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Nathan4102




PostPosted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 7:31 pm   Post subject: RE:Making a website??

Ended up going with 10dollar.ca, and got a 2$/y plan from awardspace.com which suits my needs perfectly!(The free one put ads on my page)

Now for building my website, I'm trying to decide what to do... I kind of wanted to build from scratch with HTML, but it seems kind of inefficient and slow, and I feel like it will take forever to get anything visually pleasing. Would it be would using Wordpress, or would I not be learning anything if I went that way. The #1 goal of this website was to learn, so I'm not too sure which way I should go...
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Sur_real




PostPosted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:29 pm   Post subject: RE:Making a website??

Well what kind of site is it and what do you want to learn?
Is it just a blog? a personal site?
For the backend, do you want to use PHP? python? ruby?

Wordpress is good for blogs but for anything else, it's better to go with some other framework.
Nathan4102




PostPosted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:57 pm   Post subject: RE:Making a website??

Its just a personal site, and I don't know what a backend is Wink I think I've decided just to go HTML/CSS with no editors or templates or things like that.
Sur_real




PostPosted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 7:44 pm   Post subject: RE:Making a website??

Oh, backend just refers to the stuff on the server. With a server, you can deliver dynamic content and not just HTML/CSS/Javascript.

Hm, most people nowadays rely on some sort of front end framework to help with the front end stuff.
It's definitely worth looking into instead of trying to do everything yourself Smile

One that I recommend is Bootstrap: http://twitter.github.io/bootstrap/
While you might want to wait on Bootstrap 3 to come out in a couple of months, you can try 2.3 to familiarize yourself with front end dev.

Foundation is also a nice one to consider: http://foundation.zurb.com
Nathan4102




PostPosted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 7:49 pm   Post subject: RE:Making a website??

Hmm, neat, Ill have a look at those two!

Could you help me out with a small HTML problem I'm having aswell? Basically, I'm trying to put the "About" hyperlink anywhere on my page(x and y coord), but I can't quite figure out how to do it. I tried the <DIV> style thing, but that didn't work, and right now, I've just got it centered on my page, but thats not really what I want, since I want a bunch of links to other pages on the top bar. Could you let me know what I'm doing wrong, and how I can get the About hyperlink at a specific point? Thanks Very Happy

You can view the source at GamesWorld.ca
Sur_real




PostPosted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:07 pm   Post subject: RE:Making a website??

Well you can add margin or padding (difference between the two http://www.w3schools.com/css/box-model.gif) in your CSS but it's best to not try and find an exact point on the page to put something since everyone has a different screen/resolution.

If you try to understand and go through the tutorial for bootstrap, http://twitter.github.io/bootstrap/getting-started.html it'll simplify all these problems for you and make your site look much cleaner
Zren




PostPosted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:13 pm   Post subject: RE:Making a website??

This will run through the display:; and position:; and a few other general layout techniques.

http://learnlayout.com/

But yeah, bootstrap makes layouts a million times easier.
Nathan4102




PostPosted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:23 pm   Post subject: RE:Making a website??

Ok, I'll check it out in the morning and let you guys know how it goes. Thanks for all the help!
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BigBear




PostPosted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:51 pm   Post subject: RE:Making a website??

You will still learn a lot using a CMS, but mostly what you will learn is how to use that CMS.

You will learn more using a framework, which still lets you use whatever methods you want.

For example in django you still use html/css. I also use and recommend twitter bootstrap.

To get familiar with HTML/CSS I recommend HTML Dog's tutorials. I just checked and they have been updated for HTML 5 and CSS 3.

http://www.htmldog.com/guides/css/
http://www.htmldog.com/guides/html/

I look forward to seeing your website!
Nathan4102




PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 4:56 pm   Post subject: RE:Making a website??

Alright, so I've downloaded bootstrap and i watched a couple vids on it, but it looks like its just a template that people edit... Is that it??? If thats it, I don't think I can work with this yet, I don't understand half the HTML/CSS/JS in the templates provided.
Sur_real




PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:48 pm   Post subject: RE:Making a website??

Try going through some tutorials?
Have you checked out the site zren suggested?
http://learnlayout.com/
or
http://learn.shayhowe.com/html-css/
or
http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/web

Yeah bootstrap has templates but most of all, it's a tool that will help you make awesome websites Smile
BigBear




PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:56 pm   Post subject: Re: RE:Making a website??

Nathan4102 @ Tue Apr 30, 2013 4:56 pm wrote:
Alright, so I've downloaded bootstrap and i watched a couple vids on it, but it looks like its just a template that people edit... Is that it??? If thats it, I don't think I can work with this yet, I don't understand half the HTML/CSS/JS in the templates provided.


Twitter Bootstrap provides code for the layout and look of your site.
And you need to know enough HTML/CSS to get by when using it, which is why I recommended the HTML Dog tutorials.

Once you know the basics you can use some of the code from the twitter bootstrap examples on your site.

The great thing about the web is that you can see how other websites were created.

You can view the page source (ctrl + u) and see how everything was done. The HTML code references CSS which is also available to you, since it is available to your browser. Just look in the header for src files with .css and click on them and you can view them (or download them).

Another popular way to examine the source of a particular part of a webpage is with Developer Tools (FireFox) or Chrome's Developer Tools. Right click on an area and select "Inspect Element".
I recommend Code School's course on Chrome Development Tools: http://discover-devtools.codeschool.com/
The knowledge will also apply to Firefox.

As an aside. FireFox's 3D View is crazy cool.
Nathan4102




PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:31 pm   Post subject: RE:Making a website??

Alright, I'll learn a bit more HTML and come back to this later. Thanks guys!
choofieblankets




PostPosted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:42 am   Post subject: Re: Making a website??

I think you can edit it with any Web developer you are good of..

Julia Williams
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letsassist




PostPosted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 3:01 am   Post subject: RE:Making a website??

Learning a little bit of HTML will not be of any help! You need to hire adequately experienced web designers and developers who will design the entire site with the functionality according to your needs! Yeah, godaddy is undoubtedly the renowned domain hosting provider.
If, you are looking to have your own website within nominal budget, then you should opt for Bigrocks
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