

Once you have practiced your website design skills, basic they may be, it is now up to you to practice further in order to acquire confidence in the craft. It is ok to commit mistakes! One should not be scared of the idea of committing a few HTML code errors since these can be easily rectified. One learns through practice. This goes for all those who are quite intimidated or scared with the idea of creating something out of codes.

Developing one’s skill in web design is easy if one is patient, committed and resourceful. The last word should be stressed because of the abundance of various sources online that will help those web design beginners to elevate the craft to a higher plane. And since searching for information in the internet is now a basic skill for many, it will prove easy to learn how to go beyond the basic level of web design. But let us not surpass ourselves. If you are just starting to create webpages, then it is best to practice, fail, and practice more these basic HTML codes until you progress to more advance levels. You can do it!