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Alright, my dad's given me the task of building a website for him, and I'm kind of new at it, anyone with help that know's how to do it please E-Mail me at iownyou1230@yahoo.com. I figured this website was designed by a few people, you guys could help me.
Thanks,
Josh
I suggest buying a book of some sort. Maybe some members here know of some good ones for beginners?
Get a WYSIWYG - "What you see is what you get", type web builder. Microsoft Front Page is very nice as is Dream Weaver. They are very easy and fun to use. You will have it down in no time.
jeffrey.
Front page doesn't actually show you what you get in the Preview section. I've used it extensively and on the Windows, Dreamweaver is the closest one you get. Luckily I got iWeb now, and that's one is beautiful.
You are correct. If I remember correctly, things can move around a bit, even after they are previewed in Front Page, nevertheless, I have created some very nice websites with Front Page, however, that was about 4 years ago. I can't say that I have any experience with DW, or, iWeb, but I'm sure the technology has improved. I do remember the web builder that came standard with the Netscape browser. Ahhh, those were the days:) Actually, it was pretty good for back then and it was free.
jeffrey.
Check your mailbox.
There are also free WYSIWYG HTML editors, such as Home Site, that you should be able to download from somewhere.
I figured this website was designed by a few people, you guys could help me.
Hi Josh,
I´m new around here, but I couldn´t pass by without responding to your rant.
Recently i´ve started to make some websites. I´m not a pro, i´m just learning everything online from scratch.
The best advice for a complete newbie (I´m one too!!) is to start a blog.
You could do it with blogger>> https://www.blogger.com/start or with wordpress>>> http://wordpress.com/
Blogger is owned by google, but personally I believe that wordpress is a better tool (and many other webmasters too).
They´re really easy to setup and they are free!!
By free it means that you don´t have to buy a domain name neither a hosting account(in a server), you´ll never pay a monthly fee. On the other hand, google and wordpress are the "owners" of the site, it is like they borrow it to you. Both of them have some strict rules, like no nudity (but i don´t think that a regular user will have a problem with this).
You´ll have to start an account (both cases), and then just follow the steps. It is really easy to do!
If you want to buy a domain name, and be the "only owner of the space", I can point you in the right direction and provide you a free spot in my server account, no problem. Also welp you to set it up with a self-hosted wordpress. In this case, you´ll only have to buy the domain name, around $10USD (1 year).
But if I were you, i would probably start with a free blog, and you can always go from there.
If you need some help, you can mail me at marcosv650@hotmail.com
At the bottom it´s an example (i hope it shows up!) of what you can do with wordpress, besides many other things. Remember, I´m just an amateur myself! A newbie one!
Cheers!!