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1st Website Development - ENewsletter

Jan 28, 2005 1:09AM PST

I want to create my first Website and have read the threads here such as "Website Newbie" and am more confused than ever. Dreamweaver assumes knowledge of HTML/Java, etc...Frontpage may require the same or I shouldn't use it anyway. I currently don't know how to use any of these but I am willing to learn. What isn't in the threads is a concise recommendation as to what I should use, what program I should learn and where can I learn it(web course/class, etc).

Ultimately, I'd like to create a website and send weekly e-mails with a link to a weekly e-Newsletter (Part of and archived on the website) that I can create on a regular basis.

Your help is greatly appreciated

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DreamWeaver course
Jan 28, 2005 8:25PM PST

You could enrol for CNet's online DreamWeaver course, details here;
http://courses.help.com/courses/overview.jsp?courseId=1103

Or/and try CNet's basic web page design course here;

http://courses.help.com/courses/overview.jsp?courseId=1895

There are many other web sites dedicated to HTML tutorials and if you Google that phrase, I'm sure you will come up with plenty of choices.

Or you could start with a learning book. I started with "The Idiots Guide to Web Page Design", (From Amazon.com). I didn't like being called an idiot, but soon found out I was when I started reading it, Happy

Good luck,

Mark

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Try this
Feb 8, 2005 3:50PM PST

Learning to build web sites can be intimidating, but once you get over the initial hurdles, it becomes much easier. I suggest you start by learning some basic HTML. This is a good tutorial web site:

http://www.w3schools.com/

Visit some sites that are like what you want to do, and look at the code (View: Page Source).
In my experience, Dreamweaver is the best to work with, especially with limited know-how. There are other programs out there: I started with Arachnophilia, but you can do HTML in Notepad!
Keep checking around the forums, and ask questions. Have fun.

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We can do it for you
May 14, 2005 10:48AM PDT

Email us the requirement and we will get back to you.

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HTML Editors
Jun 10, 2005 11:45PM PDT

Look around the net and you will find many sites on "html" once you learn the basics, you can actually do a web page with any text editor. There are HTML editors that make things alot easier by color coding certain "tags" so that it's easier to "find your way around" once the page gets full of code, and lets you code "tables" with the click of the mouse.