Another point is to try to ask questions which people can actually answer and not expecting too much or posing some questions which are actually very big web projects rather than queries. As an example, it is not going to work out asking other folks on the html forums to design a new site for you which is going to contain hundreds of pages because as you'd agree, such a request is like asking a person doing an expensive and costly job for you free of charge and so such requests will not work. Try instead, concentrating on your projects and asking questions about the html areas and cases in which you feel a bit weak and the ones that have created some questions in your minds and this will naturally lead to receiving several answers and replies from other folks and webmasters. It's not needed to feel shy because asking questions is a requirement of becoming a successful and professional webmaster and all of the folks who are html experts have already asked hundreds of questions from other people and have also received hundreds of replies and answers too.
After a while since your registration at the html forums and online discussion boards, you will gradually feel to have gathered more knowledge about the topics you once had questions about and this will boost your self-confidence and can really help you with your practical courses and projects later on. If someone asks a question which you feel to know the answer, why not posting a reply to that respective thread and expressing your views? A great forum has become one only due to the constant and regular contributions of people and webmasters from all over the world and web just like you and since there is not even one single man in the world who can claim to know everything about the web and html, so joining the web forums is indeed a must sometimes. Older forums are always great and preferred over the recently launched ones because of a simple matter and that is the amount of previously written topics and internet articles being present at their older pages.