What Is HTML?

The first thing you should really be aware of whilst learning about web design is you must learn the basics first! A lot of people end up giving up on web design because they try to learn about complex programmes that only a well trained designer would understand. 
 The first step in learning about web design in usually getting familiar with HTML. HTML is the most basic form of web programming, however learning HTML is vital as it the foundation for all other web languages. HTML will be confusing at first, but you must get your head around it because if you don't understand HTML then it will be impossible for you to understand other web programmes. 
 Once you feel you are fully competent with HTML then you can move on to such things as PHP or CSS. When starting out you should look into taking a web design course as this will help you no end, and with so many different courses out there you are sure to learn all you need to know about basic web design. A useful website to take a look at if you wish to learn more about HTML is webdesign.about.com.