If you are going to start writing your own web pages, you need to learn the basics of web design and development and not rely on the wysiwyg editors such as Microsoft Frontpage. I personally have never used Frontpage but I can spot websites built using it – and I often have to deal with sites published using Frontpage Extensions, and I loathe Frontpage.

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language and it is language of the internet. No doubt you will have heard of programming languages such as PHP, ASP or Coldfusion, but all coding in these languages is converted to HTML when being served up to your browser of choice. It is therefore vital that you understand the basics of this language.