which website builder to use?

[ndrew2505]

theres alot of builder programs out there like dreamweaver but im at a loss for picking one to use. this is my first experience trying to build a page but have wanted to do it for a while. any opinions would help but im looking for a program that  can upload the pages to the servers on godaddy.com. any recommendations? free programs or paid doesnt matter b/c i can torrent it if needed.

 

[lamborgini8]

You would be supprised how many sites use a CMS, but sugestion is not to use a builder but use notepad and make it yourself.

 

[ndrew2505]

yeah well if i knew html i would... : ill look up on it but ive never done any kind of coding before soo....

 

[lamborgini8]

yeah well if i knew html i would... : ill look up on it but ive never done any kind of coding before soo....

Just look at other sites, its rather simple.

Simple Text Link:

<a href="[url]http://www.laserpointerforums.com">Laser[/url] Pointer Forums</a>

Images

<img src="[url]http://www.domain.com/images/image.jpg</img>[/url]

Thats all you really need to get a basic website up.

I have used a PHP-Fusion CMS for quite some time now and its very simple to use and maintain.

 

[nvmextc]

I used to use dreamweaver MX all the time for web design, it makes everything very simple. I never really knew or needed any other program. Flash MX also is very good, but that's a slightly different subject.

 

[spyrorocks]

Theres this cool little tool in windows for coding webpages...

start > run > notepad.exe

 

[ndrew2505]

Theres this cool little tool in windows for coding webpages...

start > run > notepad.exe

have you even read what was posted above? i dont have any coding experience but im looking into it. i know where notepad is. its one of my most used programs.

 

[spyrorocks]

Learn some basic html and css. Coding is your best tool.

 

[nvmextc]

Dreamweaver is good, becasue it can teach you HTML while you only need a basic understanding of it.

 

[Tw15t3r]

I made my own website (naturally pages) all by typing it out on notepad.

I'd suggest you learn it and do the same, cos it offers the best customisation. Learn CSS and HTML together. Don't learn html and then CSS or you'll realise that there's alot of cleaning up to do.
These two must go hand in hand.

Here are some links that got me started. They are really useful!
HTML:
echoecho.com
w3schools

CSS:
echoecho.com

These sites also teach javascript. Most sites don't do only one tutorial. They often cover HTML, CSS and Java.
You can afford to pick up Java later. And, for scripts like forums, and blogs, you'd need to learn php, perl, cgi, asp, or something similar. But I recommend php. (It's the newest script of them all, meaning it has the most features)