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Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: February 2, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Author: jimmyrcom

Length: 00:39:19
Rating: 4.89
Views: 342918

Tags: jimmyrcom html tutorial css tutorials howto make website websites custom edit scraft beginners advanced free hack

Video Comments:
indiandood (January 7, 2009 at 10:05 pm)
Great intro to HTML. Now you've got me interested in HTML. Thanks!
pablojamaica1234 (January 7, 2009 at 8:37 pm)
Uh just one word "helpful". thanx yow!!!
alexburtoncruiser (January 7, 2009 at 9:04 am)
thank you very very much....
hellowinnie123 (January 7, 2009 at 8:35 am)
I watched the whole thing Great Video Man. Very Informative.
helimaster07 (January 7, 2009 at 7:27 am)
I love your videos, they're really helping me.

P.s ^^ what is it with and foo and cows?
eklope00 (January 6, 2009 at 4:44 pm)
thank you so much,this has helped me alot!!!
Spunkdude73 (January 5, 2009 at 7:37 am)
wow
ladystardust2008 (January 5, 2009 at 4:34 am)
You have a lovely voice, Jimmy ;)
Thanks a million for this. I am at a University where they are supposed to be teaching me this stuff, but I didn't get it at all until I watched your vid. Reviewing it constantly till I understand it all. Loving your work!
iqbal2009 (January 4, 2009 at 8:40 pm)
aw man i wish i found this vid during christmas break, it would've been such a wicked thing to learn. now no spare time.
Neonrommel (January 3, 2009 at 2:59 am)
thnkz! =]