What's the best way to learn about how websites work? 6 posts

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Dave Schappell says:

This is an odd question coming from the CEO of TeachStreet, but I have a friend in New York City who's not looking to learn HTML, but rather, to get a good understanding of website operations from the ground up (she runs Bus Dev for a major media company, and interacts with blogs and sites as partners and acquisition possibilies)”

Posted June 04, 2009
Koichi says:

A great way to see how a website works is to use a firefox plugin called firebug. It basically lets you hover over things and see what HTML / CSS / Javascript / etc makes up that particular section. Absolutely incredible and a must for anyone doing website building. Really cool stuff, but might be more useful if you have prior knowledge of this kind of thing.

Posted June 04, 2009
Joseph Sunga says:

Back in high school when I was trying to build website and learn more about them, I went to http://www.w3schools.com/ to get a better idea. I think it may be on the more coding side, but there are some good gems there that talk about website architecture and such. Hope this helps.

Posted June 05, 2009
Koichi says:

I agree - that website's awesome. Good for all website builders, as it keeps people up to date on what standards we're supposed to be following (also good so Microsoft knows what to ignore :P )

Posted June 05, 2009
Ryan Janus says:

As far as good web design goes, a very informative - and hilarious - website is http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/. The theory is that he shows you what good web design is by showcasing everything NOT to do. He's brutal and pulls no punches, even with large companies like Microsoft and Wal-Mart.

Posted June 12, 2009
Kat Lenhart says:

That's really interesting... I've been building my own site as a professional platform for my resume, but also built it with WordPress blogging instead of creating just static pages. I started with a set of "how to" books, but these resources are much more helpful. Thanks for the tips!

Posted June 30, 2009