HTML mental block

[Arceye]

Hi, I am having trouble with a mental block when trying to write html. I look at the source almost every site I look at and I can read and understand very clearly what each part of the html code is doing. I have taken a few free online basic tests where html code is shown and the answer to what it is doing must be given, all of these tests have given me good results (above 80%).My problem is if someone were to ask me to write the code for a site my mind goes numb and I would struggle even to write the very basic first lesson "hello world" kind of web page.This is not an isolated problem with only html I have exactly the same problem with any kind of script such as VB, Java, PHP, ASP and just about every other kind of script or programing language I have tried to learn. All of them give me the same result I can read them, dissect them, understand what each bit is doing but I cannot write even the most basic things from scratch.Basically what happens is my brains tells me I can't do this before I even start so how do I get over this problem ?

[boen_robot]

Try using WYSIWYG editors such as Front Page or (better yet) Dreamwaver. Of cource, don't get fooled by it's features. Edit every new code within the code box right after you have seen it in the design one and keep it standart compilant.Another thing would be to try and remembver only few basic tags and write a page with them. Then extend your memory by trying to write few other tags at appropriate places and so on.In fact, I don't remember much tags actually. Dreamwaver does it for me. I just have to remember all of the tags specifics and tricky bits .

[Arceye]

I do in fact use frontpage, dreamweaver and namo web editor to great success but I never mentioned that because I had a feeling I would need to go buy a flame suit to protect me from the flames of admitting to being relyent on such programs.I tend to use them to make a site look the way I want then edit the html to remove the unneeded stuff this is how I learned to understand what each part of the code is doing.I just thought I should really learn how to write it from scratch using only a text editor but remembering all the tags just blows my head away.

[pulpfiction]

i think using text editor will help you a lot. Practice but the first few times it will appear you are lost, then look at some tutorials or other sites, but as you go on you will automatically adapt and you will remember the tags.

[boen_robot]

I do in fact use frontpage, dreamweaver and namo web editor to great success but I never mentioned that because I had a feeling I would need to go buy a flame suit to protect me from the flames of admitting to being relyent on such programs.

Considering that the amount of users using Notepad is the same as Dreamwaver, you shouldn't be that much frustrated about this.I would recommend that you keep your XHTML and CSS inside Dreamwaver and keep relying on it. But when you have to add scripts, try using Notepad for each basic example, practice, practice, practice and so on. Oh, yeah, and don't forget: practice .

[Arceye]

Got it!! Practice is the word I must have missed .Thx for the help I guess I can relax a little and admit to using dreamweaver without the worry of being belittled for it

[Jonas]

I do in fact use frontpage, dreamweaver and namo web editor to great success but I never mentioned that because I had a feeling I would need to go buy a flame suit to protect me from the flames of admitting to being relyent on such programs.I tend to use them to make a site look the way I want then edit the html to remove the unneeded stuff this is how I learned to understand what each part of the code is doing.I just thought I should really learn how to write it from scratch using only a text editor but remembering all the tags just blows my head away.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Got it!!  Practice is the word I must have missed .Thx for the help I guess I can relax a little and admit to using dreamweaver without the worry of being belittled for it

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Yeah, no one on this forum is going to make fun of you for using a WYSIWYG editor. And using a WYSIWYG editor is not necessarily the same as being reliant on it. We just might advice you to code from scratch however. So nothing to worry about. :)Flaming isn't allowed on here, and either way, I don't think the people here are that immature. However, if someone does/says anything on here to create a bad atmosphere, I'll personally give them a virtual smack for it. You just remember that, and if you see a post you find offensive, just use the [! Report] button on that post, and one of the mods will get to it as soon as they see it.