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physics project

Jan 27, 2005 8:15AM PST

heya!
well every 9 weeks in my physics class we're sposed to work on a project and last 9 weeks I attempted a simple computer game that didn't work (but hey, I got a 92% on it, so I must've done something right eh?)
but anyway, my teacher suggested I make a web page, which I've always thought sounded interesting, just didn't know how to go about doing it. And since my dad's in Iraq, he'd have a very difficult time helping me w/ my new computer adventure.
So, my project is going to be constructing a web page. My dad did leave this book (bout some 1500pgs) bout java, but his friend told me that'd prolly be little advanced for me, so if anybody knows of anything that I could use to construct my project...that'd be greatly appreciated!!!
I also thought about putting some Flash stuff onto it, so if anybody's got feedback on how difficult that is to use for a newbie...
THANKS!
Cara

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You're starting from scratch
Jan 27, 2005 7:19PM PST

but we all have to start somewhere, Happy

Your best bet is to obtain an introduction to web page design. When I first started I purchased one called "An Idiot's Guide to Web Page Design" thru Amazon.com

I didn't like being called an idiot, but once I started reading it I realised I was!!

Flash and Javascript really is for the more advanced programmer, and you may consider yourself not to be there just yet.

For web based help, try these;

http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/quick-tutorial.html (Cascading Style Sheets tutorial).

http://www.javacommerce.com/tutorial/xmlj/intro.htm (Introduction to XML).

http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/

But your best bet is to use GOOGLE to search for tutorials on the topics you have listed.

Happy programming!

Mark

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Another suggestion
Feb 8, 2005 3:59PM PST

Try this web site for basic tutorials in web site building:

http://www.w3schools.com/

Learn the basic HTML (it's hard at first, but if you can handle physics, you'll soon be an HTML wiz!) Once you can get a basic web page up, everyone all over the world will be able to see it, hopefully your dad!!

Have fun, and good luck.