Hello, I am new to building website, but I would like to learn...I do understand HTML and I have fooled around with HTML code and Notepad. I am definately a beginner, and I would appreciate a full rundown of how to build a website, what to use, basically the long and short of it. I have heard of PHP(I assume this is a code like HTML?) but I don't know anything about it.

Thank you all for the help in advance, I would like to be able to build simple websites!

RED

You can use FrontPage 2003 to build a simple web page without writing a single code. Or you can also use Dreamveaver MX as well. Take a look of this web site that I am building by FP 2003 with some other paint programs http://ca.geocities.com/henry.luu@rogers.com/index.htm

I would look at dreamweaver... if you are interested in php and want a more portal like site (if it is going to be info heavy) look at something liek phpnuke or mambo open source... it is free and really easy to use... if your current web host offers fantastico you can install it right from there... if you are looking at a smaller website... say 10 pages... go with html... it design is your problem... there are plenty of free templates.

Rory Spangler
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I would appreciate a full rundown of how to build a website, what to use, basically the long and short of it

You can do a google search to get lots of articles with different writers and views, start on this forum :D

I would reccomend FrontPage, and am suprised people suggest DreamWeaver to a beginner. Dreamweaver is great for advanced coders, but by no means for a novice.

A few notes about web programming:

HTML is an extremly basic language, it is all about making an open and a closing tag, and then putting something in between.

example:
to make some text bold you would type this:

< b>Hello World< /b>

Here you can see the open, and the close, with text in between.

Make a site with FrontPage, then study the code, you will pickup on the tags eventually, thats how I learned it.

Here is a link to a great javascript site for beginners:

http://javascript.internet.com/

Side Note

ASP is more for generating webpages from a database. So a company with an inventory of lots of products would want this.

HTML is more for layout and design

Javascript is for functionality, and will allow you to add more power to your site. However, some people disable javascript, and thus cannot view a page written with it properly.

Thank you all for your help!

RED