[CSIlover]

Hi,

I am just a beginner and would like to create my own site or have someone do it for me. It does seem very complicated and I just want to use it for recreational purposes, Hobbies, Fan fic, wallpaper, sound bytes and what ever else my brain comes up with.

First is there and easy way for someone with no knowledge to do this or is it just a better idea you point me in the right direction of someone who could help me with this. LOL

Thank you for the help as always, you guys are great!

[knight_47]

It sounds like a blog like site would fit your needs.

Here's an example of a wordpress blog, really easy to setup, and even easier to add pages, links, sections, images, ect...

http://applerecon.com/

[CSIlover]

Is there anything else beside a blog? I really wanted to design the front page nice and a blog isn't something I thought about.

Would I have a limited amout of space with that page?

Thanks

[namenotfound]

You could a CMS drupal is a very easy one to learn.

An example of a site that uses it is http://www.spreadfirefox.com/

[CSIlover]

I don't like that much. I just see forums and I need a place for my fanfic.

I see so many people with awesome web sites and I guess that is what I am looking for.

Does anyone in the group offer help to others, as far as creating one goes? I really don't have a clue.

Thanks

[DoubleHelix]

Depending on how these websites look, the developers could be using advanced tools that not only take time to learn but cost money. Unless you want to spend money paying someone to create a website for you, I would suggest starting out with some simple tutorials and learn the basics yourself. It can be fun and rewarding.

[CSIlover]

It just looks like it's going to take a long time. it also looks very intimidating. LOL

Do you know of any sites where they will create it for you if you pay them. I guess that would be easiest for me and maybe I could learn from maintaining it.

[DoubleHelix]

My best estimate would be that it will cost you several hundred dollars to have a professional site built. Is that something you're willing to spend? Depending on what tools the developer uses, you may not be able to maintain it without spending money on software utilities for your computer. You would also have to learn the languages used to create content for the site.

[CSIlover]

Can't anything be simple in life anymore?

I guess I better get reading then huh.

Thank you very much for all the information and help. I appreciate it!

[namenotfound]

A WYSIWYG editor is as simple as they come

If you don't like Nvu, you could try Dreamweaver, Frontpage, Firstpage, Webpublisher, or one of the other WYSIWYG editors out there

Some cost money, and some are free, just depends which editor you want.

[Gibbs]

Learn HTML. It's very easy. Don't worry if you find something difficult at first. Eventually things click and off you go

Here you go: http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp

Don't expect to be able to do everything at once though. Everyone has to start somewhere.

[namenotfound]

I first learned HTML by posting on a message board that used HTML rather than BBCode. So I had to learn all the different HTML tags to format my posts.

I didn't start using online tutorials until I looked into the more advanced stuff like JavaScript, PHP, Perl, and .htaccess

[CSIlover]

Ok, so the first thing I need to do is learn HtML, right? Nvu is a program to help me do this? All those programs are???

Thanks so much everyone for not giving up on me.

[Big-K]

Nvu is just a code editor, you can just use notepad if you want(i use notepad++). If you just want a plain website, you'll only need to know html and css, maybe some javascript. If you want to really get anywhere like the 'awesome websites' you see, you will need to know some sort of server-side scripting language(like php or asp) and advanced JS, but that comes after you've mastered making the site.

[namenotfound]

Yeah. Nvu is free, I think the others I listed all cost.

When you write stuff in the "normal" tab, you can see how the HTML code looks in the "source" tab. Look at the two attachments