[The Wind Seer]

Does anyone know anything about making a website?

[Lemontime]

That's not very specific. Please narrow down your question.
But in whole. I do.

[The Wind Seer]

How do start making a website?
What program do you use to allow users use comments?

[Toasty]

I'm currently working on one.

Basically, if you want to make a website from scratch, you'll need to know XHTML, CSS and PHP. I would also suggest learning Javascript. The only programs you'll need to make a website, is Microsoft Notepad/Wordpad, and Internet Explorer. But you won't be able to test PHP on your home computer unless you get a package like XAMPP, which will allow you to test your PHP properly. If you want to have a bulletin board, try CuteBB (I think that's it). Other than that, you should be good.

If you don't know all of the languages, you can learn them here: http://www.w3schools.com/ It has free tutorials on just about all languages related to webdesigning.

If you have any further questions, or need advice, PM me. :)

[Max]

Making websites takes a non-trivial amount of knowledge, so I would recommend you begin by learning HTML and CSS. You can then graduate to Javascript and PHP. To have a website that people can access you will need to find a web host, most of which cost money.

If you want message boards like these, there are many options. phpBB is one of the more popular free versions, and Invision Board and vBulletin are two of the more popular pay versions.

[Neon]

I agree with Max. Start with HTML which is the absolute basics, then work on CSS and once you master that you can begin learning the harder stuff like PHP.

If you need a good place to start, Webmonkey has some good html tutorials. They're a bit out of date but compared to most other tutorials they're at least amusing and easy to follow. The frames one is classic :).

[The Wind Seer]

Is Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 a good program for making websites?

[The Wind Seer]

I be a little more specific.
I want to want a website that is something like this.
And what is phpBB?

[Max]

No, Publisher is used to create printed publications (such as newsletters, greeting cards, brochures, etc.), not web sites.

We have tried to give you advice on what to learn, but if you cannot be bothered to use Google then I'm afraid you will have much trouble learning how to make websites.

Also, this "site" is technically called a forum, which is what phpBB, vBulletin, and Invision Board all help you create. Websites are the actual data-driven pages, not the community discussion area.

[The Wind Seer]

Well,
If you look at the Mircosoft office Publisher 2003 menus at the left of the screen when you start making a new publication, there is this Web Site and Email button. I click on it and it showes designs of websites and other stuff!

[Max]

I'm not saying that it doesn't have the capability to make websites, I'm telling you that it is not the proper tool. I would go so far to say that someone of such stubbornness as you, and someone who refuses to use a search engine, is probably not someone who will be able to make successful websites. But please, I would like to be proven wrong.

[The Wind Seer]

Max, on Nov 10 2006, 02:10 AM, said:

I'm not saying that it doesn't have the capability to make websites, I'm telling you that it is not the proper tool. I would go so far to say that someone of such stubbornness as you, and someone who refuses to use a search engine, is probably not someone who will be able to make successful websites. But please, I would like to be proven wrong.

Sorry.
Well, I never used that Mircosoft Office. Anyway I was just pointing it out to you.
Plus, my computer frezzes every time when I use a seach engine.
Maybe I have something wrong on my computer...

[Eugine]

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Plus, my computer frezzes every time when I use a seach engine.
Maybe I have something wrong on my computer...

lol

Anyway, making a website isn't that hard, actually it's easy. I was interested in making websites before but lost interest, you use the PC too much >.<

Mind you, I said making a website is easy, but making a nice one like GSS takes time and effort. I hope you don't have a real life friends or pay attention to school work :), cause you can't do it by yourself :P

[Sea of Time]

You can ask people on a complicated forum page, but you can't type something on on the extremely simple website that is Google?

Wow. That is kinda funny.

By the way, Webmonkey's tutorials are pretty awesome. I've been looking for something like that for a while.

[The Wind Seer]

I found the problem on my computer. Now I can use Google again and many other websites.

P.S.
Thanks, Neon, for showing me Webmonkey.



I am sorry if this post is off topic.

[Alex the Adept]

Well I was going to this topic to see what I could learn about making a website. Is it true that you can use Microsoft Word?

[Max]

Technically, yes, you can use Microsoft Word to make websites. However, the HTML is generates is so horrendous that most other browsers will not render it. In fact, I believe only IE will display it. Please never use Word for websites, learn HTML instead.

[Alex the Adept]

Max, on Nov 29 2006, 06:49 PM, said:

Technically, yes, you can use Microsoft Word to make websites. However, the HTML is generates is so horrendous that most other browsers will not render it. In fact, I believe only IE will display it. Please never use Word for websites, learn HTML instead.

Oh then I won't be making one for a while... UNLESS you can use Dreamweaver. :rolleyes:

[Max]

Dreamweaver can be used to make websites, yes. In fact, if you bothered to learn anything about programs before you download them, you would know that Dreamweaver's explicit purpose is to build websites. However, without knowledge of HTML you will still not be able to create a website of any real significance.

[zepula]

You could try to make one following step-by-step instructions, and use HTML cheat sheets and what not...

[Neon]

ehm, that's pretty much how html tutorials work, lol. The html cheat-sheet won't do you any good unless you already understand/know it all (you only use it for looking up something where you can't remember the exact syntax). The idea is that by the time you have made your first page you will at least be able to do the basics.

The real problems come up when you realise your primitive html and css skills won't help in the running of the website, and you will have to rip it all appart and try to redo it with php and a database ;).

[Toasty]

That's what I use the cheat sheets for. And the website will continue construction after christmas break. Whether I have to do content myself or not is not really a problem.

The moral of the story is, learn HTML and you'll be able to make a site much easier than with dreamweaver/whatever. It's like spending hours to build a robot that will do your homework for you, when the homework would have only taken you a few minutes.

[The Wind Seer]

I got a question!
How do we make a website which has RPG Maker games on it