Beginner building web site question
Thinking about making a web site. A hobby to keep my mind sharp or atleast not gather anymore rust. Know of any links that could help for a beginner? If you've built a web site lately wher...
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I started by learning HTML, uploaded the files for each page to my ISP. GoDaddy works if that's the way you want to do it.
That was before there were any dedicated editors, interaction tools like Flash, JAVA, XTML or ActiveX, let alone web authoring tools in word processors or drag and drop build your own tools provided. For something simple, you can compose what you want in Word and save as HTML. I you want more action on the screen, you can buy tools to build Flash programs.
At a completely different level, most places that offer "personal page" hosting have online editing tools to create simple things that look good, and nothing has to be done on your own computer. It all gets done on their site. So many tools you'll have trouble selecting one. But it really doesn't matter which one, if it works for you.
Where to go depends on what you want to do, so look at the terms of service. People build sites to blog, to share their interests, to rake in money. Different hosts and different tools for different functions. Many things can be hosted free, others for a few dollars a month, but hosting a high-traffic web business will cost some more money.
A lot of people are building pages on social media sites today, as an alternative to web pages. Others express themselves in places like YouTube.
That was before there were any dedicated editors, interaction tools like Flash, JAVA, XTML or ActiveX, let alone web authoring tools in word processors or drag and drop build your own tools provided. For something simple, you can compose what you want in Word and save as HTML. I you want more action on the screen, you can buy tools to build Flash programs.
At a completely different level, most places that offer "personal page" hosting have online editing tools to create simple things that look good, and nothing has to be done on your own computer. It all gets done on their site. So many tools you'll have trouble selecting one. But it really doesn't matter which one, if it works for you.
Where to go depends on what you want to do, so look at the terms of service. People build sites to blog, to share their interests, to rake in money. Different hosts and different tools for different functions. Many things can be hosted free, others for a few dollars a month, but hosting a high-traffic web business will cost some more money.
A lot of people are building pages on social media sites today, as an alternative to web pages. Others express themselves in places like YouTube.
