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» biogardener - Trouble with books
When it comes to modern technology, books get outdated rather fast. All the books which I initially got for anything to do with computers got devalued to museum standard very quickly. This kind of information is much better obtained on the web, and I have found that the links at Angelfire to be the most useful. The book is, however, a great reference tool for simple HTML.The course was apparently written a while ago, because the links in it were outdated. They have, however, been updated since I reported the problem to Maureen. Courses at least can be updated, and I hope that this one will be updated continuously. You can't do that with books. They need revions, and by the time a revision comes out, it is sometimes already outdated.
In some subjects, some books are timeless references. I wouldn't want to use a book as a text book to go through all the way, though. I like to work at one new skill at a time and use it till I am sure that I will remember it. If I want to present something in a certain way and don't know how, I work at it till I solve the problem.
This course introduced some code which I have never used and which I never will use. Everyone has different preferences and will therefore want to use different code. There is also quite a bit of code which I use almost daily which is not mentioned in the course. Whether it is introduced in the intermediate course, I couldn't say, because that is taught by a different instructor. I will, however, go through the course to evaluate as soon as it becomes available to me free of charge.
An interactive course of this type should be helpful for people who have been procrastinating building a website. The course instructor would act as a mentor to them. When I started building my first website, Linda Mazar, the first CE of Kids Gardening and I were each other's mentors. We both started our GeoCities webpages on the same day, and whenever we discovered something new, we would teach it to each other.
-- posted by biogardener
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Joy Butler
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Thanks for the review of this course, Traute. I had wondered about taking a course in html but, like you, have learned on my own what little I know and it seems to serve me well.
A course may be good for those who don't have as much experience working with html for themselves.
-- posted by Joy Butler
» biogardener - Just one goal
As you read in my article, I do not recommend the quick course at all. I only recommend the interactive course to the people who are serious about starting to build a website but do not have the motivation to do it without a mentor.-- posted by biogardener
» Satirie - Re: Just one goal
In response to Just one goal posted by biogardener:I only recommend the interactive course to the people who are serious about starting to build a website but do not have the motivation to do it without a mentor.
One can gain a very good foundation of what they want to know from some of the quick courses, but some of the courses really need the discussions. This would be one where students would benefit greatly from being able to discuss the subject.
I didn't know you could have more than one site on "geocities". I've had a webite on "angelfire" for a long time. It's being completely revamped though. I recommend "angelfire" to everyone. Thanks for letting us know about "geocities", Traute. 
-- posted by Satirie
» biogardener - Yahoo and GeoCities
What I like about Angelfire is the transloading function which GeoCities does not have. There you can, for example, transfer a Suite101 article by just inputting the Suite URL.GeoCities is now owned by Yahoo, and Yahoo email has the best spam filter. Having different Yahoo email addresses allows me to sort my email. Each account has 250 MB storage space. Others only have 15 or 20. SuiteMail only allows 3, if I remember correctly.
-- posted by biogardener
» Tina_Coruth - Re: Yahoo and GeoCities
In response to Yahoo and GeoCities posted by biogardener:Hi Traute,
What an interesting article and review. I also appreciate the information about Geocities and Angelfire.
As I recall, you taught me the first HTML I ever learned way back when! Thank you.
-- posted by Tina_Coruth
» biogardener - Some things to keep in mind
It is fun to learn HTML one little bit of code at a time when you need to use that code. When taking this course, I came across items which I had never used before and don't ever intend to use. I made no attempt to store those in my memory. We have to decide what we need and what we don't need and then practice using the codes we want. That keeps our minds from getting too cluttered.-- posted by biogardener
» dancooper - Re: Some things to keep in mind
In response to Some things to keep in mind posted by biogardener:I agree that remembering information we do not really need is a waste of “brainspace.” In fact, there is really no code I want to remember, so I copy and paste it as needed, modifying the code as needed for new material.
I have a file I keep just for code. I named it “Personal Hyperlink Library.” (I probably should have several files, but the code I use on a regular basis is a fairly short list. One file is enough, so far.)
Every time I want to insert an active link, for example, I copy and paste the code from the last one I inserted, changing the address (and the words to be highlighted in the text) to the new ones I want to reference. Some might say this can become more troublesome than just learning the code and typing it is as I go. I disagree. Having a ready reference of code, all set to go, is indispensible as a reference (much like having a personally tailored reference book).
Plus, if you ever need to look up an address you linked to at some time in the past, you can keep these in a separate listing for just that purpose.
Works for me. (My signature and credits below are copied and pasted. That’s a couple mouse clicks and a couple keystrokes, instead of about 200 keystrokes from memory.)
Dan Cooper
CE, Vintage and Classic Cars
Guest author, Fake News
-- posted by dancooper
» biogardener - Signature File
Dan, do I understand correctly that you paste your signature into each message every time you post? There is no need to do that at all. Click on My Suite, Member Options, and then find the box for the signature file. Paste your signature code into that box and click "Preview."Whenever you want to change the information, you update that file. Every posting you have ever done at the Suite will automatically change the signature to the latest version.
Whenever I want to highlight different articles in my topics, I change the number at the end of the article URl and the title.
I use a lot of graphics in my articles, and I use some of the graphics over and over again. I find it faster to copy the code from an old article and to paste it into the new one rather than to find the graphic is my file list.
I no longer need to copy and paste code at Suite101. I have been using all the allowable code almost daily for so many years that I can practically write it blindfolded.
The only code which I still can't write by memory is tables, because I rarely use it. At the Suite, I have only used it once to create the main Birthday Club page. I did that before the Editor Handbook was written which does not allow it.
-- posted by biogardener
» dancooper - Re: Signature File
In response to Signature File posted by biogardener:Thanks for the tip. I had forgotten that was possible.
But I think in my case I will stick to what I've got.
"Whenever you want to change the information, you update that file. Every posting you have ever done at the Suite will automatically change the signature to the latest version.
I don't really want all my signatures the same. And if I am going to have to think about whether or not a post should have an altered version, I might as well just taylor the end of each message to suit the message, rather than assuming what I used last time is okay, or becoming complacent enough to forget to take this into consideration. Then, too, I send out a lot of messages other than Suite posts. I need the library for them, so it is not an additional task or responsibility. It is a necessity that overlaps with my Suite communications.
But for those who want to have a single signature, this would be an excellent solution.
Dan
-- posted by dancooper
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