Requirements to create a website.

[charley]

I'd like to knw from experienced users how can 1 create a website, and what othr requirements ?

[longstayer]

I'd like to knw from experienced users how can 1 create a website, and what othr requirements ?

It really depends how deeply you want to get into it. At a basic level you could sign up for webspace with a provider who provides an on line website building software module,almost like a drag n srop assemble it on screen approach. Most people prefer to design websites using dedicated software such as microsoft frontpage. There are loads of other software packages from simple to professional and its just a question of finding one that suits you. Frontpage is good for basic to medium. Next you need some webspace,basically some space on someones hard drive somewhere. This is where your website is uploaded to and stored. Of course your website needs a name. You can either use webspace provided by your service provider or buy a domain name and upload your site somewhere else.

[Sofie]

You need to learn HTML code, which programs (?) what will go into your website. I read on a website that you need to use a program like Notepad to put it in rough - that is, all the stuff you want into notepad before copying it to some webspace.

Sorry, if I've not explained it too well but do know of a website which explains it better. Will look for the URL later.

[Tina TV]

Content, content, content.

A website can be created by anyone with even the most basic skills these days.
You just need to buy in any expertise that you don't have. Given that even free
sites have fill in the boxes construction menus these days that needent be
expensive.

Big problem is what do you have to say that you think other people will be
interested in ?

If it's really interesting people will volunteer to build and host it for you.

[zelda]

It depends on what you want to do. You can get some functionality without having to create a website at all! If you want to just share pics you can use Flickr or if you want to create a blog you could use blogger or livejournal. If you really want to create your own website, you can get some free webspace from yahoo, you can choose from their templates or learn some HTML and CSS.

You should give us an idea what it's for.. the tools you'll need depend on the context of use.

[The-Prophet]

if you want to make a site that will stand up to the other great sites on the web learn


XHTML, CSS, JAVA and PHP

or if its just for you learn

HTML

and for the webspace goto - www.freeservers.com and get a site set up there, i find they have the least annoying adverts

[charley]

Content, content, content.

A website can be created by anyone with even the most basic skills these days.
You just need to buy in any expertise that you don't have. Given that even free
sites have fill in the boxes construction menus these days that needent be
expensive.

Big problem is what do you have to say that you think other people will be
interested in ?

If it's really interesting people will volunteer to build and host it for you.

for eg a music forum, disease website, so on

[longstayer]

It is not necessary to have to lesrn the intricacies of HTML coding. Many web page creation software pages such as microsoft front page,can be used to build pages without HTML coding knowledge. i.e you just make selections from menus etc. The coding is created for you. It is possible to code manually also if you really want to but for a beginner,it would be a bit too much and off putting.

[The-Prophet]

actually dreamweaver is the best as you can see what you are doing looks like in code so its a great learning tool.

but your best to learn xhtml

[Jack_H]

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX is my favourite tool for website creation. I code my site with XHTML 1.0 and use a CSS layout.

If you're serious about making a website, go search google for tutorials. However, my favourite and the one I learned from is http://www.lissaexplains.com/ . It's designed for kids... so if a kid can do it, you can do it too!

Good luck.

[charley]

Jack------ Firstly I need to create a site on com, net, org.....

[jetset_willy]

(1) Go to oneandone.co.uk (or similar), get your credit card out... buy a domain name and buy some space (cost about £2 a year for a .co.uk and £50 for space). You can use any hosting company you like, but for my point (2) you'll need a hosting company that can provide microsoft services.

(2) Then go and buy Microsoft Frontpage (about £80 ?). It's an MS Office style package and extremely easy to design a website and upload to your space. The only problem you might have is if you have more than one website in the same space... (although the customer services at my web hosting company were very helpful)

You'll have a website up and running within a day.

[solidus]

depends on the kind of site you want, what kind of graphics, what kind of layout, content. if you want great content management like this site has, get something called PHP NUKE. you need php and a mysql database to install it on a webserver but most webhosts offer a script that installs it for you. if you just want a simple site i recomend learning HTML. its very easy and simple and if you want a little more control for little learning, go learn javascript, its quick and fairly easy.

[blobrana]

I just use notepad

(edword on the Amiga)

Quick and clean.

[azraelle]

I use EditPad Pro, which set me back $39.95, but well worth it, or Crimson Editor, which is free and does nearly the same thing, but I discovered its' existence quite some time after having acquired EditPad Pro. I am therefore partial to EditPad Pro. They both feature "Syntax Highlighting for HTML, C/C++, Perl, Java, Matlab and LaTeX [and many others, including C#, PHP, and Python]." You can even create your own syntax coloring schemes. They both have the option to save files in Unix, MAC, or Windows formatted text. And they both will let you print the syntactically colored code text. EditPad Pro has built in basic Regular Expressions editing (or you can buy a more advanced add-on called RegEx Buddy); so far as I know, Crimson Editor does not. If you already know the language code, either one beats all the other text editors out there hands down, including Linux's primo text editor, emacs.