Help: Internet Beginers Book ?

Subject: RE: Help: Beginers Book ?
From: karen k
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 10:52 AM

The Dummies books are better, I think.

Subject: RE: Help: Beginers Book ?
From: GUEST,Camilla
Date: 10 Feb 05 - 10:43 AM

Yah,

Anything up to date?

Will need it.

Subject: RE: Help: Beginers Book ?
From: Helen
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 07:49 PM

John,

There are books called something like "Internet for dummies" and "Internet for Idiots" (2 different series), and a whole range of other topics as well. Despite the demeaning title they are very good, logical, sensible introductions to the topics. They have plenty of diagrams and are well formatted to make them clear, easy to read and simple.

Helen

Subject: RE: Help: Beginers Book ?
From: mousethief
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 01:50 PM

Happy to be of service!

Alex

Subject: RE: Help: Beginers Book ?
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 01:44 PM

Thanks everyone,especialy roger and mousethief,thanks also to the 2 people who sent me messages(you know who you are) Thanks again,everybody,john

Subject: RE: Help: Beginers Book ?
From: mousethief
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 11:55 AM

There are a million great "intro to HTML" websites out there. Go to google and type something like "html style tables" -- "style" and "tables" being HTML buzzwords -- and you should find a ton.

Alex

Subject: RE: Help: Beginers Book ?
From: Roger in Sheffield
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 11:45 AM

John you got here OK, what more is there to know?
I bought a few books and found them of little use, I learned more here
Have you tried a search engine to find what your are after? I just tried Goggle and from that this site that might help though I haven't had a real look at it.If you get stuck and need to ask for help at Mudcat it might be better to use one of the HTML practice threads to ask questions about computer/internet issues, that way the 'serious' musical people don't get annoyed. The HTML threads also attract the attention of those best able to help you. If you are in desperate need of help you could start a thread titled something like HTML practice: please help
Or you could drag up an older thread and use that one, to do that type HTML in the box under the word filter , set the age box to several months and hit refresh.

Hope that helps some?

Subject: RE: Help: Beginers Book ?
From: jeffp
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 11:06 AM

John - is there a teenager in your family or in your neighborhood you can enlist? I'm not kidding, really. My parents got their first internet guidance from the minister's teenage son. This after my father retired as a systems analyst.

Learning from a real person is much better than a book. In the computer field, by the time a book is published, it's generally obsolete. A kid will show you all the nifty-neato stuff that really wakes up your interest. Have fun and good luck!

jeffp

Subject: RE: Help: Beginers Book ?
From: Lyndi-loo
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 10:28 AM

I suggest you try your local library before you splash out actual cash to buy one. My library has lots of computing books and even a cybercafe where someone can get you started and give you a few tips. I always think that trying to learn computing from a book is like tring to learn to knit or crochet from a book - almost impossible. It's much easier if you have someone to show you. Our local colleg also runs an evening course entitled "computers for the terrified". There's probably a course like that near you. Good Luck
LL

Subject: Beginers Book ?
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 10:10 AM

Please can somebody recomend a good book or website,for someone like me who is a beginer to yhe internet.it will save me keep asking you all what things mean.ps im in england,(book should be easy to understand,maybe one aimed at kids)thanks a lot.john