Web site builder

[rodgearing]

Web site building software whats the best to use if you are a numpty?
Dreamweaver, coffee cup an other?

[BartyB]

well sinse everyone else is ignoring you....
It all depends what you want to do.... If you want to create a single site for a house sale or similar I'd have a look at using a "blogging" product..... they provide a complete solution from design templates to uploading. (both my sites www.parabolica.fr and www.parabolica-internet.com are based on the WordPress blog product)

If you want to go further then there's schools of thought from "draw it with pencil and paper and use Notepad to write your own code" through various incresingly complex WYSWIG design tools. Dream Weaver being the defacto "pro tool" and it would probably take you as long to get youir head around the ins and outs of dream weaver as to learn to write your own code.

Bottom line is designing a good site takes time, experience, practice and skill. If it's just for one site then I'd pay someone else.

[bottomburp]

Whatever you do, Dreamweaver is not for you mate.

[bottomburp]

Try this for free www.squarespace.com/

[corsaman]

well I did one recently it was so easy to do
the last one i did was with publisher and that really was hard
this one I bought the name and the package from namesco
here is what I did and it cost me £80 for the two year package
www.abrittanyhouseforsale.co.uk/

with a bit of luck I will have sold my house and this website will be for sale very cheap if anybody is interested

[bottomburp]

Neat and tidy site there Corsaman but it is a FLASH site and that can be bad bad news if you want a search engine to REALLY understand your site.

BB

[rodgearing]

OK thanks for the advice - noted. Thanks for the negativity BB.
I'm not a complete numpty albeit I asked inferring I was.
I have some programming skills mainly 'basic' and Pascal yea OK bit old hat and not HTML or BB.
I am prepared to learn its not beyond the wit or the lacking intelligence of an old salt!!
I was going to buy a couple of the numpty web site design books but didn't know which ones as there were so many out there.
I have built three forums.
The web site is to go with my forum and is a submarine based info site so I want something that will have a data base in there.
Some one did start one and buggered off and left it not even half finished. When I asked for access the geezer was a bit scathing like you BB saying I wouldn't be able to handle it!
I have a domain name which I bought and server space on a hosting site.
OK so I need to learn is it that impossible?
Fred

[Ali]

A quick Google got this: website-creation-software-review.toptenreviews.com/ try searching for similar things then you could find something that suits.

[BartyB]

Sorry if you thought I was negative or scathing.... not intended to be at all.

I'd get hold of mcfedries.com/cs/blogs/booksblog/archive/2008/10/22/new-book-the-complete-idiot-s-guide-to-creating-a-website.aspx

OK, I admit I've not got this latest edition but I've worked my way through previous version and if you start at thebeginning and work your way through building a mundane site for "my holiday" or whatever you'll end up knowing most of what you need to know and with some good pointers for finding out the rest.

[rodgearing]

Dec 4, 2010 11:00:32 GMT 1 BartyB said:

Sorry if you thought I was negative or scathing.... not intended to be at all.

I'd get hold of mcfedries.com/cs/blogs/booksblog/archive/2008/10/22/new-book-the-complete-idiot-s-guide-to-creating-a-website.aspx

OK, I admit I've not got this latest edition but I've worked my way through previous version and if you start at thebeginning and work your way through building a mundane site for "my holiday" or whatever you'll end up knowing most of what you need to know and with some good pointers for finding out the rest.

Not you Bartyb the other BB, ArseyPhart, Thanks for that I'll bone up