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question about creating websites?

Jan 29, 2008 11:11AM PST

i am in the process of trying to learn how to design websites.
1) how do i set it up to have 2 of one website [1 online and 1 offline to update and then publish to web and take other 1 offline?

2) when i get finished with it, how would i go about actually publishing it and how would i go about getting the url/domain registered?

3) how many can i have setup at any one time?

thanks in advance for your help.

willie

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time to do some learning
Jan 29, 2008 7:06PM PST
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Well
Jan 30, 2008 10:57AM PST

1) You have to decide whether your website will be static or dynamic. Static means you create files on your PC using software like Fronpage or Dreamweaver and then upload it. You have the exact same copy online and offline. Everytime you want to make a change, you make it on the offline copy, then re-upload the updated pages. Dynamic means you use some kinda of management system like Joomla or Wordpress. Your website is entirely online based, which means you can make changes online only. You could download all the files locally, which would mean you have an online and offline copy, but still, all changes should be made online.

2) Publishing is easy with software... one button usually. Has to be setup prior though, and if you use dynamic pages, publishing is not necessary... the changes are reflected immediately (if not saved as draft). Domain can be registered at place like godaddy.com -- take a few hours after the purchase to "active" and then you just point the DNS at your host.

3) You can have as many websites/domains/hosts as you want. A few allow to manage multiple website via add-on domains, otherwise you may have to go with a reseller account, or you just register a new account at any host for each domain.

~Sovereign

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learn by doing =)
Feb 8, 2008 12:30PM PST

i concur -- learning is great... but learn by DOING.

cheers,

Janette

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