JamesNov 16, 2023
Carolyna Luna

Masto pals, does anyone know of a good, but inexpensive resource to learn #HTML and/or #PHP specifically for their application to #WordPress?

I'm more looking for online courses or tutorials vs books and I don't have any prior #programming or #markup languages knowledge. I do have basic WordPress knowledge.

Suggestions appreciated.

#blog #blogging #WebsiteDevelopment

Nov 15, 2023 at 5:47pmWeb
Show threadJoby (chaotic good)Nov 15, 2023
@carolynaluna khan academy has an intro to html and css that I bet is good.
Show threadCarolyna LunaNov 15, 2023
@joby Thank you, Joby! Will check it out.
Show threadTobias EtzoldNov 15, 2023
@carolynaluna if you don‘t mind if it‘s just a php beginner couse, there is one available under http://phpforbeginners.com/.
Show threadCarolyna LunaNov 15, 2023
@tobias_etzold Thank you, Tobias! Still trying to decide if I should learn HTML before PHP and I'm grateful to have this resource to add to my list.
Show threadgarrettcNov 15, 2023

@carolynaluna Codebar have some free introductory tutorials for HTML and PHP that could give you a basis to start from. They’re not Wordpress specific, they’re more foundational. https://tutorials.codebar.io

I’m also happy to help if there’s anything specific you’re working towards.

codebar - Tutorials by codebar

Show threadCarolyna LunaNov 15, 2023
@garrettc Thank you, garrett! Grateful to have this resource. To your last point, my issue is that I outsourced my WordPress site creation to an overseas developer that I don't have access to anymore. It's a custom theme & there's code on the backend that plug-ins don't address that I'd like to learn how to do myself. But I have been vacillating on whether it might be best to just start from scratch. How much of a lift would you say it is to learn HTML for a person who has never used it before?
Show threadgarrettcNov 15, 2023
@carolynaluna not a huge lift at all. HTML (and CSS) are fairly simple in concept, and browsers are very forgiving. They will try their best to display something. PHP is slightly trickier in that the syntax has to be correct, but it’s all doable.
Show threadgarrettcNov 15, 2023
@carolynaluna Those tutorials start off from the position of the student not knowing anything, so you’ll soon get a feel for whether it’s something you want to dive into.
Show threadCarolyna LunaNov 16, 2023
@garrettc This is super helpful, garrett. Thank you! I'm intimidated by the lift, but ultimately I think it makes sense if I want to be able to handle website things on my own.
Show threadgarrettcNov 16, 2023
@carolynaluna My
pleasure. And as I said, if you need any pointers feel free to give me a shout.
Show threadCarolyna LunaNov 17, 2023
@garrettc Will do! Thanks again, garrett.
Show threadgarrettcNov 17, 2023
@carolynaluna
Show threadPhilip RowlandsNov 15, 2023
@carolynaluna as a starting point, w3schools is free and has interactive tutorials: https://www.w3schools.com/
W3Schools.com

W3Schools offers free online tutorials, references and exercises in all the major languages of the web. Covering popular subjects like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, SQL, Java, and many, many more.

Show threadCarolyna LunaNov 15, 2023
@aceade Thank you, Aceade! I will look into this.