Hey, I am planning on learning how to create websites. However at this moment in time I know almost next to nothing about creating websites except that HTML, CSS, PHP etc are used to do so. I need to learn relatively quickly how to design and create a website for a project coming up, so could anyone advise on what I really need to know and where would be a good place to go to learn that thing e.g. a website or books etc. Also how quickly could I realisticly get a fairly decent website up and running? Thanks.
Creating A Website
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FragTek
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Adobe Dreamweaver, get it.
A general HTML handbook would probably help as well just for the basics (images, links, etc.). Dreamweaver relies on CSS pretty heavily so you should brush up on that a bit too even though Dreamweaver is going to give you a GUI that will pretty much manage most of the CSS for you.
dugdiamond
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'Kompozer is a free open source alternative to Adobe Dreamweaver and Microsoft FrontPage. It is a WYSIWYG editor, and comes with top notch features that makes it a front runner in free web page editors. Kompozer is super-fast, and very reliable, in part because it is based on Gecko, the layout engine from Mozilla. If you are looking for an alternative to Adobe Dreamweaver or Microsoft FrontPage, Kompozer will not let you down.'
http://kompozer.net/
http://kompozer.net/
If your planning on making websites, get the real software.
You can pick up HTML, CSS and PHP books on Amazon for not a lot of money.
KaraMurat
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I started with Microsoft FrontPage and learned how to create a simple page, link up pages put up content and so on, anyway FrontPage is a very basic web developing program which I think is discontinued and no-one uses it anymore, however it would be a good place to start for an absolute beginner. If you want to throw yourself at the deep-end straight away then Dreamweaver is the only way to go, although it is reliant on CSS you don't need it to use Dreamweaver.
If you have done any kind of programming HTML will feel similar (of course it's not the same), stick to the design view and mess around with Dreamweaver, look up youtube videos, beginner books and learn different tips and tricks that you can easily do with the help of Dreamweaver.
If you have done any kind of programming HTML will feel similar (of course it's not the same), stick to the design view and mess around with Dreamweaver, look up youtube videos, beginner books and learn different tips and tricks that you can easily do with the help of Dreamweaver.
Youngie1337
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I agree, using a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor, switching between a drag and drop interface and code was the way I got my skills. Dreamweaver is available as a trial, I recommend that. Kompozer is also a great tool when you've finished with Dreamweaver.
+ YouTube vids = priceless.
GOOD LUCK
dugdiamond
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please read the OP carefully.... he wants to learn rapid website devving.
Komposer is FREE
Dreamweaver costs dosh
learn first on freeware... then buy the real tidy stuff at a later date
...you should never BUY something to learn with, when there is free stuff around
(learn to walk before you start running)
Komposer is FREE
Dreamweaver costs dosh
learn first on freeware... then buy the real tidy stuff at a later date
...you should never BUY something to learn with, when there is free stuff around
(learn to walk before you start running)
KaraMurat
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To answer OP's other questions:
Creating a website is easy, creating a website that you are proud with is hard. It would be hard to judge how long it will take you as you have zero experience, have to learn and develop at the same time and complete it to a standard you are proud of. You could create a website in a minutes, hell you can even use the templates provided with Dreamweaver.
However if I was to judge according to myself I learned and completed (a fairly decent) website within 1-2 months, this was with not working on it all the time, it was only a basic website and a bout 10 pages of different content. With your learning curve and of course most importantly how you want you website to look I would say it would definitely take more than a month at least even if you were working and learning everyday.
The quickest way to learn would be to download Dreamweaver (Trial version) and look at youtube videos as well as google searching ways to learn Dreamweaver.
Creating a website is easy, creating a website that you are proud with is hard. It would be hard to judge how long it will take you as you have zero experience, have to learn and develop at the same time and complete it to a standard you are proud of. You could create a website in a minutes, hell you can even use the templates provided with Dreamweaver.
However if I was to judge according to myself I learned and completed (a fairly decent) website within 1-2 months, this was with not working on it all the time, it was only a basic website and a bout 10 pages of different content. With your learning curve and of course most importantly how you want you website to look I would say it would definitely take more than a month at least even if you were working and learning everyday.
The quickest way to learn would be to download Dreamweaver (Trial version) and look at youtube videos as well as google searching ways to learn Dreamweaver.
Youngie1337
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I made my first page with it lol. Had Office installed with my old AMD Athlon 1700, this was when I was 13 mind you
KaraMurat
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I made my first page with it lol. Had Office installed with my old AMD Athlon 1700, this was when I was 13 mind you. Good times. Surely it has gotten a lot better in many many years?
Haha gotta love the old FrontPage my first attempt at building a website as well, Microsoft didn't bother with it after the one they made in 2003. They've made a new HTML editor called Microsoft Expression Web however I haven't tried it.
