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How did you learn to create your website
I mean HTML, programs for doing it, carts, etc... I am so lost.
I had soemone make me a site, but when I followed the instructions on editing, the pages popped up password boxes, or cut off parts of each page. THe shipping didnt work and when I asked for help I could not get a reply.
So I need to do this myself so I can get a website up and running again and actually UNDERSTAND what I am doing. Even if it takes a year.
Where do I learn this?
Homestead.com. It's the best thing ever. I don't know any HTML or anything but I was able to easily use it. It's all drag'n'drop stuff. My site, www.punkymoms.com was totally built with it and I would never use anything else. I've been with them for about 2 years now.
I second Homestead as being super easy to learn. Even my computer challenged DH has managed to make a web site for his graphic novels using homestead. It's especially good for a visual person who wants to see what everything looks like. So many other programs/providers don't let you see it while your creating it.
Good luck.
Chole
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I orginally started with a very easy program that was hosted online (very similar to the ones mentioned above). Eventually I changed from one to another for various reasons, learning all along the way. Now I have my own software program and I do it all myself. It has taken 4 years to get to this point and a lot of frustration along the way. If you need any tips or help, I can try to answer.
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I don't know how to do anything with mine. That is why almost nothing I have is listed. I am still waiting until my friend and I have enough time and energy to add stuff.
Dreamweaver is the best program by far for creating pages. I use adobe phototshop for image editing/logo creation, etc. Kristarae, email me if there is anything I can do to help
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It took me 4 tries with different websites to get a look I'm happy with. My first one was total template built and was generic, I didn't need to know any html. My second, I learned a little html, but still used some drag and drop stuff. My third I wrote all the html, VERY time consuming, difficult, frustrating. One thing that helped me was by viewing source on pages that I liked to see what kind of html they were using. My fourth, I finally got dreamweaver, love it, highly recommend it, but you do need to have prior html knowledge...you don't need so much to know exactly how to write html, but you need enough to understand how it works.
My advice is trial and error, lots of internet reading, you can purchase a book and ask questions.
for a SUPER simple site, www.builderspot.com to get up and running. Homestead is awesome as well, but the ecommerce side of it can be a pain. I'd build one with dreamweaver, it's actually very easy, and allows you to see the coding at the same time with split screen so you kinda learn as you go with html.
also, a super easy place to learn lots of bits and pieces is http://www.w3schools.com/ it's free and there is SOOOO much information, and help there, it's really the best place to learn without costing a fortune.
I'd say get a host, and if you can use homestead you can use dreamweaver. publiush your site or use templates. And then add on a shopping cart. Anymore info needed let me know! I'll answer what I can.
Originally I started with Yahoo's free webpage builder and then switched around to get more and more control and now I use either FrontPage or Dreamweaver, and Photoshop to make the graphics. I'm really trying to get away from FrontPage though because the code is just horrible.
If I'm just coding the HTML by hand I'll use 1st Page 2000, which is great.
For a beginner, I would say Dreamweaver is the best way to go. The WYSIWYG style makes it pretty easy to work with. Don't even bother with Front Page. It's a POS--trust me.
NOw, however, I find myself almost never using Dreamweaver, except as a site management tool. For coding, I'm finding that I prefer to code by hand since I'm using more compliant code (Dreamweaver's code is not compliant) and working almost exclusively with CSS for positioning. You can use layers in Dreamweaver, but the rsults often aren't pretty.
Anyway, enough babble. YEs, for a beginner I would say Dreamweaver all the way. For serious coders, I would say Homesite. Both are MAcromedia products.
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