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Shannon1ford
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#1 · Posted: 20 Aug 2009 01:06
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Hi all I'm new to the forums but I have been doing surveys and afiliate marketing for a while now, I even paid to learn so if anyone needs hints or tips about surveys or afiliate marketing just yell out.

My question though is about websites I want to start my own but have no programming experience at all and I was wondering if there are any sites that teach you how ? (googles not working with me lol).

Also any hints would be greatly appreciated .
Thankyou all.

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#2 · Posted: 21 Aug 2009 12:04
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Oh...oh...oh...

SBI is definitely the way to go.

There are several of us on the forum here that have used their system... if you need to see what it looks like, you can see mine at emergency-survival-skills.com ....

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#3 · Posted: 21 Aug 2009 16:48
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Hi Shannon,

M5 is right - SBI does rock and it's a good program to go with.

If you'd rather learn coding and go with your own choice of hosting, you can visit www.w3schools.com to get free tutorials.

Learn HTML then CSS then PHP. PHP comes in real handy if you decide to host a WordPress blog.

If you really want to get serious about web coding, I suggest that you either purchase an HTML and CSS best seller from Amazon or take a few web classes from a local college.

A good choice for non-SBI hosting would be www.hostgator.com

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zaneypops
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#4 · Posted: 22 Aug 2009 08:13
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Newbie Shield has the best advice. Getting Front Page or Dream Weaver and teaching yourself how to build a site is the best way to go. It may not be the fastest or the easiest but long term you put yourself in the position to be able to build site upon site yourself. Plus it can be very fun.

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Shannon1ford
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#5 · Posted: 22 Aug 2009 08:26
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Cool thanks guys will definately check out those sources and hopefully get my own site up.
Feeling a bit disappointed in the one I bought into (the one on my sig) it looks good but they are trying to sell me advertising packages now lol am definately a sucker for punishment I guess .

Can't wait to get my own site up and work on what I enjoy the most.

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#6 · Posted: 23 Aug 2009 17:08
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Hi Shannon,

I second the recommendation for using SBI for successful site building. It's been a real blessing to me. They also happen to be running a sale this week, so the timing for considering it is quite good.

I'm a fellow book lover - I'm sure I've read thousands. But I've discovered a passion for site building too, so now I juggle the two in my spare time.

Blessings,
Angie

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#7 · Posted: 26 Aug 2009 13:17
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I find that designing the website isn't hard, it's getting backlinks that a pain.

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#8 · Posted: 26 Aug 2009 16:34
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You can usually do a Google search such as "free web design tutorial" or something to that effect - also, you can check out Youtube for that kind of stuff as well.

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Matt Zenittini
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#9 · Posted: 26 Aug 2009 23:47
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zaneypops:
Getting Front Page or Dream Weaver and teaching yourself how to build a site is the best way to go.

That's not what Newbie Shield said....

In fact he said the complete opposite.

When you code your website you tend to understand much more about how it works and can optimize it better and have more functionality.

Dream Weaver makes me so mad sometimes when a picture won't place properly etc.

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#10 · Posted: 28 Aug 2009 22:56
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I personally have never built websites but I do know some people who do and they recommend Dream Weaver, but that is speaking from some else's opinion.

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Shannon1ford
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#11 · Posted: 30 Aug 2009 09:41
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Cool thanks all (soz for slow reply) I went out and bought the Creating a Website for Dummies book big plus it came with programs and templates for making a site.

Will probably find a free host and post all my survey sites on it I have over 300 theres bound to be 1 for everybody .

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#12 · Posted: 30 Aug 2009 09:52
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Matt is right - I don't advocate the use of a WYSIWYG editor.

It's best to know HTML and CSS well.

Second best is knowing enough HTML and CSS to tweak clean, existing templates.

It's true that using a WYSIWYG editor makes precise placement of images very difficult at times. They also spew bloated code, which has a significant negative impact upon page load speed.

It's best to get a good clean editor or to pay for a clean premium editor.

Take the time to learn HTML and CSS. You'll be forced to at some point regardless. Make it a top priority.

~Newbie Shield~

Shannon1ford
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#13 · Posted: 30 Aug 2009 11:23
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Yeah will definately do my own HTML since this wont really be a money making site.
After I learn it all then I can start designing sites for sales.

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