Which resources for newbies?
 

I am looking for ultimate newbie resources to teach a certain special someone the basics of the internet.

Some HTML, hyperlinks, what FTP is, and such. Maybe even in book form.

List 'em if you got em :thumbsup

Hmm Juicy... you have books, don't ya? Make yourself of use and hook me up. :Graucho

http://www.adultlock.com is a great resources site for newbies with tonnes of free content providers.

It may sound corny but if this person is a total newbie to all of it then the "For Dummies" series really isn't a bad start. It is written in a kind of simple to understand way. Hell, I should know. I just finished "Getting on AOL for the first chat flame for Dummies".... IT ROXXX:thumbsup

Not looking for adult related material here.

Try this one http://www.htmlhelp.com/links/tutorials.htm

webmonkey.com &
htmlgoodies.com

are good resources for anything from basic html to programming.

webmonkey.com
i still use it sometimes when im looking for special characters and such

:thumbsup

I started with a book called "HTML in 21 days" or something similar: much along the lines of the "...for Dummies" series.

Actually I have never been too good at learning theory from books, so once I had the basics I moved on by looking at source code to find out how "real life" sites were put together.

The danger of pointing a complete beginner at a lot of online resources is that most have an agenda. And very often newbies are precisely the cannon fodder they are looking for.

http://www.bignosebird.com/ has pointed me the right way at different times. Otherwise it's mostly been typing stuff into Google and wading through all the irrelevancies until I find what I need.