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hello,
I have been a player for some time and am now contemplating starting a website to promote casinos.
Firstly I need to build a website but don’t really have much knowledge in HTML. Would using Frontpage be good enough?I am thinking of using Yahoo’s webhosting services since they have some pagebuilding tools.Is it good? It’s stated that they don’t have PHP. Would that affect anything regarding the banners and tracking capability or in anyway be unfavourable?
Could anyone recommend a good webhost that’d cater to the general needs of a webmaster.
Thanks in advance for any help.Hello Jean
Welcome to CAP and good luck in launching your affiliate business. Many webmasters use Frontpage and its a very user friendly platform to build your sites with. I think you can expect excellent results with it.Regarding hosting would NOT use Yahoo, but would instead chose a true hosting company such as these:
http://www.hostway.com
http://www.jumpline.com
http://www.hostsave.comYou definately want to have PHP, FTP, PERL and full CGI Bin access for future growth.
Hope this helps and please keep us informed on your progress.
:bigsmile:If you’re looking for pagebuilding tools, including some very nice free templates, I would recommend hosting with http://www.bravenet.com.
I don’t use them myself – because I was looking for a server with php/mysql and bravenet didn’t have it when I started.
I know a lot of the people at Bravenet, and they have top knotch support. The programmer there is now working on setting up php/mysql, etc. I’ve been nagging, but I’m sure it’s not because of me. lol
They have a visual editor for html, as well as frontpage.
I recommend starting out using only notepad, so that you actually learn html. I’m a beginner myself, and all I’ve used is notepad.
I might be starting a debate with this…but I think if you are aiming to be a professional webmaster / designer..then you should go with Dreamweaver instead of Frontpage.
It really depends on the user and his/her preferences. FrontPage (FP) tries to do a lot of the “thinking” for the user, while with Dreamweaver (DW) the user should know at least basic HTML (although the tutorials that come with DW are so excellently made that almost anyone can learn to design decent pages in a short time). DW is more designer-oriented (and you will find more pro designers using it), while FP is more consumer-oriented.
Also…you run the risk of making your site only compatable with Internet Explorer if you use Frontpage.
Like I said…FP is good when you are in the beginning phases of learning web design. But if you really get into it..my guess is you will soon want much more functionality than FP offers. Just keep that in mind before making an investment in a program.
Dreamweaver has a free 30 day trial by the way… you can find it at http://www.macromedia.com.
That said… definatly learn how to hand code html. As you get more into web design…you will find that you have to go in and “hand tweak” the code..no matter what program you use.
As for hosting..I use Prohosters
I know it’s hard to get the hang of HTML at first, but after you have done it for awhile you will find it’s fairly simple to understand the codes.
Personally I HATE the WYSIWYG (“What You See is What You Get”) programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver because they add so much extraneous code to your pages that does not need to be there.
But if you forced me to choose between the two, Dreamweaver is definitely much better.
No offense to anyone who is using it, but I consider FrontPage to be “HTML for Idiots.”
Once you get the hang of HTML codes, I recommend using a simple coding tool that speeds up the process of designing pages WITHOUT adding extra “garbage code” like FrontPage.
My personal favorite in this category is NoteTab Pro:
It only costs $19.95 for the “Pro” version, which is what I use.
It color-codes all the different codes making it easy to find and edit sections of codes and there are tools like the “table wizard” that make it easy to create tables, etc.
But best of all, this ia a pure HTML editor that does not add any code other than what you tell it to do. That keeps your page coding efficient and less cluttered.
I consider myself a seious webmaster and I cant write html. I understand some tags, and i can modify, or remove stuff, but to write it from scratch is impossible. It’s not that I dont want to learn it, I’ve tried, but for some reason i find myself incapable of learning any type of programming.
Frontpage is great if you’re like me, but if you’re a quick learner you might want to consider dreamweaver, it opens up a lot of options. Of course writing pages from scratch using notepad is also a benefit.
Antoine
I use both Dreamweaver and Frontpage. Both have their own merits and I believe either makes an excellent platform to build and maintain professional sites with.
Gee, I hope I didn’t offend all you FrontPage users! :blush:
FrontPage works and some web servers are set up to handle special FrontPage codes that make it easy to do “cool” stuff even if you don’t know much HTML code.
I guess I’m just a “geek” because I like to have more control and cut out the wasted code on my web pages.
But on further consideration, I think it makes more sense for the average webmaster to spend their time working on getting traffic and sharpening their marketing skills rather than becoming an HTML guru.
So please allow me to withdraw my slap at FrontPage as “HTML for Idiots.” In retrospect, that was a little harsh and I should have admitted that it is a great time saving device for people who don’t have the time or inclination to become a computer geek like me.
lol Mariner. You aren’t the only one who has that opinion of frontpage.
The reason I use notepad is because of my web-geek friends who would brow-beat me if I used frontpage. I wouldn’t be able to hold my head up! It’s the same crowd who insisted I not used tables (as in ‘tables are gay”) in favour of div’s and css – and man, it’s hard to get a professional 3 column page without tables. (that’s my excuse, and I’m stickin to it).
Dreamweaver is apparently better. That’s what I am told – I know nothing of this stuff.
Bottom line is whatever works for you is what you need.
And I agree that it makes more sense to spend valuable time getting traffic and sharpening marketing skills. I can’t count the hours I spent making up my crappy code!
Finally another person who uses NoteTab. I have used it for years and swear by it. Guess it comes from learning to code from scratch before trying to use Frontpage or Dreamweaver. I’ve tried both and have always reverted back to coding from scratch.
Each to their own and I suppose that is why so many different products exist.
