Why a tutorial?
Why did I write this tutorial?
A few months ago while first learning to
write html I noticed 2 things. First,
most of the tutorials I saw were filled with
images and sounds which caused them to load
very slowly and were somewhat distracting
while trying to learn. This became
frustrating when referring back for quick
imformation, something I did often in the
early stages. Secondly the operations
seemed mysterious and complicated while
reading the explanations. Only after
performing each task myself, could I see the
simplicity of, and understand the process I
was using.
With these points in mind
I began answering some of postings that I
could. After several revisions I had what I
thought were simple instructions to, step by
step perform the simpler operations.
Using cut, copy and paste, right out of my
email storage I answered the same questions,
asked different ways, day after day. The next
logical step was to assemble the instructions
into a step by step tutorial for beginners,
post to my website, and link to there when
anwering posts in the discussion groups.
A bonus to this, is that someone
looking for one particular method might
stumble onto something else that will be
helpful later on and save posting another
question.
As this is an ongoing
endeavor, it's likely that there will be
minor changes and additions, so be sure to
check back. I hope this is helpful to someone
out there, if so, check out my homepage and
sign my guestbook, it's also a great place to
show off what you've learned.
Good
Luck!
Archie
Next
