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Chillingworth

01-03-2001, 11:24 PM

Does anyone have preferences on where to go for a newbie first timer to learn how to make a homepage. I have RoadRunner service and they give out so many megs for peoples homepage.....only I dont know where to begin. My cousin has a homepage but its basically just a directory like that one where the tricked out gaming rig is at...I want a homepage like www.planetdong.com (http://www.planetdong.com) or something!

James

01-04-2001, 12:04 AM

www.webmonkey.com (http://www.webmonkey.com) is a great all-in-wonder site.

I initially learned HTML using the following tutorial: http://www.pagetutor.com/pagetutor/makapage/

[This message has been edited by James (edited January 04, 2001).]

IL96

01-04-2001, 12:11 PM

Look at other people's source.

Grizzly

01-04-2001, 12:42 PM

If you can get a hold of Microsoft FrontPage (A part of the Office package), it's a great starter on websites. That's where I started.

Klashe

01-04-2001, 12:45 PM

Originally posted by Chillingworth:
Does anyone have preferences on where to go for a newbie first timer to learn how to make a homepage. I have RoadRunner service and they give out so many megs for peoples homepage.....only I dont know where to begin. My cousin has a homepage but its basically just a directory like that one where the tricked out gaming rig is at...I want a homepage like www.planetdong.com (http://www.planetdong.com) or something!

Adobe GoLive 5 is a good one too. It's much more than a designer, it also organizes and ftps your website up to your account. If you have the resources, i'd suggest picking it up.

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Chillingworth

01-04-2001, 01:55 PM

Originally posted by Klashe:
Adobe GoLive 5 is a good one too. It's much more than a designer, it also organizes and ftps your website up to your account. If you have the resources, i'd suggest picking it up.

Adobe website Buy GoLive 5.0 Starting from http://www.sharkyforums.com/ubb/eek.gif $286 http://www.sharkyforums.com/ubb/eek.gif No Thank You! All my resources are being saved for a CBR 600 come this Spring. If I had that kind of money to throw into it...id just have Nkeezer make my homepage for me!!! http://www.sharkyforums.com/ubb/smile.gif

100%TotallyNude

01-04-2001, 03:14 PM

Originally posted by IL96:
Look at other people's source.

This is how I learned html. That and a book based on w3.org's website, which is the official keeper of the html standard (That's the w3 consortium in case you didn't know, they developed NCSA Mosaic, the first gui web browser, along with CERN, the high energy research facility in Switzerland.)

Here is a basic HTML page:

<html>
<head>
<title>
This is my page.
</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>This is my freakin' web page.</h1>
</body>
</html>

I use this same template for any page I need to create, which isn't often. You can gain a lot of insight into html just by using this template though.

[This message has been edited by 100%TotallyNude (edited January 04, 2001).]

kid A

01-05-2001, 10:41 AM

Making a websitre is a piece of cake. I like 100%'s example. I also learned it by looking at other site's source.

If you want a good wysiwyg (which I don't recommend compared to plain html coding) only Frontpage out of the respectable ones is free I think. (At least frontpage express). Try that if you're all for wysiwyg programming...

Originally posted by Chillingworth:
Adobe website Buy GoLive 5.0 Starting from http://www.sharkyforums.com/ubb/eek.gif $286 http://www.sharkyforums.com/ubb/eek.gif No Thank You! All my resources are being saved for a CBR 600 come this Spring. If I had that kind of money to throw into it...id just have Nkeezer make my homepage for me!!! http://www.sharkyforums.com/ubb/smile.gif

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pezo

01-05-2001, 05:00 PM

i have a web site that i made without knowing a single bit of HTML i have frontpage 2000 then all that neaded doing was designing and ftping well design comes from the head and ftp come from www.bizland.com (http://www.bizland.com) nice and free

awa64

01-11-2001, 05:09 PM

I have a fairly good talent for HTML. I don't use any WYSIWYG, and I can get a decent-looking web site (with content, no less) in about a weekend.

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ua549

01-11-2001, 05:28 PM

Another technique to use is when you see a web page you like, simply make a copy to study later. In IE click on View then Source to get a Notepad window with the HTML in it. Then save it for later study. You can also click File, Save As to get a complete copy of the page including everything in it.

slipgun

01-12-2001, 09:28 AM

I started with Dreamweaver, really easy stuff (WYSIWYG)... think Dreamweaver is better than Frontpage? Or vice versa?

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slipgun

01-12-2001, 09:30 AM

Originally posted by Grizzly:
If you can get a hold of Microsoft FrontPage (A part of the Office package), it's a great starter on websites. That's where I started.

What? I thought Frontpage Express was part of the Office package... oh well, you live and learn.

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kid A

01-12-2001, 10:01 AM

Originally posted by slipgun:
I started with Dreamweaver, really easy stuff (WYSIWYG)... think Dreamweaver is better than Frontpage? Or vice versa?

From the tests I have read, Dreamweaver Ultradev has always come out on top, so when I am going to buy my first WYSIWYG editor that will be the one, no doubt.

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nkeezer

01-14-2001, 07:26 PM

Just play with it. The HTML part really isn't that hard at all -- it's building something that looks nice that takes both practice and a certain amount of artistic ability.

The very first site that I build was *THE UGLIEST* thing you've ever seen. I used AOL's "Personal Page" program about 4 years ago to make a 5 page site with a solid purple background color, 3 "Under Construction" signs on each page, and (I **** you not) a MIDI of "Chariots of Fire" as my background music <shudder>. Trust me, things didn't get much better for another 2 years. It just takes some time.

Myself, I still code *everything* by hand using just notepad. Sounds a bit laborious, but I've been typing it out so long that it doesn't take much longer than using a WYSIWYG editor would, and the results are infintesimally cleaner. Example: I put this site (http://www.uscreditonline.com/preview) together (design included -- everything but the content) in just a couple of hours.

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slipgun

01-15-2001, 06:19 AM

Not bad, nkeezer, I think you could do a better job of your current website with Flash... are you going to design your site entirely in Flash?

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nkeezer

01-16-2001, 03:12 AM

I was thinking about doing a Flash version of the site. Right now, though, it's kind of on the back burner for a couple of reasons:

1) I don't really like Flash sites as a rule, and
2) I simply don't have the time.

I might do a Flash version in the future, especially if I leave my current job (strongly considering it) and need something new to add to my portfolio that could attract clients.

Originally posted by slipgun:
Not bad, nkeezer, I think you could do a better job of your current website with Flash... are you going to design your site entirely in Flash?

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Ratchet

01-20-2001, 11:30 PM

I always tell guys new to web page making to NOT use a WYSIWYG editor. You don't learn HTML that way, you just learn how to use the wysiwyg editor itself and you'll really regret that when you get into dynamically generated web sites. I recommend getting Allaires Homesite (http://www.allaire.com), it's a free trial download, has awesome reference documentation, and really really helps you learn HTML the right way. You edit the code by hand, but it also has tons and tons of useful and time saving features.
I also advise against using Notepad as it doesn't save in UNIX text format, doesn't do syntax highlighting, and just plain doesn't have even the most basic text editing features needed. Wordpad would be a better choice if that's the way you want to go about it, but as I've hinted at, Homesite is the best. I still use it when I do webpages in Windows, and I've convinced the design company I work at of over 20 employees to switch to it from Frontpage 2000.

my $0.02

flyr2u

01-30-2001, 03:03 AM

There are several HTML editors available as shareware or freeware that are WYSIWYG. A really good one is called FirstPage, I believe you can download it from ZDTV.com as freeware. I would suggest that you take the time to pickup a really basic book on HTML, such as one of the Dummies books and learn the basics first tho. I think the editors will make a lot more sence too you then.
Good Luck, Bro.

Snoop Dogg

01-30-2001, 09:55 AM

Go to softseek.com and download Cool Page 2.6 fairly easy!