adding contents to one's first web site.

[name9902]

Well, i am creating my first web site, and so far i have apache set up and the domain name aswell, and everything seems to work smoothly.

As i see it, the next step is to start adding content, prolly beginning with HTML.

i would just like to know how i go about doing this...?

 

[halfadder]

Learn the basics of HTML and CSS before you start using an editor like Macromedia Dreamweaver, that way you will better understand the abilities and limitations.

If you're a techie kind of guy, the book Webmaster In A Nutshell would be a great reference. Otherwise consider any of the many learning HTML and CSS books you can find at Barnes and Noble, Borders, or Waldenbooks.

 

[Zugzwang152]

If you have Dreamweaver, and just want a site up and running and want to primarily manage the content, then by all means use Dreamweaverto build your site. If you want to take the next step and learn HTML/CSS/javascript and your favorite server side scripting language (go PHP!), then you may want to take halfadder's suggestion and take some time to learn the basics.

If you need any specific help, visit the Software, Applications, Programming, Games forum.

 

[Kelemvor]

Just to reitterate what the others have said... What exactly is going to be on your site? if it's just going to be a simple, straight forward website without much fancy things going on, then you would be fine to use DreamWeaver, FrontPage, etc just to get a site up and running without much effort. However if you are going to want to learn what's going on behind the scenes and have more control over find tuning things by hand, then definitely start learning HTML and such because it makes it a lot easier to figure out what's wrong when certain things don't do what you think they shoud.

 

[name9902]

the content of the site, ie what it is about isnt important. The whole idea is for this to be a learning experience and the site is just a back drop to learn different languages, starting with HTML. The real question is how do i get HTML scripted in a prog like notepad onto the site itself?

 

[kamper]

How do you get it onto the site? If you're hosting yourself (and it sounds like it, since you said you set up apache) then just copy whatever you have into the htdocs folder and off you go. If you have someone else hosting for you it'll probably be a case of using ftp to upload your files onto the server.

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: name9902
the content of the site, ie what it is about isnt important. The whole idea is for this to be a learning experience and the site is just a back drop to learn different languages, starting with HTML. The real question is how do i get HTML scripted in a prog like notepad onto the site itself?

You can save a Word Document as HTML and upload it.

Uploaded it where? Hmm I do not Apache Server.

I have a great idea. If you tell us where is server and what is the nature of the installation may be some one can help you.

:sun:

 

[name9902]

ah i got it, i just have to edit the index.html file to start, i'm sure ill be back with more questions as i want to do more then just make the front page pretty colors and such, but for now i'll learn some HTML and mess around with it just on the index

btw the site is www.alphaextra.com - nothing on it yet, gonna start learning HTML and changing stuff around tomorrow