HTML: The Essential Language
  Written By Titmowse

HTML is easy to learn. The technical creation of a web site isn’t exactly brain surgery. Profitable adult webmasters have a general understanding of Hypertext Markup Language. They might not know PHP, or how DHTML works but most of them can make a web page that’s small in size and visible through any browser.

If you want to be an adult webmaster, you have to know HTML. The cool thing is -if you keep at this- you’ll learn HTML whether you want to or not. Now, don’t run away. You’re not in trouble and nobody is asking you to spend any money. This HTML thing is a simple truth. There are much more complicated languages being used on the web. Their complexity and the fact that some languages are incompatible with some browsers might explain why HTML still rules. Java was supposed to be a universal programming language that could cross platforms but a certain megaconglomerate keeps refusing to play. Good old HTML stands alone as the true way you communicate your adult site to your surfers.

Some (software makers especially) will tell you that WYSIWYG HTML editors are perfectly fine for a novice to the language. A WYSIWYG program stands for What You See Is What You Get. WYSIWYG HTML editors let you build a page by dragging and dropping elements into it. WYSIWYG editors don’t show the actual HTML language/code/tags but instead show the page as it will appear on the web. The problem with WYSIWYG HTML editors is that sometimes the codes don’t work correctly once you’ve uploaded them to your hosting server. The only way to fix the flaw is to fix the bad HTML code. Another problem with some WSIWYG editors is they require that your host have special directories and be able to accept/serve special file extensions. They go beyond simple HTML which some hosting plans –namely free ones- won’t accept.

There’s really no reason not to learn or at least be familiar with basic HTML. You can even write an entire webpage in as common a program as notepad. Basically, all files are text files that have been saved with specific extensions. A webpage is a text file saved with the extension .html. The code itself is so logical: code words nested within brackets called tags. All you need is to read a few of the many fine HTML tutorials out there free of charge to view. Here at Cozy Academy we even have a whole classroom dedicated to HTML tittled: HTML Language. C-Pimp himself teaches the class. Look around at this site you’re on. C-Pimp is the man who made it. He knows his HTML. There are some other great web sites that will help you become an HTML master like Wired Magazine’s WebMonkey or HTMLGoodies. You can do what I did to learn HTML. Get a basic HTML editor. Basic HTML editors use commands to paste common codes into your program window. Basic editors write the tags for you and give you the option to view how the page will look in a browser as you create it. They work in a semi-wizard fashion, allowing you to open a new HTML page with the basic code skeleton, then applying different tags like image tags and hyperlinks into the page via the toolbar. Using such an editor is an excellent way to force yourself to learn the code by having it in front of your eyes. Most of these basic editors also contain great tutorials to show you even more about how to get started. My favorite and the one I still use today is Arachnophilia. It writes clean code that works all the time and it’s absolutely free to download. I like the older version 4.0 instead of the creator’s newer Java version. Arachnophilia is less than two megabytes in size and is amazingly full featured will an ftp utility, code analyzer and much more.

This isn’t about pressure. I’m not trying to make you feel you’ve got no future in the adult web unless you know HTML. Anything is possible. The point is you’re going to have an extremely difficult time if you don’t know it. The fact is you will probably learn it to some extent without trying. Whether you’re fixing bad tags from a WYSIWYG editor or by learning to personalize a sponsor’s affiliate referrer link, you’ll figure it out. I PROMISE