Building your own website...

[welshwizard]

Hi Guys,

What do you use to build your own website?

I have been looking at "Dreamweaver" but there are so many different ones, all of which are expensive.

It needs to be 'Easy To use' for beginers.

Thanks for your input.

 

[jl-heating]

i use dream weaver and front page.

very easy to do the simple stuff, and if you want to go that bit extra use the flash 8 and fireworks.

they all work hand in hand.

 

[Apache]

It's quite old but I have a copy of MS Frontpage

Never made a new one but learning to use it to edit website at work

 

[jl-heating]

you can even use word to make a website ..

this is what you want a nice little intro intro1on page load up.

 

[a1]

Although I like the look of Flash, I would not put them on my website.

 

[Badger]

i used weebly.com on my website and it works great.

 

[a1]

Thanks Badge, But I am talking building one from scratch mate, HTML, CSS, etc.

A challenge.

 

[Badger]

oh no that sounds like to much hard work :_|

 

[jl-heating]

if i had a choice i would go for php .. looks the nuts.. but so hard to do.

 

[Apache]

Ooh can I be nosey and ask what kind of website?

 

[jl-heating]

something flashy i bet make us all green with envy .

 

[Badger]

depends if ad2 has let admin out yet, and you know what i mean admin :^O

 

[a1]

Do I? :|

 

[calltronics]

dreamweaver is easy to use/start with.

But will continue to support you through the most complex web sites.

Yes it is expensive but there are ways to download "evaluations"

I have been using dreamweaver for years now and would recommend it any time.

 

[Barx]

if i had a choice i would go for php .. looks the nuts.. but so hard to do.

PHP....nah, way too hard to learn for a the odd website. ASP.... now your talking. Much easier, especially for a VB'er like myself.

To write the pages I use ... ... NOTEPAD! Very flexible, supports all languages and css. lol.

BTW word is a no no as it adds loads of formatting shat unless you save in plain txt in which case you might as well use notepad.

 

[septiclecky]

dreamweaver is easy to use/start with.But will continue to support you through the most complex web sites.

Yes it is expensive but there are ways to download "evaluations"

I have been using dreamweaver for years now and would recommend it any time.

I heard it called somethings but never heard it called that from the sites you can download from:^O:^O:^O:^O:^O:^O:^O

 

[jl-heating]

hehe . tut tut .. the less said the better me thinks. :

 

[baldelectrician]

I keep my site deliberately basic.

May fancy it up a bit, but if clients see a facny website they think - snazzy website = must cost a fortune > they may be costly

My site is done on word and does me. It's all about customer perception.

If I were a web design company then a snazzy website is a must. For an electrician then it is not essential

For anyone without a website I would suggest you buy your domain names (even if you do not have a website)

 

[Andy™]

I keep my site deliberately basic.

you probably cant get more basic than mine... all it has is a few phone numbers and email and a 'under construction' notice. if people do look at the site, i hope they dont think i do electrical work as slow!

 

[a1]

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