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[noob question]How do i build(?) a website
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#1 - The General Lee
As I told you on MSN noob, you cant just ask how. There is alot to know.

Just get someone to make it for you, its easy enough as the theme is already made
#2 - ans7812
Quote from LFSn00b :
How do i build a website?

Just build up the pixels on top of the layer you created. Very similar to building a skyscraper on a foundation.
#3 - X-Ter
1) Get CoffeeCup HTML editor (free) www.coffeecup.com
2) Look at others websites, and load them into CoffeeCup HTML editor. Look at the HTML code.
3) Borrow ideas (never copy without permision) from sites you like.
4) Keep it simple. HTML is still ok. You don't need more advanced stuff.

Anything else? Just ask
#4 - th84
Just ummmm.... start with ummmmm..... yea, that!
#5 - [RCG]Boosted
Quote from th84 :Just ummmm.... start with ummmmm..... yea, that!

great advice.
couldnt have said it better!
#6 - shiny_red_cobra
Use Word or FrontPage. They're simple to use.
#7 - okijuhans
Adobe Dreamviewer maybe for you :P
#8 - theirishnoob
site making isn't all that hard you just need simple ideas to make a base site then add onto that
#9 - tristancliffe
Joomla!
#10 - pb32000
If you just want to bash out a site quickly and crudely, I guess just use a builder like Frontpage etc.

However if you actually want to learnt how to code properly and cleanly, go to w3schools and start reading. Get yourself a good text editor such as Notepad++ and go from there
#11 - Ian.H
Quote from shiny_red_cobra :Use Word or FrontPage. They're simple to use.

And neither create anything you can display publicly without huge embarrassment

Word is a word processor, not an HTML editor, although it can hack HTML files.
RuntPage will bloat everything and more than likely won't produce a site that'll render properly in web browsers, only IE

Dreamweaver is a better choice for beginners IMO as you can use the designer to begin with and then use the built-in code explorer to see what code was generated by you adding bits to the designer. I used DW3 IIRC way back in the day to learn the basics of HTML this way (ie: what tags did what).

Once you have that sorted, then there's nothing better than a plain ol' text editor.. my personal favourite is UEdit or NuSphere PHPEd for something more specialised for more advanced projects



Regards,

Ian
#12 - wheel4hummer
Quote from LFSn00b :How do i build a website?

Carefully.
#13 - Dajmin
You start with <html> and you end with </html>, other than that you can do what you like

I usually use Dreamweaver though, because I like not having to think too much, and I do like to throw in a lot of Flash bits and pieces.

First piece of advice is plan your design before you start, either on paper or even using a paint program. That way you don't end up with a mess of stuff on screen when you change your mind halfway through. Sounds like you may have done this already though.

Steer away from animated .gifs and strong colour tiled backgrounds. They were common in the mid-90s but these days will get you shot. By me.

But if you're asking such a question it does lead me to believe you have no idea what you're doing yet, so you may want to learn some HTML first, even if you plan on using an editor. Because they make mistakes and it's often easier to type in what you want than try to find the way to make the program do it.

Here ya go
#14 - okijuhans
http://team-m.freehostingnow.com/

If you like my work, works. I can make anything :P

You can PM if you want. I can make something for fun.

Lol it is not finished yet. Some colour changes yet.
#15 - theirishnoob
Quote from okijuhans :http://team-m.freehostingnow.com/

If you like my work, works. I can make anything :P

You can PM if you want. I can make something for fun.

Lol it is not finished yet. Some colour changes yet.

not a bad site , needs better font tho :S


back on topic: make your site template via macromedia fireworks or photoshop

then use html coding to apply the template then add mores , links to other sections of the site etc also embleded java scripting is also a good think to add ( games , videos etc )

its all simple and ive got a basic knollege in it
#16 - P5YcHoM4N
#17 - okijuhans
I said it is under construction yet :P
#18 - P5YcHoM4N
If it is css, all you have to do is setup a css request in the index page.

My head looks like this.
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="content-type" />
<title>PMD Customs</title>
[b]<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css" />[/b]
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.png" />
</head>

The important part in bold.
#19 - duke_toaster
Nvu!
#20 - jamesrowe
Quote from th84 :Just ummmm.... start with ummmmm..... yea, that!

Nice start mate, put that into a notebad and name it something as .html . The put it on a webhosting server and you have your first web page! Go you, beating Niko already

Niko, if you need a hand at all, you might possibly ask me. Whether I help you or not, thats another thing all together
#21 - OneCrazyDiamond
Once you learn a little HTML, try HTML-Kit. It's quite handy for highlighting, color coding, and much more.
#22 - dawesdust_12
Niko, a .css isn't a layout, it's simply a style to keep the rest of the page uniform, like custom fonts and stuff via various tags. A .css file is 100% useless at creating a layout if you're just beginning, becuase implementing it will be so frustrating if you haven't learnt any HTML before hand. First you should learn HTML, create sites with it, then learn how to implement CSS into your pages after you've learnt HTML.

My personal editor of choice for HTML/CSS/<everything> is Coda (Mac only ), very useful if you have a mac, supports code highlighting for everything you can think of, HTML, CSS, and PHP manuals in the program, FTP Client, Browser, Terminal/SSH client (If you need to set up mySQL tables and stuff by command line, but that's a bit advanced). A bloody awesome program for Web Design for OSX.
#23 - GloryJ
#24 - P5YcHoM4N
Quote from dawesdust_12 :Niko, a .css isn't a layout, it's simply a style to keep the rest of the page uniform, like custom fonts and stuff via various tags. A .css file is 100% useless at creating a layout if you're just beginning, becuase implementing it will be so frustrating if you haven't learnt any HTML before hand. First you should learn HTML, create sites with it, then learn how to implement CSS into your pages after you've learnt HTML.

My personal editor of choice for HTML/CSS/<everything> is Coda (Mac only ), very useful if you have a mac, supports code highlighting for everything you can think of, HTML, CSS, and PHP manuals in the program, FTP Client, Browser, Terminal/SSH client (If you need to set up mySQL tables and stuff by command line, but that's a bit advanced). A bloody awesome program for Web Design for OSX.

My current website was created in CSS, so that first statement isn't true. The only HTML used was for content, and with many aspects of HTML being phased out it helps to know CSS, though knowing HTML does help, knowing too much just holds you back.

From memory Nvu does all of that, though I never liked it so tried not to use it if I could help it.
#25 - The General Lee
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