Hi
I am newbie to HTML & css.
can any one gudie me from where to start.
pls reply ASSP.

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Sri.

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A short, practical starter plan for . Several replies here (notably , , and ) point to tutorials — those help, but beginners get much more from a clear, hands‑on path and small projects. Focus first on structure, then on styling, then on layout and accessibility.

Step-by-step: learn HTML semantics (headings, paragraphs, lists, anchors, images, forms) and the idea of a valid document (DOCTYPE and charset). Next study CSS basics: selectors, the cascade, specificity, the box model, and how display and position work. After that learn layout techniques (Flexbox first, then Grid) and responsive design with media queries (mobile‑first). Keep styles in external .css files and use semantic tags where possible. Early attention to accessibility (alt text, labels, logical heading order) pays off.

A tiny, modern starter template to use as a base:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8" />
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" />
  <title>My Page</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" />
</head>
<body>
  <main>
    <h1>Welcome</h1>
    <p>Start small and iterate.</p>
  </main>
</body>
</html>

Practical workflow and common fixes: use a code editor (for example, VS Code), open the page in a browser and experiment with the inspector, work from a local folder and use a simple live‑reload tool. Start with tiny projects (one-page profile, a form, a nav) and push them through small edits. Common beginner problems are unclosed tags, wrong nesting, missing DOCTYPE (causes quirks mode), and unexpected specificity. When asking for help here, post a minimal reproducible example and state which browser shows the issue. Note: ’s post shows the basic idea of an HTML file but omitted DOCTYPE and the closing head tag — the template above avoids those pitfalls.

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<html>
 <head>
  <title>Your Page</title>
 <body>
  <P> Welcome to my page!</P>
 </body>
</html>

Thats a basic html file.

I find these references fast and easy to use:


www.w3schools.com is ever best for beginners....
And all the best to you for your programming...

www.w3schools.com will hold your hand through every step. By the time you're done there, you won't need any of the other links mentioned.

5 out of 8 replies (not including my) mentioned same link, w3schools. I know repetition is good for memory but you just over done on this ...

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