hello! i'll be using this page for HTML learning updates and advice for others also looking to learn.
i made my neocities account and opened the website template several months ago, but i never actually started on HTML until 4/8/2025. i got inspired to start learning from melonking's thoughts on the web revival.
i've made a lot of progress today!
-before i forget, i found out something that could be helpful for those learning to code as well. if you use a img tag to add a image to your site, if it's not a .jpg image the code will get confused. i found that it still worked even not as a jpg but if you don't want the code to get mad at you make sure it's jpg! my friend figured this out for me so props to him!
-this website is a free image converter! use it if you need.
-yesterday and today i've gotten a good feel for simple html tags like lists, embedded links, and paragraphs. i'm sketching out ideas for how i want my website to look, and while it's a bit lofty, i'll be starting small!
css is still very intimidating to me, but i'm giving myself some grace considering i literally started yesterday. i want to get a good hold on html before moving on to css- even if my website won't be pretty for a minute.
-i've been a bit aimless- i'm learning some tags like dividers and some basic css (this page is green right now!) but i'm unsure what steps to take. i didn't think css was so entwined with html, so i'm learning some of it earlier than i thought. i should put my css in an external file before i learn any more, i don't want things to get confusing.
-i think i want to set a goal of learning 1-3 html tags a day. w3schools has a tag library, and i can just pick out some each day to try them out. hopefully that works out alright.
-we'll see what happens i guess! i'm gonna go make that css file (edit: whys my file not doing its job T-T)
-ok this external css file is pissing me off
-like im def writing this code, and i'm pretty damn sure i'm writing it correctly. but it's just not going through!! maybe it's an issue with the linking? but i made a whole new .css file and it still shows the same stuff the old one did!
-well it's just the start of the day. i'll give updates :)
-update, i got impatient. putting internal css in style tags works just fine, but i think that it won't be super sustainable. but at least my sites are a pretty green. working on it
-i haven't made too much progress lately, school's been kicking my ass and when i'm bored i only really have the headspace for drawing. rightttt i should make a drawings page!
-so for now i'm taking a short hiatus while i get my shit together. wish me luck!!