I want to learn to make websites

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Fankango

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i dont know where i should post this topic but o well. I am wanting to learn to make webpages. my school can not teach it to me so i have to learn on my own. i know nothing so i need help. what software do i need, how much does having a webpage cost and anything about it you can tell me about. thanks
 
you can make a webpage in notepad, all you need to do is learn some HTML (hypertext markup language) which is pretty easy of you have a little computer background. see the site below, its a guide to HTML and very good for beginners :)

http://www.jonstorm.com/html/

basically HTML is script or code, its looks like crap in notepad but browsers read it differently, make sure you save all your notepad work with the file extension .html, this tells windows its a web document, have fun :)

Mike
 
if you have xp, you should have "FRONTPAGE" installed.. .if you do, u can just make a webpage from their with simple add and drop, type, etc.. and then it will produce the HTML for you, if you dont.. u can sign up for free webpage like

www.freewebs.com

etc.. google for more, thats the only one i can think of from the top of my head.. most of the time, sites like those will provide you with a template that you can use to create your webpage, you just have to answer the questions and type in what you want to type in into their fields, like "title"...

if you want to know how to learn from scratch..try this:
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp
 
As I mentioned in about two dozen prior threads on this topic, I use HTML Kit.
 
$15 - $XXX a year depening on what you want: storage, bandwidth, email acounts, multipule names... go with www.geocities.com until you are serious about a website. freewebs is a pain to upload and download on free acounts. goecities is good with upload and download but you get adds on the side and such. you could get a freewebs account for html and use a geocities account for storage of non html files. so you could link images from geociteis over to freewebs. might be slow.
 
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i hate wizzy wigs...which are the stupid easy programs that enable people who dont know how to make sites...to be able to make them lol, sorry i just feel that way....i want people to KNOW the HTML like i do and have a slight background in java too b/c thats always good...i've used this site to buy webspace before, they have good plans and prices but you still need to register a domain with someone else before buying a plan....i think it's just register.com i used to use for registering a domain and then there is this http://www.ardenthosting.com/plans.php?sc=bh for plans.
 
you can have a website for "free" if you use one of the free hosts such as freewebs or geocities. but if you want a domain www.yoursitehere.com then it'll cost you about 10$ a year for that, and if you want any GOOd hosting itll got you 3-20$ a month.
 
If you make your pages in html you can just use notepad which comes with windows, just a basic text editor, what you want to do though, is when you sale it, put all files, then name is index.html and make use the .htmlis there.


another GREAT place to learn html is www.w3schools.com it has a thing where there are examples, which 2 boxes, 1 shows the code, the other shows the result, and if you want you can change whats in the code box, and press sumbit or enter or something like that under it, then it shows you what the new result is, so you can try it yourself and see how/if it works.
 
Fankango, I basically agree with what everyone else has been saying.

There are A LOT of tutorial website out there that will teach you HTML. Recently I used w3schools to refresh my memory about XML, DTD, XML Schema and XML XSL. Everything is broken down to the minute detail, its great. I urge you to also use notpad or html kit. DO NOT LEARN WITH A WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) applications like Frontpage and Dreamweaver. It will corrupt you and you will end up never truly learning HTML.
 
SFR said:
DO NOT LEARN WITH A WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) applications like Frontpage and Dreamweaver. It will corrupt you and you will end up never truly learning HTML.
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When i was first learning HTML i found it easier to use dreamweaver in split screen mode, then i coudl see what code was being generated with certain actions, then ahve a go/modify what i wanted myself to get a site exactly how i wanted it
 
lee101 said:
When i was first learning HTML i found it easier to use dreamweaver in split screen mode, then i coudl see what code was being generated with certain actions, then ahve a go/modify what i wanted myself to get a site exactly how i wanted it
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(HTML KIT has a preview split screen option, I agree its very useful)

Dreamweaver has been know to create some bad code. There are rules to every language.. some languages you MUST follow the rules exactly and some languages you can leave off an end tag and everything will work correctly. No matter the language, its best to follow the rules. Dreamweaver skips a lot of the rules and also adds a lot of useless code..... Yes, your site works perfectly fine within the confines of Dreamweaver... but, take that code and put it into a test editor and your site will turn into a pile of....
 
i hate wizzywigs and whoever uses them lol....just get in depth with HTML and actually learn the stuff b/c then you can pull out some really sweet sites and make some money on the side....it's also good to have a little background in java b/c you'll want to use some of that some time or another.
 
SFR said:
(HTML KIT has a preview split screen option, I agree its very useful)

Dreamweaver has been know to create some bad code. There are rules to every language.. some languages you MUST follow the rules exactly and some languages you can leave off an end tag and everything will work correctly. No matter the language, its best to follow the rules. Dreamweaver skips a lot of the rules and also adds a lot of useless code..... Yes, your site works perfectly fine within the confines of Dreamweaver... but, take that code and put it into a test editor and your site will turn into a pile of....
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Very true, take a look at the code with a simple page made with pagebuilder from geocities, there is TONS of ussless code in there.
 
As a "webdesigner" myself (not sure if I can call myself that, but I made my own site - www.305kicks.com) theres nothing you cant do with HTML knowledge on Notepad, and experience in Photoshop, you master those, and you are set.

BUT! as a webdesigner, HTML can be a real hassle sometimes, since you know nothing, I wish I would have gone back and invested my time in learning to use Flash, or something higher.

Either way HTML on Notepad with Photoshop images are the best. I suggest you learn to use tables really well, they are the layout of the page.
 
diroga said:
$15 - $XXX a year depening on what you want: storage, bandwidth, email acounts, multipule names... go with www.geocities.com until you are serious about a website. freewebs is a pain to upload and download on free acounts. goecities is good with upload and download but you get adds on the side and such. you could get a freewebs account for html and use a geocities account for storage of non html files. so you could link images from geociteis over to freewebs. might be slow.
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Hosting at $15 a year usually isn't reliable, trust me.
 
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