Webpage templates?

King Goldfish

King Goldfish

I guess this is the right forum. I want to create a webpage for my site. I never really made a decent site before.

I only own Hotdog and it was suggested I invest in Dreamweaver if Im going to run a website.

I really dont want to fork out money I dont have. and I understand Dreamweaver has a huge learning curve to it.


Anyone here work with Hotdog and know where I can get a decent template to download?

I have to be honest, I know only a few html codes. I have a cheatsheet for doing things like background image stick and some mouse overs (Java script?)

but other then that, I have no real idea what the fix codes do or where to insert your codes at when you do copy them off the cheat sheets. Alot of stuff I did know i have forgotten since i havnt had a website in 3 or 4 years in which I ran off of comcast.


I want a website with a forum like this and with a media page for viewing or downloads and perhaps a link page for all the indie sites I find like this one here.


-discuss please
 
Sounds like you need a lot of design work, plus programming. If you go to a site like www.elance.com, you can post what you need done, and web designers will bid on your project.
 
King Goldfish said:
I guess this is the right forum. I want to create a webpage for my site. I never really made a decent site before.

I only own Hotdog and it was suggested I invest in Dreamweaver if Im going to run a website.

I really dont want to fork out money I dont have. and I understand Dreamweaver has a huge learning curve to it.


Anyone here work with Hotdog and know where I can get a decent template to download?

I have to be honest, I know only a few html codes. I have a cheatsheet for doing things like background image stick and some mouse overs (Java script?)

but other then that, I have no real idea what the fix codes do or where to insert your codes at when you do copy them off the cheat sheets. Alot of stuff I did know i have forgotten since i havnt had a website in 3 or 4 years in which I ran off of comcast.


I want a website with a forum like this and with a media page for viewing or downloads and perhaps a link page for all the indie sites I find like this one here.


-discuss please
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it you like i can make a few for you in my spair time and man oh man do i have a lot of that right now.

i work in flash mx, dreamweaver from time to time and less we not forget ye old html.
i however stay away from java as i hate the stuff and C++

but i realy would like to know more about that php stuff :bow:
 
I would recommend teaching yourself HTML. I taught myself back in grammar school. Yes, I'm a bit of a computer geek, but it's a very easy language to learn, as far as computer languages go. After about a year, I was proficient enough to get my first paid gig. Granted, HTML was much simpler a decade ago, but if you can get all the basics down, you'll be fine on your own. I still use plain text editors for paid gigs.
 
Agree. Teach yourself XML and HTML, and use a standard text editor. A good free one is EditPad Lite, much better than the one Microsoft gives you.
 
Thanks guys. Im gonna try and do it on my own, I didnt mean for anyone to do it for me. I just meant if they could show me some codes to work with. I have downloaded some templates but alot of the codes make no sense to me. So Im gonna have to self teach myself and work from there. :)
 
You can find a decent book on HTML in a library and teach yourself for $0. That will get you going with a simple site. Really flashy sites (no pun intened) can be nice, but sometimes they get to be too much. Start simple and then if you decide that you really do need more, that might be the time to invest in dreamweaver.

Katie
 
Here are some HTML basics to get you started:

<br> is break, it's like a hard return
<img="file name"> for putting a picture on your page
<a href="file name">text or picture that you want to link here</a> is how you make a link
<center>object here</center> will center your object on the page
<title>what you want the page to be called</title>

Here's the basic way a page breaks down with a black background and white text, you fill in the rest with images and text:

<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head>

<body bgcolor="#000000" text="#FFFFFF">

</body>
</html>
 
Oh wow, the guide I used ten years ago is still available: http://werbach.com/barebones/ It's the Bare Bones Guide to HTML. Very useful. I just peeked at source code of interesting sites and followed the BBG.

A book I've found useful was HTML for Dummies Reference Guide. Lists all the code and gives pointers. It's set up in a spiral format so you can flip through pages quickly and lay the book flat as you work on your computer.
 
Web Dwarf

King Goldfish said:
I guess this is the right forum. I want to create a webpage for my site. I never really made a decent site before.

I only own Hotdog and it was suggested I invest in Dreamweaver if Im going to run a website.

I really dont want to fork out money I dont have. and I understand Dreamweaver has a huge learning curve to it.


Anyone here work with Hotdog and know where I can get a decent template to download?

I have to be honest, I know only a few html codes. I have a cheatsheet for doing things like background image stick and some mouse overs (Java script?)

but other then that, I have no real idea what the fix codes do or where to insert your codes at when you do copy them off the cheat sheets. Alot of stuff I did know i have forgotten since i havnt had a website in 3 or 4 years in which I ran off of comcast.


I want a website with a forum like this and with a media page for viewing or downloads and perhaps a link page for all the indie sites I find like this one here.


-discuss please
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King,

You might want to give Web Dwarf a try. It's free to download and use and never expires. It's similar to Cold Fusion but easier. I actually use Web Spinner which is an upgrade from Web Dwarf and only costs $50.

Here's why I like it...

I come from a artist background so I like to approach building web sites from the aspect of a paste up artist. Web Dwarf and Site Spinner allows you to work this way... Built in FTP so uploading is easy... I've built over 50 sites with this program and it still amazes me at what can be accomplished with it.

Easy learning curve...

filmy
 
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