For Webmasters or Anyone who has an Online Business with a Website

@clownfish (3272)
United States
November 27, 2006 10:44pm CST
Hi! I have been thinking about starting a business. I have a question for those of you who have your own business websites or who are webmasters. What's the best way to create a website? Is knowledge of HMTL necessary, or would you recommend just skipping to a page building program? I would love to be able to hire someone to do all this for me but I don't think I could afford it. Thanks in advance for any advice! :-)
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camo26
@camo26 (1418)
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28 Nov 06
hey yeh i have made a website and i had it looking really good it was just one i made with a free web design package i downloaded and it wasnt that hard but i decided to try another design package and ended up wiping my whole site clean off the net Whoops lol but hey i just got myself macro media studio 8 with dreamweaver and fireworks and all that and i am currently taking home study courses to learn properly about web design so please watch this space as i intend to make a great website or at least hope to lol :). i do have a download store still and forum that all went along with my site they are still running. It would cost you a fair bit to get someone to do it for you but if you intend on making mooney then you have to spend to accumalate so it may still be worth it in the end :)
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clownfish
@clownfish (3272)
• United States
28 Nov 06
Hi! and thanks for your response! Even if I do learn most of the technical stuff, I'll probably still need help setting up a shopping cart and merchant account. Does your site have those? If you don't mind my asking, did you set it up yourself and if so, was it very hard? Thanks! :-)
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camo26
@camo26 (1418)
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28 Nov 06
well clownfish yes i got all of them from my actual web server where i rent my web space from there are really good and i like them a lot also they are about the most helpfull people i have know on the internet :) I will post you the address for you to look at in your messages ;) but in answer to your question yes i got them with my web space and i set them up myself it was a little bit trick understanding how it worked but they have a forum and stuff you can ask questions and find the answers to. Also the nice people from my web server helped me aswell :) the free web site creator i used was oh crap ive forgot i will get that address for you aswell and send it to you in a message on here ill add more to the message to help you aswell saves choking up this post :)
camo26
@camo26 (1418)
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29 Nov 06
ok sorry you have to add me as your friend first before i can send you a message :)i will get everything sent to you when you have accepted :p thats if you do lol :p
melody1011
@melody1011 (1663)
• India
28 Nov 06
If you want to learn how to create your own website, using html or dreamweaver check out this website. It offers free courses in how to do the same. www.onlineclasses247.com
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clownfish
@clownfish (3272)
• United States
28 Nov 06
Hi! and thanks for your response! I tried to take a free online HTML class at WebTechU. It's a great site and the people are great, but they had us build our sites on free web hosts, and those sites wouldn't allow up to upload our own code. It was very, very frustrating! I'll definitely check out the site you listed. I'm interested in using Dreamweaver. Thanks! :-)
gyasitaylor
@gyasitaylor (150)
• United States
29 Nov 06
I have a couple of websites. I just play around with one. It's www.youcrazymonkey.com where I just post a bunch pet pictures. I also have a pet store.. www.pimppets.com. this one is more serious. I made youcrazymonkey by myself and I hired someone for the pet store. I used yahoo merchant solutions. Depending on what you're going for with your site you can prob do it by yourself using templates and stuff but if you want something different, you may need help if you don't want to get a dreamweaver and photoshop.
mcgrath
@mcgrath (51)
• India
8 Dec 06
you can try "lycos" for building your own web page and uploading too...all for free. (http://www.tripod.lycos.com/)just try this link and you will get a basic idea for building a page. but if you wish to have a own domain name, then you have to pay for it to the web hosters.