I want to make a web site

skwawks · Post by **skwawks** » Mon May 29, 2006 5:01 am

Oh well here goes .... I know nothing about making a web site but suddenly I need to ,does anyone have any advice or any help as far as building a site . I've got the host space and everything, I just never wanted to do it before but now I do

. Ideas anyone ??
Cheers
Paul

Zer · Post by **Zer** » Mon May 29, 2006 5:07 am

when html based then probably the best advice could be given by referiihttp://www.selfhtml.org/#en

If you are looking for a fast cms (which doesn`t require programming skills although it would be better) then you might want to try joomla http://www.joomla.org/

erminardi · Post by **erminardi** » Mon May 29, 2006 5:22 am

There are several programs that can help you to build simple web sites from templates (like http://www.joomla.org ), or U can buy a basic manual book (i.e. "for Dummies edition").
I suggest you an HTML site because is more simple than FLASH one.
If U want start from scratch U must use a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you give) editor like Macromedia Dreamweaver (professional but expensive!) but if U are rookie could be hard start from zero.
Web templates are the right solution for you: blank pages with standard graphic/button that you could tweak, fill & personalize.
Here some useful links/titles:

Programs (free):
http://www.xstandard.com/
http://www.fckeditor.net/
or TinyMCE
http://www.joshdura.com/archives/000163.php
http://xinha.python-hosting.com/

Templates (free):
http://www.freewebtemplates.com/
http://www.steves-templates.com/
http://www.andromedafree.it/webmaster/templateweb/
http://freesitetemplates.com/
http://www.webtemplateszone.com/
http://www.templatesbox.com/
etc.

Books:
http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/Dummies ... 92209.html
http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/Dummies ... LDING.html
http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/Dummies ... LDING.html
http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/Dummies ... LDING.html

Good luck!

[ This Message was edited by: erminardi on 2006-05-29 06:28 ]

skwawks · Post by **skwawks** » Mon May 29, 2006 5:31 am

Thanks for the info guys

Here we go !!
Cheers
Paul

Shroomz~> · Post by **Shroomz~>** » Mon May 29, 2006 5:34 am

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kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Mon May 29, 2006 5:50 am

I'm all flash+action script2, but CSS is definitely something you want to check out.

Shroomz~> · Post by **Shroomz~>** » Mon May 29, 2006 6:08 am

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