I don't want to make a cluttered website, and I don't know Java yet. I do know Javscript, and I put together a pretty cool gallery, here: www.fulturnjones.com/gallery.html But I'm haveing trouble with making a website that I'm comfortable with...i.e. good color themes, layout, etc. Any ideas? Should I keep it simple?
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keep it simple enough, but add some cool twists... choose an unusual color scheme, for one thing... don't go with the ever-so-common black and red... keep the layout easy to navigate... since you know HTML code, just experiment and see what you come up with... that's what i do! just have fun with it... i like rust-red, for some reason... not many people use rusty colors, or off-tones on websites... it might add a nice touch with steel gray, also... or if that's not your color, just mess around and see how it turns out. keeping it simple is definitely a good idea, though...\n\nfor some more color schemes, try something unique... such as: Really dark green and a strange tone of yellow or orange; rust-red and navy blue or black; black and a strange shade of green... those all sound really weird, but it might give you some ideas.\n\np.s. everything's a lot better w/ daniel and i now... it's a lot like it used to be now! *whew*... hope everything's ok w/ u and morgan...\n\n\n\nyeah he's been staying off the addiction ever since i talked to him about it... do you think morgan and you will get back together? i'm glad things are working out for you guys! good to hear from you, too! did i ever send you that really long poem, or did i forget?
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microsoft frontpage and macromedia dreamweaver are good. try some of the hosting companies that offer templates. prewired.com is good for that. there is absolutely no html involved. which can be a bad thing if you want anything more than a cookie cutter website.
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It's pretty good you've hit the 4 main points of creating a web page so that it will last..\n1- fast loading.\n2- didn't clutter it up with unessasary items or links.\n3- colors are easy on the eyes.\n4- all the links are working.\nHope your site does well..\ncheers.
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This place is just great!  It's free and you get to pick from a nice array of layouts, hundreds of colors and fonts.\nIt's not fancy, but it looks good and you can generate as many different kinds as you want.  \n\nhttp://cooltext.com/
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well, an easy way of designing web pages is to use a software called WPM( Web Page Maker). you need not have any knowledge of HTML or any other programming language to create web pages using WPM. it has many inbuilt features which make it easier for you to build your web page. you can also use flash templates to add colour and look to your page. you can download flash templates from http://www.templatemonster.com \nif you want to learn HTML or any other scripting language, http://www.w3schools.com is a great site....
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I recently was approached by a friend of a friend to produce them a modelling website.  I said yes.\n\nWhat i didn't tell them was i had never done a web-page before!!  Well I downloaded a program called coffeecup that gives you fairly clean code (compared to Frontpage), and used its visual editor to start.  I then looked at the code it had produced to see what was going on.  After also looking up different HTML tags and how to do tables and such, it was much easier and i was now able to write HTML without using the visual editor.\n\nI then had to tackle PHP to do a few bits.  I used these websites to get what i wanted.\n\nhttp://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/index.phtml/fid/51\nhttp://www.zend.com/php/index.php\nhttp://www.devtek.org/tutorials/image_gallery.php\nhttp://www.webdeveloper.com/\n\nAnyway i went from knowing nothing to producing a website, with changing images, a web based contact form and a shopping cart (short list) in about 2 weeks of on and off looking at it after work.\n\nIt is more than possible to learn to do web design in short amounts of time.  Obviously for more complex features it just takes longer, but i have found all information available on the web that i need.  Certainly no need for a 10,000 course.  Also simply look at the source for websites to see what others are doing.\n\nGet a project to work on, research the web and do it!\n\nGood luck and enjoy.\n\nFor my small triumph, visit http://www.seenmodels.com
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More and more people are using Flash for cool animations, intros and so on with regard their website.\nIt can be hard to get to grips with, but for a great Flash resource online try www.flashkit.com\nIt contains all sorts of news, advice, sound effects, images, movies and most of all, a range of tutorials for you to try and get to grips with the finer parts of the tool!\nanother thing ,If you want to critique your website, then there are some key questions that you should bear in mind and answer in your critique.\n\nThese include:\n\n- is the colour scheme easy on the eye?\n\n- is it accessible?\n\n- is the content clear and understandable right from the first page?\n\n- is the navigation simple and intuitive?\n\n- has the content been validated\n\nThese questions all should be answered in a decent critique of a website.
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Here's my opinion...\n\nThis is terrible.  The background clashes with the text so that it is basically not readable.  The layout is hideous and almost random.  And the background music makes the page freeze and hang while it is loading.  If you really want to create a nice web page, then go get yourself a book on web design principles.  You violate just about every rule in the book on design.  It looks like your computer barfed code onto the screen.\n\nOn a more personal note...people that put background music on their sites that plays automatically without a way to stop it should be put on an island somewhere.  This is the single most annoying thing you can do on a web site for me.
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anyone can create a website. Depending on how much time you have to devote to the website, will depend on how ascetically pleasing to the eye the web site is. \nUnless you are using a program such as front page, you will have to have a knowledge of at least HTML, if you don't have this knowledge, there are several good websites available to help you.  One such website is http://www.htmlgoodies.com.   You can start there with the html tutorials and proceed from there. \nAs far as hosting the web site, personal opinion would be to develop the site, before pricing the hosting plan.  Depending on how long it actually takes you to create the site and then what design elements you have chosen to incorporate will make choosing the hosting plan easier. Please let us know how it goes.
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I think as time goes by, more people will want to design or create websites.\n\nI think a great reference website on how to make a website, step by step directions, would be great. \n\nJAVA, PHP, ASP, JSP.....all programming languages covered under one website would be awesome.\n\n\nEDIT: If its free, then how much better could that be! =)
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I am a web designer and there is no way to create a large scale site quickly unless it looks bad and doesn't work. Many people think this is just a quick thing but there is a lot of back end programming that you don't understand. You need to hire someone who knows what they are doing.\n\nYou may be able to throw together a simple HTML site but nobody does that anymore.
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I suggest that you start by learning HTML. Then you can branch out and learn other languages like java and xhtml. Programs like frontpage or dreamweaver can write alot of this code (especially the HTML for you). If you want to make sites that have things like animated buttons or load screens you should by flash from macromedia and learn to use that.
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Ok, you have a few options. But before I give a few of them, here's a tiny bit of advice: The REALLY better ones aren't free. In fact, they tend to be expensive. The best ones are software houses like IBM hand-crafting the website for you, using their skill and expertise. Very few companies will give you that for free.\n\nSo, we're left with some free ones, which are all going to be very similar to each other. You've already listed a few, and other answers will give more, but if you look to your computer you might find a couple more.\n\nMicrosoft Office, OpenOffice (or StarOffice), Word Perfect and a fair few word processors will be able to save or export to an HTML file these days. The beauty is you can design it better using software you know, then export it. If nothing else, this allows you to see how something is done, like a table inside a table or alignments.\n\nIf you go for an online source, the chances are they will use a template, allowing you to add text and some predefined styling, but that's all. Others can add some components in, but you will be limited.\n\n\nWhat you need is a really cool, perfectly designed site. So where to go? Somewhere without a designer in sight.\n\nGo to a website you consider really well made. Doesn't matter on content. Just look how they designed it. The spaceous page. The one or two fonts. Nice headings. See how they structure it. No HTML, coding or designing. Just admiring and taking notes.\n\nNow, recreate it using the software you picked. Don't lift anything from the site you saw, create it all from scratch or use royalty-free clipart, or images you have permission to use.\n\nThe secret to a REALLY great website is not necessarily what software is used to create it, as it all produces HTML. The secret is to know what looks good and aiming for it.\n\nGood luck.
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Use Java applets in your website. It cant be copy and paste from website and it is faster.you need a professional java programmer to do that.
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One of the coolest "design" sites that I like to use is the CSS Zen Garden.\n\nThe HTML markup stays the same, but the site gets a radically different look and feel based on different style sheets.\n\nwww.csszengarden.com
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If you are a true novice and don't want to spend much time learning how to make a site, I would suggest the current super-popular MySpace. You can quickly get your information up for all your friends to see.\n\nIf you are interested in something more, but still fairly simple try GeoCities or Yahoo.\n\nIf you are willing to learn HTML I would suggest ATSPACE.COM. I have two websites through them and the uptime is great. You'll need an ftp program to upload your stuff. There's a good free one for personal use called "FTP Explorer". Of course you'll either need to learn HTML or use one of the WYSIWYG programs like FrontPage or DreamWever to actually design your site. If you need some help, e-mail me...\n\nWeb hosting site:\nhttp://www.atspace.com\nFTP Explorer site:\nhttp://www.ftpx.com\n\nA couple of my websites:\nPioneer Baseball Website\nhttp://www.pioneerbaseball.org\nMy Son's Travel Team's Website\nhttp://tricountytitans.atspace\nFamily Website\nhttp://tim8w.atspace.com
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The first page, eh? From what I've seen and experienced, the first page is unique to the person who made it, reflecting their style and personal technique. I use "Perfect Website Creator" to make my own sites, but I've never published any.\n\nInclude whatever you want, such as music, pictures, even movie files you want to display! If you want feedback on your site, put in a link to send you an e-mail, or a guestbook page for people to write in. You can use Javascript, Java applications, and other things like those, but they have to be programmed into the page, and in secondary files (which can take a lot of your valuable time). If yo want to start basic, just add a picture, a music file, and maybe a few links. Sound good?