Comment on Ask HN: Best way to learn HTML and CSS for web design?Comments−saluki10yI would recommend getting started with Head First HTML and CSS.http://headfirstlabs.com/books/hfhtml/It will give them a good foundation and confidence to setup a website from scratch.http://headfirstlabs.com/books/hfhtml/Have them purchase a domain and setup a simple shared hosting account to publish a website. Shared hosting like hostgator is good enough to start, learn the basics, use FTP (recommend, MAMP/WAMP, sublime text, filezilla).Then they can move on to more advanced topics.
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I would recommend getting started with Head First HTML and CSS.
http://headfirstlabs.com/books/hfhtml/
It will give them a good foundation and confidence to setup a website from scratch.
http://headfirstlabs.com/books/hfhtml/
Have them purchase a domain and setup a simple shared hosting account to publish a website. Shared hosting like hostgator is good enough to start, learn the basics, use FTP (recommend, MAMP/WAMP, sublime text, filezilla).
Then they can move on to more advanced topics.