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i need a little help in making a website......

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i need a little help in making a website......

from WinCustomize Forums
ok....i have a school project to do and its kind of like a compitition. Because the better your website is...the higher your grade.

And i want to know the basics of making one.

can somebody help me out around here.....you know find articles, information about scripts...etc

what software to use.....you know what i mean.

and since saying please is a magic word......PLEASE!!??
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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Bash2cool: you can download a fully functional version of Dreamweaver
that will time out after a month or so. Enough time to get up and
running learning the basics with the many great tutorials out there.

I would advise against Frontpage since it doesn't generate code that
works well with other browsers than IE on windows =\

If you want to start with webpages you want to start making pages that
are easy to create and easy to change if needed.

Use XHTML for the structure of a page and use CSS for the looks and design.

That way you can't go wrong

Macromedia has many good tutorials on their site for beginners that want to
learn about XHTML and CSS and how to use Dreamweaver as the tool

http://macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/?promoid=BINR

Click the Evaluation Resources tab for info videos.

Then go to http://macromedia.com/devnet/dreamweaver/
and scroll down to "CSS in Dreamweaver 8" for many
good tutorials

Good luck!
Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top
my school is good with that stuff.
we get a laptop that we can take home with macromedia studio mx on it
lol at u
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Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top
my school is good with that stuff.
we get a laptop that we can take home with macromedia studio mx on it
lol at u


are you in a privte school?
Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top
please.......is there any web hosting service that allows you to host your website for free but at the same time allows you to use your domain name for free?
Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top
So you have a paid domain name for this "project"?
Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I personally use Notepad for html, or Flash when i want something more 'complicated and groovie'...

sites i've designed:
*MAMEICONS (my personal site)
used: Notepad, notepad, and notepad.. Photoshop for arts, buttons here and there, and l'editeur javascript http://www.editeurjavascript.com/ for various javascript...

*Beatben's site (a DJ's site i did)
used: Notepad a few, Photoshop, 3ds MAx, Flash

*(my curriculum vitae, background)
used: Flash, 3dsmax, Illustrator, Photoshop

It's always a combination of all tools... and time and patience...

My very 1st advice would be: know what you want to do, in which direction you want to go, and mainly content of your website, subject, before starting anything...
Then think design, menus, navigation.. when all is clear, just start, you'll know what to do...

Regards, MAMu_ (MAMEICONS)
Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top
So you have a paid domain name for this "project"?


well....not yet.

ok the site is almost done and i want to know how to publish it....i don't know how to do it. in frontpage..it says to enter a site that i don't know about.......and also my friend told me that in order to have your own domain, you have to pay for it.....is that true? if so.....is anyway to get one free (just asking if it's possible)
Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I am in a private school, the biggest school in my state, and one of the top schools in Australia
Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Forum? Make your website, and then install PhpBB to go with it for the forum part. http://www.phpbb.com
Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top
cool...thanks meowy.

i have only one problem......when i try to publish my site......it tells me to enter a site.....i did that but it says that the server for that site is not available.....

what do i do?
Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top
or try ezboards they are typically free message boards you can set up quickly.they have pre set styles .. or you can build your own images and do it as you like .. http://ezboard.com/ i hope this helps
Reply #37 from WinCustomize Forums Top
heres my boards i set them up with the basics. we (my gaming unit) subscribe to ezboards to have the ads removed ...http://p083.ezboard.com/bhonorguard97255
Reply #38 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Bash2cool:

You must input the ip-address of a webserver where you
can put your web-page files. That means you need to find
a server for hosting your web-page if your school doesn't provide
one for the project.

There are a few companies offering free web-site hosting.
To get it free you have to put up with them showing ads
on your pages.

Here are a couple free hosting providers:

Tripod
http://www.tripod.lycos.com/

Geocities
http://geocities.yahoo.com/

Angelfire
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/

If you want cheap web-site hosting without ads on your pages
one of the cheapest I have found is GoDaddy
(I have no experience with them though):
https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/hosting/shared.asp?se=%2B&ci=714
(apparently only $3.16/month if you sign up for 2 years)

If you want to register a domain name you can do that
in many places. godaddy.com, jumpdomain.com etc. etc.
Just look for the best price and make sure that the deal
is reasonable for the price.
Reply #39 from WinCustomize Forums Top
how can i start using the forum? i registered but nothing happened.

Meowy: i installed the file but i don't know what to do next?