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Need help making websites.

Discussion in 'Computers & Modding' started by XD9999, Jan 22, 2010.

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  1. XD9999

    XD9999 Well-Known Member

    Can anyone please give me a headstart into learning website-making?

    Im currently enrolled in E-commerce class and one of its requirement is to make a website for an imaginary business. I don't know where to start. I tried google and found out of either using a web-making tool or learn HTML.

    For webmasters...how should i start? please help me.
     
    XD9999, Jan 22, 2010
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  2. shadowclan69

    shadowclan69 Member

    i suggest getting a program called dreamweaver (by macromedia) because it works the same as frontpage but its easier to learn...

    however the way i see it is you can use notepad and save as html files but alas you would need to learn html . you can use microsoft offices frontpage . but tbh its a pretty shotty job and also requires html knowledge *i think*

    i do alot of website building it does get easier if you learn html ...
    oh and to get started im pretty sure on a web tool or in notepad the code is

    <html>
    <head><title></title>
    </head>
    <body>




    </body>
    </html>
    that will give you a title in the window eg "ecommerce project"-mozilla firefox /internet explorer\
    and body text

    ultimately i suggest getting a web tool as its a project , you may not have the time to learn html
     
    shadowclan69, Jan 22, 2010
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  3. gx280

    gx280 Guest

    Yer, I use notepad. But its a hard way of doing thing. I suggest getting a program as well :) use dreamweaver. However i dont think its free.

    Or you could download a good looking template from a site of your choice and right click, ope with Microsoft work. Then edit it using th basic microsoft skills. When you save it make sure its a .htm or .hml i am pretty sure. I havnt done it in a while.
     
    gx280, Jan 22, 2010
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  4. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    don't use a program. ESPECIALLY not a microsoft one. the code wysiwyg programs produce ranges from poor to downright appalling.

    Start off by learning HTML/XHTML and CSS. www.w3schools.com is the place to start.
     
    Loonylion, Jan 22, 2010
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  5. XD0612

    XD0612 New Member

    ...
     
    XD0612, Jan 22, 2010
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  6. theunderling

    theunderling Well-Known Member

    Loony,could you knock one up for him and he could pretend he made it
     
    theunderling, Jan 22, 2010
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  7. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    I don't have the time to, I've got at least 6 of my own projects on the go at once.
     
    Loonylion, Jan 22, 2010
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  8. Mikiie

    Mikiie Well-Known Member

    Learning HTML etc. Gives you a much better understanding of how websites work in general.
    I personally use notepad++ which is pretty much and upgraded notepad.
     
    Mikiie, Jan 22, 2010
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  9. garychencool

    garychencool Well-Known Member

    If you want to learn HTML (it is very complicated but I learned half of it in a month! But it doesn;t mean I am good at it) Go get a book about it, if not, go to w3schools.com. W3 is techinicallt the guys that made the Internet, web pages and w3.com is also the first search engine! (I think) Either way, you don;t need to learn HTML (entirely). Look at me! Use a good web Service and use their templates and in 2 weeks, I was able to someone make it good!
    My site that is currently usable but it kinda sucks because I don;t have a lot of time to do it.
    www.windows7pc.ucoz.com
    If you know how to use UCOZ properly, please help me because, well I'm new but I know the basics! (like the basics of HTML!)
    Good luck with your site!
    P.S. Is copying articles and modding it a bit (from Wikipedia) bad?
    Is using an article from somewhere else but it gives a short description and a link to the actual source illegal? I need some help.
    (Yes, I will make a different post for this!)
     
    garychencool, Jan 23, 2010
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  10. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    don't use a website creator. Seriously. I'm redoing someone's business website because it was done with a website creator provided by their host, and the code is easily the worst I've ever seen. I've already reduced the size of the html file by half simply by removing redundant code
     
    Loonylion, Jan 23, 2010
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  11. TAYLOR2O

    TAYLOR2O Well-Known Member

    I also have a website, and I strong recommend not to use a programme. Do it in scripting!

    Step 1. Learn HTML
    Step 2. Learn Java
    Step 3. Learn CSS
    Step 4. Learn PHP

    I'm currently on step 3!
     
    TAYLOR2O, Jan 23, 2010
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  12. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    java is pretty much useless for websites.
     
    Loonylion, Jan 23, 2010
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  13. TAYLOR2O

    TAYLOR2O Well-Known Member

    Yes I know that, but it's good to learn the basics first!
     
    TAYLOR2O, Jan 23, 2010
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  14. Black_Knight_666

    Black_Knight_666 Guest

    Java isnt useless for websites. You'd be surprised at the number of websites that use java on a regular basis.
     
    Black_Knight_666, Jan 23, 2010
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  15. TAYLOR2O

    TAYLOR2O Well-Known Member

    Yea, especially the Java website! LOL
     
    TAYLOR2O, Jan 23, 2010
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  16. Black_Knight_666

    Black_Knight_666 Guest

    Exactly! So take that loonylion :p lol.
     
    Black_Knight_666, Jan 23, 2010
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  17. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    java does not make a website, it makes applets that can be used on websites. And its a bad idea because it needs the java bloatware runtime installed on the user's PC.
     
    Loonylion, Jan 23, 2010
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  18. agxthesorrow

    agxthesorrow Well-Known Member

    Dude my personal advice to you is to learn Html, and ccs... then you can start working with it
     
    agxthesorrow, Jan 23, 2010
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  19. TAYLOR2O

    TAYLOR2O Well-Known Member

    yes, that's what I'm saying:

    "For some advice on making a website with downloads, you'll really want to learn html, css and javascript first. Play around with it, have some fun with it and don't be too serious about. When you feel comfortable with javascript then move on to PHP and start building up your website; that's really all you need."

    And if that's not good enough for you, know this, these were Seph's words to me!
     
    TAYLOR2O, Jan 24, 2010
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  20. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Java and javascript are NOT the same thing. Javascript is a client side scripting language, java is an inefficient programming language
     
    Loonylion, Jan 24, 2010
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