I'm looking to create a basic website (approximately six pages) and have the option of a message board and possibly merchant services (exp., PayPal).  I have limited knowledge of html and have never constructed a site.  Your suggestions are appreciated.
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parkerjr2 is right about learning a bit more stuff.\n\nYou might also consider godaddy which has templated sites, forums, shopping carts and so on. Not expensive either.\n\nNothing prevents you from having your site and forum on one host and the shopping cart on another (yahoo has a shopping cart service which many people use - you don't even realize it's yahoo until you check out).
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what you need is a webpage designing application for beginners like microsoft frontpage. (since you are  new)\n\nOR\n\nyou can also try some free online site builders like yahoo site builder, which you get when you register a website on http://geocities.yahoo.com\n\nOR \nif you are seeking an advanced application Adobe Dreamweaver is the right one for you.
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Consider http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/ - it is excellent; or if you have no budget then consider www.blogspot.com - you cansetup your own template and can do reasonable amount of hosting.\n\nNot recomended to setup your own service.
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try http://www.freeservers.com\n\nHere you can create your own website free. I has simple steps and tons more.
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In my experience, Freewebs.com has been very reliable, even in the free version. They offer a wide amount of options, and it is very easy to create a website with the templates that are offered. No ads are required, though you could place them on your website to generate revenue, and even a little bar at the bottom is not required. I think you first have to sign up for a free account, and then have to make it a paying account. That's just what I have to offer. hope it helps!
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go to http://www.yahoo.com/smallbusiness  and with a nominal fee Yahoo will register your domain name,Yahoo will provide  you free software to create website,thereafter you have to Host your website either with Yahoo,eBay-Google or Microsoft bCentral.Hosting charges are payable every month.Than your website will be loaded with a search engines almost 200 search engines.Do select PIN words.suppose you are selling cosmetics.create an easy words- so when you type the words you created Your browser will bring your website.If you do not like to host than on your  Yahoo profile..add as a cool link.You must also tell your friends that you have started your website.and tell them the complete links. http://www.(your web site name).com  or any other..like .net
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this site is a good place to start to help w/ writing html code, but if you're going to do web page you need some software like microsoft front page. Front page is pretty simple to use, you don't need to really know how to write html code with it and create beautiful pages, then all you have to do is upload to the server.
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I would suggest ATSPACE.COM. You can create a website for FREE up to 50MBs in size. 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 DreamWeaver to actually design your site.\n\nIf you want your own domain and have it hosted, I suggest ReadyHosting. You get 1GB of space unlimted e-mail accounts, FTP access and domain name registration all for $99 a year.\n\nWeb hosting site (FREE):\nhttp://www.atspace.com\nWeb hosting site (COST):\nhttp://www.readyhosting.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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if the site is for a small business you should check out http://www.merchantcircle.com\n\nTheir whole purpose is to empower the "little guy".  They offer tools to help grow your business and send traffic your way.\n\ncheck them out.  They're new and free so it's not going to hurt.
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Bluehound, since you're new, I'll go easy on you....\n\nNO ADVERTISING OF SERVICES OR MARKETING ON THE SITE. Big No No, so don't do it. If you'd like to offer free advice to others who are looking for help in the area of graphics, then great.\n\nBut stop marketing yourself here.  Dig into your pockets, get your own site and market your wares THERE.
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Yahoo has an excellent free web site.  It is a great way to start.  No HTML is needed - but if you have it - you can do wonders.
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Hi,\n     Have a look at  www.htmlgoodies.com   it is a web based teaching package to show you how to create post and manage your own websites.\n\nIts fairly easy to use and is step by step.  You should be up and running inside a week or two if you have nothing else going on.  \n\nGood Luck
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I'm not sure what you're asking? Do you want to know a place to build a free webpage? There's plenty of those out there, http://geocities.sbc.yahoo.com/ being the first one that comes to mind. There's also places like http://www.myspace.com/ if you just want somewhere to post your thoughts and have them read by people.
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You'll have to either learn HTML and some sort of programming language, or buy a software like FrontPage. I'm not sure if FrontPage will do that though. And you'll need a domain name, and probably a server if you plan on website hosting.
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These days there are 100's if not 1000's of CMS out that do exactly what you want to do. You should pick a CMS that could grow with your website and you are able to add options to it with time.\nHere are few that I have used and am very happy with them:\nMambo Open Source: Very easy to use and is very expanable. The current core team is a bit slow to fix security holes.\nJoomla!: This is a fork of Mambo. Very active core team, comes with 100's of add-ons and thems and support is outstanding.\nWebsite Baker: If you want a website where you won't be needing people to register for your website then this is the CMS you should look into. Exelect for small business and building a portfolio website.\n\nThere is also an outstanding website if you want to try out more than 100 CMS': http://www.opensourcecms.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?