website help

[sweetpea]

I've been thinking about setting up my own website but not sure where to start. Are there any foolproof guides or good ways to get going that aren't too technical that anyone can suggest?

sweetpea

[Phoebus_Apollo]

I found Webthangs to be very useful, it is rather slanted towards the Macromedia Dreamweaver side of things but has plenty of great tutorials that are clearly laid out and easy to follow.

Good luck.

[sweetpea]

[quote=Phoebus_Apollo;142097]I found Webthangs to be very useful, it is rather slanted towards the Macromedia Dreamweaver side of things but has plenty of great tutorials that are clearly laid out and easy to follow.

I had a look but it's a bit double dutch to me. On second thoughts I am now looking for someone to help me. I don't mind paying for some tuition and help to get it going. Is there anyone who could do this?

[Tiger Jones]

Hi sweetpea.

You usually get some webspace from your ISP (the people you get your Internet access from) and they normally have straightforward ways of putting you on the Web with easy to follow instructions. Which ISP do you use?

(ISP = Internet Service Provider)

[sweetpea]

I use AOL. Is it possible to create pages in word then save them as web pages?

[Tiger Jones]

When beginning, you can use Word documents and insert them into web pages.


Web pages need special language tags called HTML (HyperText Markup Language) but you don't need to learn that until you've used the basic stuff for a bit.

Have a look here...

http://www.webdiner.com/annexe/aboutaol/webbasic.htm

And get back to us

[Phoebus_Apollo]

I use AOL. Is it possible to create pages in word then save them as web pages?

Yes - if you save as "webpage" or Save as "HTML" you can then ftp up to your webspace -as Tiger says your ISP usually provides a certain amount of webspace (usually 30mb-150mb). Other than that you would need to sign up with a hosting company - I use Streamline and highly recommend them (no downtime in 8 months).Good luck.

[sweetpea]

Thanks both. I haven't got time tonight but I will check out what you have said and get back to you.

[blueivy]

When beginning, you can use Word documents and insert them into web pages.


Web pages need special language tags called HTML (HyperText Markup Language) but you don't need to learn that until you've used the basic stuff for a bit.

Have a look here...

http://www.webdiner.com/annexe/aboutaol/webbasic.htm

And get back to us

Depending on which version of Word you have it wil actually create and save HTML pages for you (they are pretty poor code wise but they do work). FrontPage also comes with some versions of Office.

[Niall Fernie]

have a look at FirstPage 2006 it makes a much better job of HTML and is free.

You can use it pretty much like word and it builds the HTML in the background.

[teritoots]

I Think many years ago i used this to teach myself to create very simple pages in html Training Tools it was free hope it still is.
After using it and learning html from stratch I could not work out frontpage or dreamweaver but I got there in the end and now... canni write HTML
Yahoo geocities made web page building super easy. Never anything fancy but it looked ok.