Learn HTML and Build a Social Networking Page that Represents You

Social networking sites don’t have to just be for chatty teens and twenty-something hipsters anymore. Anyone can learn HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and code their very own personalized page, which can be used to blog, make friends, share music, meet potential partners, expand professional networking circles, and/or find people who enjoy similar hobbies and activities on an international scale. Thanks to John W. Scherer, CEO and founder of Video Professor, and his tutorial Learn HTML, you can not only spruce up your page and expand your horizons; you can make it exactly what you want it to be, and represent yourself exactly as you wish, thus targeting an audience that meets your needs. (Normally, joining a social networking web site is free!)

Popular Social Networking Sites

Millions of people sign on to social networking web sites every day, and a handful are leading the pack by targeting a specific audience.

  • MySpace®, with an estimated 43 million people signed on, allows users to load their site with photos, news about music groups, and detailed profiles of their likes and dislikes.
  • Facebook®, a social networking web site that allows people to communicate with their friends and exchange information, is aimed at college students. As of July 2007, the web site had the largest number of registered users among college-focused sites with over 34 million active members.
  • LinkedIn®, a business-oriented social networking site, mainly used for professional networking. As of October 2007, it had more than 15 million registered users, spanning 150 industries and more than 400 economic regions (as classified by the service).
  • Xanga®, a blog-based community site, hosts weblogs, photoblogs, videoblogs, audioblogs, and social networking profiles.
  • In all, about 300 web sites, including smaller ones, make up the social networking universe.

Back in the Day

Only 20 years ago, there was no such thing as the World Wide Web, and the Internet was in its infancy. Who would have thought that in such a short time, people from age 2 to 102 would be using it daily? The reason the Internet was not an efficient means of delivering information early on was that the coding was extremely difficult to use and could only be mastered by a few, but things have changed. One of the main reasons behind the incredible growth of the Web is the simplicity of HTML. With John W. Scherer’s 3-disc tutorial, the Video Professor will teach you to master it.

What Are the Benefits of HTML?

It is no coincidence that web sites and pages are being launched at an amazing pace. This is occurring because HTML language has a lot of advantages that make it accessible to anyone willing to learn.
  • It is a cross-platform language, which means it doesn’t matter what operating system you use. Any computer with a browser can interpret and display HTML-formatted documents.
  • HTML can be written with any text-editing program; all you need is Notepad and an Internet browser. No text formatting is necessary!
  • HTML also provides the ability to hyperlink documents, which simply means the ability to move from one page on the Web to another with the use of some sort of clickable link. Hyperlinks give HTML its power. Without them, there would be no World Wide Web.
Why just learn the basic codes? If you are planning to build a social networking page, leave no stone unturned. Put all the pictures, images, links, text, backgrounds, colors and sounds you want on your page. John W. Scherer and Video Professor will take you through a step-by-step process, and before you know it, you will no longer fumble through brackets, quotation marks and backslashes. Instead, you will be fluent in the language of HTML code, and Video Professor can teach you how in a just a few hours by using lessons that are broken down among 3-discs.

Video Professor’s Learn HTML Disc One

  • How the Internet works
  • Coding your first page
  • Formatting text with HTML
  • Advanced text formatting
  • Hyperlinking basics
  • More hyperlinking
  • HTML table basics

Video Professor’s Learn HTML Disc Two

  • Color on the Web
  • Understanding Web Graphics
  • All about image attributes
  • Optimizing images for the Web
  • Formatting a page with tables
  • Advanced table layout
  • Linking with image maps

Video Professor’s Learn HTML Disc Three

  • HTML forms
  • Advanced form elements
  • Activating the form
  • Frames
  • Cascading Style Sheets
  • Embedded and inline styles
  • Publishing your site

Join the Movement and Network Yourself

It is easy to feel overwhelmed in the expanse of social networking web sites, but with Video Professor guiding you every step of the way, you can take comfort in knowing that in as little as three hours, you will be typing and understanding the HTML language. Take this knowledge and build yourself a social networking page that reaches as many people as you want, whether just sharing photos with a few of your closest friends or putting yourself out there to be noticed by literally millions of people. John W. Scherer and Video Professor can help you do it your way!

 

 

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