Making Websites

**cwish001** · 12-10-2008 01:41 AM

Hi everyone,

what program do you guys like to use for making websites. I hate all things code so I never really learned how to make websites. I found out the other day you don't have to make them in notepad (that is the way I made my first couple bad ones). My current website I had hired out and it cost around $350. I am going to start a couple more experiment business but I don't want to pay for a website for each. I am a IT Guy just on the physical networking and repair side. I know you guys are good for this kind of advise.

**gregdavidson** · 12-10-2008 02:24 AM

I like to use Dreamweaver or Mozilla NVU for basic HTML websites which can be downloaded here.

**icristi** · 12-10-2008 02:31 AM

Try using a free CMS and a free template

very easy and efficient. just search on google for "free cms" and it will come to you.

**gregdavidson** · 12-10-2008 02:37 AM

You can create a website using Wordpress as your CMS and there are thousands of cool templates available. Just login to your administrator panel and set the page of your choice to appear as your homepage. This transforms your website from a blog, to a basic CMS.

**icristi** · 12-10-2008 03:00 AM

Greg, you gave me an ideea to start a new topic about "WTF do you like so much about Wordpress?"

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**mike810** · 12-10-2008 03:22 AM

Honestly, if I were you I would just take a week or two and learn html, xml, and css. They are really easy languages and you should catch on fast. Don't be intimidated by other programming languages, the above are not even close to as complicated as c+, perl, php, etc..

To answer your question, Dreamweaver is probably one of the best website editors out there. I use it myself on some occasions but I prefer to hand code with css mostly. It does take a bit of learning to start using it proficiently, but its not too hard. Most of the rest of the website editors create very cookie looking layouts that are not very attractive to users or search engines.

**timeismoney** · 12-10-2008 04:34 AM

I would suggest Dreamweaver also. It is pretty easy to use, plus if you want to get a little bit more complex you can create PHP and Java script code also. Dreamweaver is pretty flexible.

**operaentre** · 12-15-2008 11:06 PM

Greg has given good advice.As you said that you have no idea about website designing,you can create your own blog and word press sites.After creating you can promote your site by basic SEO Techniques so that your site will be indexed in google easily.

**DuckStyln** · 12-19-2008 03:42 PM

I use Seamonkey, it's free from Mozilla, only one I've tried
but works well for me
is Dreamweaver better?

**nonrate** · 05-06-2009 02:30 AM

notepad is terrible. But a nice IDE like Eclipse or KDevelop (which I use) is great. I recommend straight code... the authoring tools will not always product 100% the results you want, with cross-compatibility, and forget it if this design is going to be templated for a CMS.

Do it in code, it's more fun trust me.

**buzzlair** · 08-21-2009 10:59 PM

icristi = terrible, i wish you could tell us more why you hate WP

**maziy300** · 08-22-2009 01:02 AM

As a professional web designer, I would NOT recommend you to purchase Dreamweaver and to try to do it yourself. You can spend the same amount of money on a professional web designer who will provide you with a CMS system.

**multimediocrity** · 08-22-2009 10:05 AM

I write code by hand. I suppose if I had to pick another approach, I'd choose Adobe Dreamweaver. It's the only thing which allows me to build a site properly (using JavaScript, PHP, and such).

If you're interested in other websites, can I suggest Amalgam Web and Media? (amalgamweb.com). They can probably beat the price of your last web design company, and I'm sure you'll be satisfied with the result.

**offshoredevelopment** · 08-29-2009 08:35 AM

Hi,
If you have already tools for website design than in short time you can learn HTML/CSS and little bit JavaScript you can create simple static site with this HTML/CSS/JAVASCRIPT but if you need dynamic website with PHP or ASP.NET or AJAX you should hire developers for your website development to get fast and professional website design

**bbbjjjrrrplay** · 08-31-2009 06:55 PM

i use bluevoda and that is really easy to use and has alot of great features.the sites you can make out of this program are great.if you want i can also help you make the site or be a partner even.im very good with bluevoda