Daddy wants a web page...

Matt · 24-03-2007, 10:06 PM

My father has told me (note the "told me" part) to make him a web page for his company

It then occured to me that i havent the faintest clue how to do this. What is the most beginner friendly web design software package to get this job done. I want to make it look fairly professional and attractive.

please help! im desperate

Matt555 · 25-03-2007, 01:36 AM

Well there's a few things to consider when making a web-page. You could code it in notepad if you want, there's fancy WYSIWYG editors (such as Dreamweaver) if you want them but from a coders point of view they're not the best - you'll have a far greater understanding of what's actually going on with the code if you write it in 'code view' and get to understand what each tag does etc...

While you could use notepad, it's not the best piece of software... NVU is free, as is jEdit (great piece of software, I highly recommend this one), there's also JPad Pro which is good but does cost...

You've also got to consider images with the web-page - if they're going to be used as backgrounds or for parts of the layout then you'll want an image editor, Photoshop is possibly the best editor but it's costly...Go with GIMP for images, it's free, powerful and while it may take a bit of getting used to (if you're used to Photoshop) it's an awesome piece of software...

As for starting to code the site, if you want to get a grip with writing (x)HTML then check out these few sites:

HTML Goodies
Pixel2Life
W3C Schools

There's a bit of information to get you started...hope it helps, need anything else just ask and I'll give you a hand

-Matt

stefan1988 · 16-04-2007, 01:04 AM

it would be fairly simple if you just used a template and just made little changes to it with the programs or coding it yourself but is tedious work

Matt555 · 16-04-2007, 01:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stefan1988

it would be fairly simple if you just used a template and just made little changes to it with the programs or coding it yourself but is tedious work

Coding yourself is the best way to learn, just using another template means people often skim through the code and don't pick up on what it's actually doing.

I prefer to code things myself, especially if it's a bit tricky, then again I do like challenges.

Big B · 18-04-2007, 05:14 PM

HTML is pretty basic, and while you can do a lot more with PHP and such, HTML is just a tad more difficult than using the vBulletin formatting tags. I ended up doing some basic HTML formatting early on just because it was easier to get it up.

Just make sure if you use a text editor to save the file as an .html file.

Matt · 19-04-2007, 02:45 PM

My Site

Gerard · 01-05-2007, 07:24 PM

Not bad, well done.
Very nice for a first site.

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Matt555 iMod Join Date: May 2005 Age: 21 Male Posts: 3,844 Times Helpful: 238 My Mood: Happy Status: Offline My Computer	Well there's a few things to consider when making a web-page. You could code it in notepad if you want, there's fancy WYSIWYG editors (such as Dreamweaver) if you want them but from a coders point of view they're not the best - you'll have a far greater understanding of what's actually going on with the code if you write it in 'code view' and get to understand what each tag does etc... While you could use notepad, it's not the best piece of software... NVU is free, as is jEdit (great piece of software, I highly recommend this one), there's also JPad Pro which is good but does cost... You've also got to consider images with the web-page - if they're going to be used as backgrounds or for parts of the layout then you'll want an image editor, Photoshop is possibly the best editor but it's costly...Go with GIMP for images, it's free, powerful and while it may take a bit of getting used to (if you're used to Photoshop) it's an awesome piece of software... As for starting to code the site, if you want to get a grip with writing (x)HTML then check out these few sites: HTML Goodies Pixel2Life W3C Schools There's a bit of information to get you started...hope it helps, need anything else just ask and I'll give you a hand -Matt __________________ Last edited by Matt555; 25-03-2007 at 01:38 AM.

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Big B HWF Godfather Join Date: Dec 2001 Age: 28 Male Posts: 9,636 Times Helpful: 585 My Mood: Devilish Status: Offline My Computer	HTML is pretty basic, and while you can do a lot more with PHP and such, HTML is just a tad more difficult than using the vBulletin formatting tags. I ended up doing some basic HTML formatting early on just because it was easier to get it up. Just make sure if you use a text editor to save the file as an .html file. __________________ Hardware Forums\|HWF Rules\|My DVD's\|PSU FAQ\|HWF Folding Team\|2CPU

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