Help needed!!

[jaguar78]

ok. I am new designing web sites. I want to know how I can design a simple web site.? do I have to find web design companies and sign up. I mean please explain to me how? Thank you

 

[RobjaFalu]

As a matter of fact, usualy you ARE the web designing company. You take your knowledge of HTML and (hopefully) CSS and find clients who are willing to pay for you to design a webpage or website for them. If you need help on learning how to design a website, I suggest a book called DHTML and CSS for the World Wide Web by Jason Cranford Teague. It demonstrates how to code CSS. Do you know HTML or are you asking how to code that too!?

 

[jaguar78]

robja falu thanks for the advice but I have no idea what you just told me : hehehe.. css html oh gosh I am in a big mess, I guess I will never be able to design a website. I need something simple. I do not need a complicated website. Do I have to read a book for that.? Please give me your advices people because I really need it.

 

[RobjaFalu]

You could goggle Web templates. Or if you sign up at a hosting company, I'm am more than sure they have programs that do it automatically for you. I know Globat (http://globat.com) comes with a Globuild program that allows you to choose the perfect template. Or you can also check http://www.templatemonster.com/.

 

[jaguar78]

thanks robja falu. I will try those sites. appreciate it. peace

 

[itaca]

learn coding languages. And learn them in this order:
Html
CSS
and if you get that far PHP or ASP

 

[RobjaFalu]

PHP is a free software that is used to make forums such as the one your on along with MySQL.

In my opinion, stay away from ASP unless you have the money.

 

[PoorDoggie]

ASP is a no no definitely, unless you want to spend a lot of money and time learning something that most web developers don't know!

HTML is what you are looking for. CSS is great, but I think, if you are new, stick to HTML for the while. Also, learn simple javascripts - that helped me to learn... things like button tricks and features. They helped me learn a lot about what a website can and can't do.

Good Luck with your websites...
Tom

 

[jaguar78]

well I have a lot to learn but I will start asap. I still do not know the difference of html css asp etc. But thanks foe your inputs. Appreciate it a lot.

 

[Dave h]

hey im a beginer to, im using this site to help me
i found it very helpful
http://www.accessv.com/~email/webpages/

Dave

 

[Fugue]

The only way to really learn is just to jump right in and do it. Download a WYSIWYG webpage editor and a graphics editor and just have fun. You will learn as you go and don't be afraid to make mistakes. You don't have to know raw html, but it helps and will come to you as you progress. Nor do you have to know CSS. It's handy to know, but start with the basics and work your way up from there. Don't try to learn everything at once or it will overwhelm you. It's just a matter of practice.

 

[mandi108]

It's important to find a host that allows you to use your own html.I was jsut bored one day a couple of yrs ago and decided to make a website.I paid $50 for a one yr subscription to a certain host.It was just a drop and click type of thing.Then I started learning html and wanted to be able to copy and paste things into my site.They wouldn't allow it.

Then they told me that I would have to upgrade to the $20 a month plan to be able to do that.Please do lots of research before you decide to pay any money for anything.

 

[Midano]

Jaguar,
Don't freak out. Prepare for a long trip if you're serious about it.

Learn by doing

Just open your FrontPage or Dreamweaver and start playing around.
Create a table, then switch to code view and see the code that was generated.
Add a picture in design view, switch again and see its attributes in code.
This sort of things.

Set a goal, draw your page on a piece of paper and then try to code it. When you hit a roadblock - just type your question (use plain English, someting like "HTML how to center a table") in google. Chances are someone before you had this very same problem and there's an answer somewhere.
Your first generated code will be lousy. Don't be afraid. Show it to seasoned coders, they'll point out your mistakes and tell you how to clean it up.

Good luck.

 

[PoorDoggie]

Do not start with ASP. You are jumping in the deep end too fast...

You need to start with HTML, and work your way forwards from there. Also, don't use ASP. Use PHP. It is better, and there will be more people to help you if things go wrong. Also, most web programs you get will be in PHP, and you will have the sufficient knowledge to correctly edit them. Such as vBulletin and phpBB.

 

[Seb]

OK, since you probably don't know what most people on this thread are going on about, let me explain some of these technical terms:


WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get -> A simple program you can use to design websites without needing to know how to write code.

HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language -> The simple (usually) language used for all webpages. All normal webpages are mainly made up of this type of code, even PHP and ASP pages (unless they redirect). Its primary use is to position stuff like graphics and text in a page and well as webforms and buttons etc. HTML is often made more interactive with a language called Javascript which goes hand in hand with HTML.

Javascript (not the same thing as "Java") -> A "client side" language which can do interactive things such as changing a graphic when you put your mouse over it (a mouseover effect), making new windows pop up and writing cookies.

CSS - Cascading Style Sheet - a language or type of file that you can use for colours and positioning of text and graphics on a page. You can embed it in HTML, put it into the header of a page or even link a page to a special .css file. The latter means that you can change font colours, background colours and much more of a whole website by changing one file. Very handy. It does much more too...

PHP - A "server side" language that you embed within HTML. It can do much more complicated stuff like connect to databases and send automatic emails to people. This forum was written in PHP. Theres no point in learning PHP if you don't already know HTML. Very advanced stuff...

ASP - Very similar to PHP with the two main differences being that it costs money and its not as good. Oh yeah, and it's Microsoft. :hehe: No one really likes it any more. Poor old ASP.

Hope this helps.