Getting Started in programming

[BlackTigers]

Okay, a buddy of mine needed to sell some hosting, so I paid for a few months of it. Well, I figured I can actually use this, but a few things must be learned first. I mainly want to use this to host images and e-mails. I figure I can also try to get a page thingy or something, so when I go to the site, I don't see a 404 error 😛.


Okay, the site I'm on has cPanel X on it, if that helps. What would be lovely here is if someone could help me out! Any literature I should give a shot?

 

[nova2]

google for html or <insert language here> tutorials.

bookmark these sites too:
http://code.box.sk/
http://www.codeguru.com/forum/
http://www.phpfreaks.com/

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: BlackTigers91
Okay, a buddy of mine needed to sell some hosting, so I paid for a few months of it. Well, I figured I can actually use this, but a few things must be learned first.

You want a website? You don't need programming, you need to know HTML, and maybe CSS. Or you could invest in one of the web development packages like dreamweaver, or even just find a template online and change a few words to match what you want.

I mainly want to use this to host images and e-mails.

Well to host images you don't even need a proper site, you can just upload the images and point people to the right URL. Don't know what you mean by 'hosting emails', you want a mail server?

I figure I can also try to get a page thingy or something, so when I go to the site, I don't see a 404 error 😛.

Yes, page thingy good, 404 bad. 😉

 

[BlackTigers]

1) GREAT idea with the templates. I'll look into that.
2) It has an image uploader 😛.
3) Email server, yes.
4) 😛!!!

 

[imported_LoKe]

2) cPanel should come with something called "Fantastico" or something similar. Click that and eventually you'll find something called Gallery or Gallery2. There's your image host. Install it.
3) Webmail should already be built in. There should be a mail link in cPanel. Click on it and make an account. Navigate to http://www.yoursite.com/webmail and login with your username in this format: username+yoursite.com.
4) ???
5) Profit!

 

[dfuze]

I learned a lot from the W3school. They cover a lot of different web releated langauages.

 

[BlackTigers]

Okay, COppermine is up, and I am figuring that out, as it doesn't seem to want to put files where I tell it to. Learning HTML now through w# schools. Not as hard as I thought.


Now, this is the question I will unevitably get laughed at for:

How the hell do I edit a file or something to get it so that when I go to my site, I see something! I don't care if it's a basic Hi!!

 

[jdport]

Originally posted by: BlackTigers91
Okay, COppermine is up, and I am figuring that out, as it doesn't seem to want to put files where I tell it to. Learning HTML now through w# schools. Not as hard as I thought.


Now, this is the question I will unevitably get laughed at for:

How the hell do I edit a file or something to get it so that when I go to my site, I see something! I don't care if it's a basic Hi!!

First of all, it's inevitably... not unevitably. Now that I got that out of the way... 😀
What kind of operating system is your web server running? If you're in a unix/linux shell use an editor like pico (I always use the vi editor but pico is more intuitive for a beginner)... just run "pico <filename>". If it's a windows server, you can just use notebook to edit the file if you want.

 

[BlackTigers]

Originally posted by: jdport

Originally posted by: BlackTigers91
Okay, COppermine is up, and I am figuring that out, as it doesn't seem to want to put files where I tell it to. Learning HTML now through w# schools. Not as hard as I thought.


Now, this is the question I will unevitably get laughed at for:

How the hell do I edit a file or something to get it so that when I go to my site, I see something! I don't care if it's a basic Hi!!

First of all, it's inevitably... not unevitably. Now that I got that out of the way... 😀
What kind of operating system is your web server running? If you're in a unix/linux shell use an editor like pico (I always use the vi editor but pico is more intuitive for a beginner)... just run "pico <filename>". If it's a windows server, you can just use notebook to edit the file if you want.

I am able to use notepad.

But where is the stupid file! lol!

 

[clamum]

Create a new file in Notepad.

Type this into it:

<html>
<head>
<title>BlackTigers91's website</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello!</h1>
</body>
</html>

Save that as "index.html" (without the quotes). Now you'll have to upload it to your website. Log into cPanel X and click File Manager. Click on the folder next to the "public_html" directory. Now you're in that directory... click the Upload Files(s) link at the top, select your index.html file, and upload it.

Then you can view it by typing http://www.yourdomain.com/

 

[RapidSnail]

Try W3Schools. Great site that has quite a few tutorials.