My friend is interested in getting into web design. Unfortunately, I cant seem to find a cool hands on HTML tutorial for him to try out. I am running out of practical examples for him, and I don't have the time to sit around and teach him. Do you have any suggestions?
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I have already introduced him to W3 Schools, it does not show any real world applications of the tags it introduces. I am looking for something that he might be able to follow along with and make a finished product. Thanks.
The best place to start is http://www.w3schools.com/. Past that, sitepoint has some good examples and books as well.
update: If he likes to learn by example, http://csszengarden.com/ is a good link too.
update to your edit: If you want all of the lessons to flow into a single example in the end, you might want to try a book. I have used this book several times in the past, older versions as well as this newer one, with good results. It also works really well as a reference once you learn most of it.
I would reiterate the sitepoint.com though. They have very nice tutorials like these on html/xhtml: http://www.sitepoint.com/subcat/html
I would second the option to go for a book - have you had a look at
or
I have to admit that I haven't read either of these titles, but have read a couple of the other Head First books and have been very impressed; the content is easily digestible and presented in a manner that is conducive to learning.
The Opera Web Standards Curriculum has an expansive collection of tutorials that not only cover code semantics and syntax, but things like Web Design concepts and accessibility information. It's awfully in depth, and a great way to get the "whole picture" instead of how to write a table in HTML.
It may not be the best, but I leaned with this one from how stuff works.