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jjandry03
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# Posted: 19 Apr 2007 21:50
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Hello everyone,
I'm a college student and love the idea of sitting at home in my free time and making money, instead of say, going to the bar. What is the best way to teach myself to build websites?
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pcwork
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# Posted: 20 Apr 2007 19:33
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Build your own website by referring to websites like W3schools, Webmonkey , you will get some practical experience.
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deuce23
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# Posted: 20 Apr 2007 22:52
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You could also try using premade templates and learn the codes to change it up to your liking. I use Joomla and it's great.
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webcomsystems
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# Posted: 21 Apr 2007 13:43
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It's really not that difficult to learn HTML, most people could learn all the basics in a weekend.
If you wanted to go further you could learn CSS.
http://www.w3schools.com/ is a great starting point.
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slenderdog
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# Posted: 13 Aug 2007 14:11
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w3schools is great--Another useful site is http://www.echoecho.com.
To learn css you might try http://www.css.maxdesign.com.au or http://www.csseasy.com.
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happywife
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# Posted: 14 Aug 2007 02:18
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Believe it or not I have built a website of over 200 pages and I still don't really know how to do it.  I do know how to do a bit of html now within the body of my pages, but the majority of it, I don't know (or care) how to do. Is that disgraceful?
My site is about chocolate candy, which I love, but I didn't know the first thing about web design, etc. I found a company that has all the software integrated to allow you to build an online business by following a step-by-step guide and downloading video tutorials. I love it. I just sit back and create the content.
If you build yourself a nice content based site, the traffic will automatically be generated by the search engines, saving you that headache, and you can just choose the types of methods you want to monetize the site (like Google Adsense, affiliate links, selling a service, selling hardgoods, referals and finders fees, to name a few).
It is a lot of fun, and much better than wasting your time and money and youth at a bar. You could have a legitimate business for many years to come.
Go for it.
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surferket
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# Posted: 14 Aug 2007 17:06
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If you don't want to learn html then you can tryout http://www.bluevoda.com/ and they have video to teach you how to built that website.
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Bigrich
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# Posted: 14 Aug 2007 22:25
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if you go to my url on the cool page site there is a link for free website stuff
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acenos
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# Posted: 25 Aug 2007 10:58
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The best way to learn how to build a site is to get yourself a nice template from somewhere online. You can find a good template for around $25. Then get yourself Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver is a really powerful web design program that lets you manipulate code, or you can cut and paste images or type in your content and the program will code it for you automaticly. It's a great way to start out, and actually it's how I got started. You can find an older version of dreamweaver cheap, or you can get it odd Limewire. Good luck.
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federline
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# Posted: 28 Sep 2007 14:02
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Dreamweaver is very expensive is there another bit of software on the market that is reasonably priced and allows to you to modify and build new web sites.
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pcwork
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# Posted: 28 Sep 2007 21:32
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You can use FrontPage and there are other free softwares available
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LuckyRon
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# Posted: 28 Sep 2007 22:27 · Edited by: LuckyRon
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I like to use "Lycos tripod" you can have a FREE website that is supported by banner ads. It is very customizable with lots and lots of templates. You can add sound and video and all kinds of cool stuff. I had a site for selling global lottery tickets before the U.S. government cancelled online gambling. My site address is [Link removed - Admin]. <--I hope Vishal will give me me a warning and not just kick me out for posting a URL. It's an old dead site anyways. I just thought you might want to see it since it is FREEEEEEE!!!! (you will find this is my favorite word)
They will remove the banner ads if you pay a hosting fee of $4.95 per month.
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# Posted: 29 Sep 2007 06:11
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Google "free html editor". If you don't want to learn html, grab a WYSIWYG editor. If you do want to learn html, do not grab the WYSIWYG editor, but do get a non-WSIWYG editor.
Then go to w3schools.com and take the html tutorial. Later on take the CSS tutorial. Finally, expand into graphic design, layout, and web scripting.
Plan on spending the better part of a full year learning and mastering these skills.
Best of luck,
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# Posted: 29 Sep 2007 09:45
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PS. Notepad works fine. I've used it many times to program in several different languages.
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klock75
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# Posted: 29 Sep 2007 14:00
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Using some kind of web site development tool that has a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor is a great way to learn. That is, if you are actually concerned about knowing HTML. These progs will allow you to easily create the page as if you are making a brochure in MS Word and then you could click the HTML tab and see the resulting HTML to give you a better understanding of how it's accomplished behind the scenes. I started that way then ended up using Notepad after awhile.
The problem with those tools is that if SEO is what you are after, they create huge files with a lot of unnecessary code and footprints. They often use tables instead of CSS. Basically the code is ugly and like sifting through mud when search engines crawl it. But again, it is a great way to get an understanding of HTML which after all is the basics.
If you want to just pump out web sites fast and don't care how to code there are other tools that exist that you can trust are producing quality code in the background. I switched to this route, it's much quicker than using Notepad.
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LuckyRon
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# Posted: 1 Oct 2007 19:42
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I tried dreamweaver but it seems like you really need to be dedicated to grasp it. I felt like I should be looking for a night class to help me through it.
Building a site is one thing but building one that is attractive to web crawlers and search engines is quite another.
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happywife
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# Posted: 1 Oct 2007 20:13
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That's exactly why I am so happy with SBI. I don't HAVE to learn the code. They have what they call a "block builder" that you just choose what you want to add to each page, headline, text, photo, link, etc., and place it in the block. They build all the fancy code for you.
And, I can trust them to do it the best way for the engines to spider, too. They also analyze each page for me to make sure that it has the right amount of keywords and content.
I basically build my page in notepad and then just copy and paste it into the blocks as appropriate. Makes my life easier by far.
I will say this, though. Some people LIKE building the pages themselves in Frontpage or Dreamweaver or whatever. In those cases, SBI lets them upload their own html but still offers all the extra services to them. Maybe one day I'll get that good, but until then, I'll stick with my building blocks. 
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affiliatesheree
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# Posted: 1 Oct 2007 22:55
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A WYSIWYG like NVU (free to download) is an cool way to learn HTML because you can go back and forth 2 the site and see what it looks like.
On my site, I have free website videos that teach you how to do a whole bunch of different HTML codes in little 3-10 minute modules.
He goes back and forth from notepad to the browser and shows you all kinds of cool tricks you can do with HTML.
There's also stuff in there ahbout SEO so your site can be seen.
I recommend those videos to all of my team who want to learn HTML. Very easy to learn when you have visual aid.
There's nothing like the power of a video for learning, I think.
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# Posted: 2 Oct 2007 22:03
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If you are actually interested in learning html and css, you can do it for free at w3schools.com. Just go through the free html tutorial. Then if you really want to, you can take the other coding tutorials for free as well.
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bob022
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# Posted: 4 Oct 2007 11:03
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Here's a great site that has videos on all sorts of web design including html. this site is a [Link removed - Admin]
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cgracia
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# Posted: 9 Oct 2007 03:59
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While there are other sites that will take the pain out of html by letting you go straight to creating a website (you could just use MySpace, for instance), I think there is some value in learning html, even if you later move on to another system. A weekend should be enough time to learn the basics.
All you need is:
1. a webhost (and your log in information - don't forget to store in a safe but searchable place).
2. a text editor (the simpler the better, because Microsoft Word, for instance, will add extras to your code that could make it function incorrectly)
3. a program to take your file and put it on the internet. fetch is a good one.
I would just try some simple stuff to get a feel for how html works. Then, if you move on to Dreamweaver or a Joomla or Drupal based system (all of which are excellent!) you'll know a bit about what's happening under the hood.
Best of luck!
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LuckyRon
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# Posted: 17 Oct 2007 03:18
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When I first started learning HTML it was about 15 years ago and things were so much simpler then. I mean simple not better the web pages have changed so much since then. I remeber my first business website. I just copied someone elses HTML to notepad and then I changed the name, address and phone number to mine, added my logo as an image file and uploaded it. voila! I was so excited the first time I thought I was a genious.
It's not so easy to steal another persons code anymore but when I'm on an interesting page I still like to Right Click, hit View Source and Look at how things are constructed once in a while. I think it's a great way to learn.
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# Posted: 17 Oct 2007 09:45
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Quoting: federline Dreamweaver is very expensive is there another bit of software on the market that is reasonably priced and allows to you to modify and build new web sites.
I use WebEasy Professional 6. It is similar to Dreamweaver, but not as complicated, in my opinion. You can order it through my PowerMall for $49 and get a rebate back on it!
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# Posted: 17 Oct 2007 13:38
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I designed my first web page (1st link in my signature). I used a WYSIWYG program called Site Spinner. I found it easy to use and the support was top notch. You can get it on CNET. It has a 15 day free trial, then costs $49 if you want to keep it. I don't know if it is available on My Power Mall
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aplina
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# Posted: 27 Nov 2007 14:20
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get to school and learn how to make awebsite. look for someone who know how to then they may teach you. do u know you can make alot of money on website.
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pcwork
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# Posted: 27 Nov 2007 20:43
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I was using FrontPage, now I use a text editor, it is much better
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alexant
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# Posted: 27 Nov 2007 23:51
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I use HTML-Kit, which is really just a step above a text editor. I taught myself html by dissecting other people's pages... and taught myself PHP thru trial and error.
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MandyB
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# Posted: 21 Dec 2007 11:30
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I started teaching myself HTML by using a WYSIWYG editor (FrontPage Express) and then keeping on changing back to have a look at what code it had created but I think if I had to do it over again I would definitely use W3Schools. I am still learning from them even though I have been designing my own websites for a couple of years. It seems like there is always more that you can learn from them. I have also bought myself some programming books from the local bookstore and use those to teach me some aspects of web design (XML in particular).
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Marktech
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# Posted: 17 Apr 2008 16:40
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I've tried NVU, html-kit, voda - all seemed to run a bit flakey on my XP machine. I recently downloaded and tried Seamonkey which is a free multi-app browser - it is bundled with a WYSIWYG editor called composer - fairly basic but more stable than what I have used so far.
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stealthwealth
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# Posted: 21 Apr 2008 00:58
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I personally use NVU and I think it is a great tool. As for the best way to learn I would goto Youtube Video and type in the search how to build an basic web site or how to build a web site. This is where I goto get great ideas for projects.
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