Help Building Website

[Little_red_buzz_box]

Hi

I currently have a webs.com website and want a more professional website/domain.

BUT am a complete beginner and dont know where to start? Can anyone help?

Lauren xx

 

[jip0]

you need to buy a domain name you can google for providers or theres this wich is a quick one i just done http://www.domainexpress.co.uk/

 

[Little_red_buzz_box]

Do you get similar package as with webs.com where you log on to the website and then upload ur pics and change fonts etc as I dont ave website building software on my pc

 

[arc]

depends, you can either dive in and learn how to make a website, and make a more pro looking one - or find a local web designer and get them to do it.

you can 'cheat' and use a page kit; http://www.elated.com/pagekits/

but you still need to learn about what you are doing before you can customise them to suit what you want.

Then you need a domain name registered, and some web hosting to put it all on; [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_hosting_service[/ame]

I've made a couple of sites, one for a uni project; http://tackycheese.net/centoland/

and one just to host some pictures of mine; http://urban404.net/

they were both just quickly thrown together.

 

[Hellcat]

I use 123reg.co.uk for my domain names, and host my webs on my pc since their traffic is pretty low.

What you use to make your site depends what you want to do with it. To display text and images.. just a normal site will do. Host a forum, then you need to look into forum software (free). Buy and sell stuff - you'll want a shopping cart and checkout system.

 

[MissR]

I own mine with 'nameroute'. You would need web design software though, Microsoft frontpage is easy enough to use - just design it like you would with Powerpoint etc, but its about £90 I think.

 

[Little_red_buzz_box]

I will be upgrading from my website which is this http://miniloplodge.webs.com i basically want to be able to use my own photos for banners, my own logos, play with fonts make everything how i want it! And no crappy "loose 10lb in 2 minutes" adverts all over it! the domainexpress website looks pretty good?

 

[jip0]

I will be upgrading from my website which is this http://miniloplodge.webs.com i basically want to be able to use my own photos for banners, my own logos, play with fonts make everything how i want it! And no crappy "loose 10lb in 2 minutes" adverts all over it! the domainexpress website looks pretty good?

for that you will need some webhosting aswell to host everything and your deffinatly gonna need to learn a bit aboout how to make websites.

its not to difficult if you use a programe like dreamweaver or front page

 

[Little_red_buzz_box]

We've got frontpage so suppose I will have to start playing. So if I buy my domain from domain express which hosting package would i need ? http://www.domainexpress.co.uk/ beginner, home or business?

thanks for being patient guys! :worship:

 

[arc]

i'll host it for £2 a month and you can have as much space/bandwidth/email addresses as you want!

 

[jip0]

We've got frontpage so suppose I will have to start playing. So if I buy my domain from domain express which hosting package would i need ? http://www.domainexpress.co.uk/ beginner, home or business?

thanks for being patient guys! :worship:

that depends on you and what you want to use the website for but looking at it the home package looks best because you get a free domain name for less then an extra pound

 

[jip0]

i'll host it for £2 a month and you can have as much space/bandwidth/email addresses as you want!

or theres that lol

 

[5abr3]

Learning is easy, I would suggest you use a few tutorials on how to write basic HTML (thats the language that displays everything on a site), if you need anything more complex then HTML then there are plenty of options.

As far as FrontPage goes it's a good introduction on how things go together and allows you to see the code behind the graphical end, I just use notepad personally for HTML .ASP .PHP and JavaScript and a bit of paper for note making for page layouts or lists of functions i need.

 

[arc]

I just use notepad personally for HTML .ASP .PHP and JavaScript and a bit of paper for note making for page layouts or lists of functions i need.

philistine! if you're determined not use an IDE (to be fair i don't for web / basic java stuff) then at least use textpad!

 

[colin79666]

I use Notepad2 and wrote all of www.free-mobile.net from scratch.
123reg for the domain and www.web-mania.com for the hosting. You do need to be familiar with writing HTML, CSS and FTPing the files though.

 

[kayl0rz]

try this site. http://www.pagmedia.co.uk/

thats the company i work for, i do design for their clients and sites and stuff.

for a fiver a month you get a domain name, all the hosting and you get basic templates you can tweek yourself. its all dead easy to use too!

 

[ben]

123-reg are cheap for .co.uk, but if you want a .com, well, you only need look below

 

[Hellcat]

Gotta love my co.uk's from 123reg.

£6.50 a year for a .com isn't bad mind.

 

[ben]

Yeah, I can't even match 123reg due to my CC provider... they must be selling at a loss.

 

[arc]

What you like for .net Ben? got one due renewal