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Hi, good to be about again. Been held up with christmas and a few other things recently, but I'm getting back on track now.
For those who've been paying attention (!?), the HTML is coming along nicely, if it is held up a bit by the uni work (especially with exams on the way), but I'm now starting on my site, just need to sort out one more hosting-related issue, and decide whether to use frames (ie, can i be bothered to do everything twice, including tags for old browsers, or can i convince myself i don't need to use them anyway : ) ), and i can start coding and get the thing out there.<br />
It just might not have any flash parts included for a bit... ; )<br />
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I was a bit ill since october, until now really, and got behind on my uni work. Then i bust my thumb playing basketball, and could barely write, which stopped me getting behind, so now i'm considering just taking the year out to learn html properly, get ahead on my studies, and maybe (if i can finance it) see some of europe - with the euro out next year it'll be easy enough to move across borders, and i could get by in most countries with english, basic french and a couple of phrase books. Mostly though, i'd be learning html.<br />
Good idea? Or should i just quit whining and get on with the work? I expect it'll all come down to money in the end...<br />
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Hi, good to be about again. Been held up with christmas and a few other things recently, but I'm getting back on track now.<br />
For those who've been paying attention (!?), the HTML is coming along nicely, if it is held up a bit by the uni work (especially with exams on the way), but I'm now starting on my site, just need to sort out one more hosting-related issue, and decide whether to use frames (ie, can i be bothered to do everything twice, including <noframes> tags for old browsers, or can i convince myself i don't need to use them anyway : ) ), and i can start coding and get the thing out there.<br />
It just might not have any flash parts included for a bit... ; )<br />
<br />
I was a bit ill since october, until now really, and got behind on my uni work. Then i bust my thumb playing basketball, and could barely write, which stopped me getting behind, so now i'm considering just taking the year out to learn html properly, get ahead on my studies, and maybe (if i can finance it) see some of europe - with the euro out next year it'll be easy enough to move across borders, and i could get by in most countries with english, basic french and a couple of phrase books. Mostly though, i'd be learning html.<br />
Good idea? Or should i just quit whining and get on with the work? I expect it'll all come down to money in the end...<br />
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For those who've been paying attention (!?), the HTML is coming along nicely, if it is held up a bit by the uni work (especially with exams on the way), but I'm now starting on my site, just need to sort out one more hosting-related issue, and decide whether to use frames (ie, can i be bothered to do everything twice, including