I need to design a website for a charity. Where do I begin and how do I do it?
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I'm not from the area, but i might still help because I want to start my own web-design business and for that i need a portfolio. So right now i would do a charity website (or part of it) for free, just to say that i did some work on it.\n\nContact me (through my profile).\n\nThis is a site i just designed for my track team: http://www.paramusrunning.bravehost.com
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The first step is to figure out what your website will be about.  Pick a topic.\n\nThen figure out you want your first page to look.  Use a piece of paper and map it out.  Do you want a few photo's or links to other pages etc.  Really spend time gathering your information, links, photo's etc.  Save all the photo's you may want to use in a folder on your desktop.  In another folder, have all your typed up information ready to go to be copy and pasted.  If you want links to other websites (not your own) have them ready to be copy and pasted to.\n\nIt sounds like a lot of work (AND IT IS!) but the more time you spend organizing and getting everything ready to go before you get into actually creating your website, the faster and easier it will be.\n\nNext...find a free service like Geocities.  I'll put the link in the source box below.  Check them out and read all their information.  When you get a free geocities page, you can just pick webpage templates that are already designed so you really don't need to know html.  Just fill out your preferences, upload your photos and paste your links, copy and paste your info and voila!  You have a one page webpage.\n\nTo add more pages you should learn a little html.  Like how to add a link.  < a href=" http://www.geocities.com/  {the name of your new page} .html " >Click Here Stuff < /a>  (no spaces though).  Then name your new page to match.  Usually don't add a link to your main page until you have a 2nd page created...you get the idea.  Geocities has html basic help for this as well.\n\nGood luck and have fun!
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1) Determine the objective of your website.here for you its going be on business\n2) Once you decide what you want to make it on decide what all you are going to put up\n3) Once you are sure about what all you are going to put up (eg what pics,what text ..what scripts will you be using and all)..search for a good free web host which supports these features (Features such as a ftp client which will allow you to upload your pics,supports the kind of scripting you want like flash,javascript,cgi etc..)\n\nsome good ones are geocties.com,lycos.com,\nbravenet.com,pages.google.com( you will need a gmail id for google pages )\n\n4) Lot of these free web hosts provide website builders which have predefined templates to allow you create a decent website easily and quickly..if you are satisfied with that..well and good..but if you want some more customization then I suggest you get a free WYSIWYG HTML editor such as NVU ..(if you have microsoft frontpage already well and good..its quite good)..\n\n5) Using the editor you can easily create a website ..learning a bit of HTML to improve the site appearance wont harm anything..\n6) If you really want to spice up your website then i suggest you can implement some javascript ...you can learn it and do it or download the scripts from the net and put it on your site..here are some sites which have a lot of good scripts with various functionalities\n\n1) http://www.javascriptkit.com/\n2) http://www.a1javascripts.com/\n3)http://www.java-scripts.net/\n\n4) http://www.javafile.com/\n\n\nsome good html tutorials for your reference are \n\nhttp://www.davesite.com/webstation/html/\nhttp://www.cmis.brighton.ac.uk/~mas/mas/courses/html/html.html\nhttp://founderweb.com/html_tutorial/\nhttp://www.w3schools.com/html/html_examples.asp\n\nHappy building
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There are lots of great tools out there that are helpful, including sites that offer templates and help you get started. I have been impressed with the tools and service of GoDaddy (www.godaddy.com). If you'd like to learn more about the process, consider buying this book, which outlines the process, step-by-step: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764507206/103-8389304-7234204?v=glance&n=283155\n\nHere's some tips from http://website-design.mcdar.net/:\n\nSo you want to build a website here I will explain some simple but also key aspects that are commonly taken in to consideration when a website developer creates a website.\n\n1) Website Design - The website design must be neat meaning that everything looks like where it is meant to be (nothing out of place or out of proportion). Also your sites design is related to the topic of your website e.g. your site is about flowers then your design must have flowers.\n\n2) Site Navigation - Visitors must be able to get where they want to go without going through a maze a good way of putting it if you can get there in 3 clicks it should be fine. Also it helps when search engine spiders go through your site since it makes it easy for the spiders to index the site.\n\n3) Domain Name - Domain name is important since it is one of the first thing that your visitors will see. Your domain should relate to your site topic or business name. Length of the domain usually 6-8 characters is a good length and easy for visitors to type.\n\n4) Scroll Bars - don't make your website pages too long so your visitors have to scroll for hours it is also a good option to just create another page and don't make people scroll side to side.\n5) Returning Visitors - make your visitors return to your site by adding one or all to your site:\n\n- Email Newsletter (Ezine)\n- Community Forums\n- Online Tools\n- Online Games\n- Useful Content\n- Competitions and Prizes\n- and so on\n\n5) Website Logo - Make your logo unique and brandable so that people will remember your logo and then will remember your site and products.\n\nThese are some simple points that you may take into consideration when you build your website if you need some further assistance have a look at your competitors website and see what they have done. Remember what you put in is what you get out of your website and on that note GOOD LUCK and enjoy the whole process of building your very own virtual property.\n\n\nAll that said, if you'd like something simple and quick, here's the company that made my website, and they charged me less than $300. I knew nothing about doing it, but it came out great and they guided me every step of the way: www.wordtechs.com.\n\n\nGood luck with your new venture!\n~Tia~
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I think the first thing you need to do is determine what you are trying to accomplish with your website. After that, build it using either Dreamweaver or FrontPage. Then, when you are ready to put it online, get a hosting company. I recommened http://www.hostingmyweb.com . As a matter of fact, they actually provide you with a bunch of templates to use as well. All you need to do enter the message on each page. Otherwise, if you are trying to learn how to program website, http://www.w3schools.com/ has all of the tutorials you need.
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Hey, erm the link is basically not much of a link, but if you emailed me the working link i would try to give you some advice.\nI am just starting to work with web design, but people tell me that I'm good so I hope I can help.\nhere is a site i designed from scratch with Adobe Flash:\nhttp://paramusrunning.bravehost.com
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get in contact with new small businesses in your area and see if they need someone to design their website.. charge them a certain amount per hour you spend working (but dont slack off.. give them their money's worth), and from there they will reccomend you to other people
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The real money is in programing you won't need maths but you will need a head for coding and detail. \n\nI would take a short course in web design if that is what you want to do, look for week long courses that would be enough for the basics and to get you started on making sites. Then set up your own and try and charge through that - you can charge as much as people will pay, so as long as you get your self known and get people to email you will offers you could do ok.
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Creating a website takes a few steps:\n\n1) You're going to have to find a place that will host your website. (I suggest www.godaddy.com because it's what I use.)\n\n2) You're going to have to find a unique name that no one has. (e.g. www.superwebsitenamethatscool.com)\n\n3) You're going to have to purchase this name and pay for it on a yearly basis. (I pay about $12 a year for mine)\n\n4) You're going to have to purchase an FTP Server that will hold all your images and webpages. (Godaddy will sell you one for about $4 a month)\n\n5) You're going to have to build your own website using HTML code or something like Frontpage or Dreamweaver.\n\n6) Once you build your site you upload it to your FTP Server and tell godaddy where it is and you're done!\n\nIt's really really simple. Hope that helps!\n\n~Mark Lim\n\nhttp://www.poisonappleshirts.com
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Try the head office of the Charity Commission in Liverpool, UK. Do not know the full address, but I have dealings with them in the past, and they are very helpful.
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If you just want a basic website.\nuse a template and change stuff to fit your needs ..\nTemplates 'free"\nhttp://openwebdesign.org\n\n\nYou can edit it with a text editor "I use crimson editor"\nfree download of numerous ones\nhttp://www.thefreecountry.com/webmaster/htmleditors.shtml\n\nIf you want to use something more inclusive use a content management system..\nThey are fairly easy to setup if you just along on setup\nBasic tutorial your host should have them also\nhttp://rusw.com/db_1.htm\nSome free ones\nhttp://opensourcecms.com/      portal\nhttp://www.mamboserver.com/\nhttp://nucleuscms.org/\nhttp://www.postnuke.com/\nhttp://www.joomla.org/\n\nLinks to things you may find useful as you go along.\nhttp://www.rusw.com/li/elfreebos.htm
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Factor in the following:\n\n1) Time it will take for you to listen to your clients and making sure they get exactly what they want.\n2) Equipment.\n3) Electricity (seriously)\n4) Internet Bill.\n5) Third Party Assistance. \n6) Expenses you have to pay to get their site up and running. Including the domain name, fonts, stock images, and scripts (if you have to purchase them) and scanning in images.\n\nOnce you written all this down, then give them a number that makes sense. If you are doing a simple web design job, keep it below $400. The more complex the job and longer it takes, the more expensive it will be. If you add more people to get it done, then you'll have to factor in payment for them as well.\n\nFinally, make sure it's a livable amount. Too low and you'll be fighting for scraps. Also, give a firm answer. Be flexible and don't show fear. The moment you show fear, you'll lose or they might try to low ball you. \n\nHopefully, that will help you out.
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Here are a few generic design guides and tutorials aimed at teaching you how to lay pages out and how to optimise the page for the users best usage and enjoyment. Basically If you go to a site which claims to teach web design and the first page you see leaves you feeling lost or sick then it's best to go no further :)\n\nhttp://www.bedfordstmartins.com/markel_tutorial/\nhttp://www.webreference.com/authoring/design/tutorials.html\nhttp://www.entheosweb.com/website_design/default.asp\n\nThis one hasn't been mentioned yet and is a cracking site that gives you a lot more than HTML should you be wanting to add more to your site and make it more dynamic, each different language is seperate and easy to identify so you won't be overloaded by confusing terms if all you want is HTML\n\nhttp://www.devguru.com/\n\nthis next site gives an excelent set of tutorials for all the different aspects of HTML\n\nhttp://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/\n\nAnd lastly a few links to some goodies and extras relating to HTML\n\nhttp://www.htmlgoodies.com/\nhttp://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp\nhttp://bignosebird.com/html.shtml\nhttp://www.tips-tricks.com/\nhttp://www.web-source.net/html_tips.htm\nhttp://www.allgraphicdesign.com/swish.html\n\nFinally you mention that you want this site to be private.  By this do you mean that it contains information that you don't want to share with anyone else on the web unless you give them access?  If so then you will need to have some form of login and password protection, to achieve this you would need to use a wed design languange like .NET or JSP to do it properly, and that will take a lot more learning, and you will also need to find a host site that supports this.\n\nBetter for you might be to search for a personal web space provider that supplies templates and photo sharing facilities that you you can customise the look and feel of, but only share with friends and family.
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Decide what features you want your website to have, and write them down in an outline of some sort.  Start with the big picture, and go deeper down into specifics.  This can be done easily in a word processor.\n\nOnce you've figured out what you want your website to do and how that will be done, code it!  Using web-based languages like ASP.Net or PHP, you can easily do almost anything and put it on the web.\n\nOnce you've made your scripts, THEN get your layout and impliment the scripts within that.
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First you will want to locate a place to host your page. There are many out there that will host your page for free, or you can pay for your own domain name.\n\nSecond you will want to read books or online tutorials on HTML.\n\nThird you will want to find a good HTML editor. I would recommend Nvu as it is free and you can do alot with it. I would stay away from Dreamweaver until you are more experienced and have the money to pay for it. Nvu will be able to do most if not all of everything you will need it to do.\n\nFourth start practicing what you have read in books or online tutorials with your Nvu HTML editor.\n\nFifth when you get the design you like, upload it to your server.\n\nSixth Keep practicing and making changes to your site as you learn more.\n\nMost of all...have fun.
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I could help, I am a web designer and use Dreamweaver. I've done online stores before. Click my profile to Email me. A website I worked on with a store is http://www.gsfwc.org
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just sign up for a free website and then submit site to search engines.\n\nHeres free web submission.\n\nhttp://freewebsubmission.com/\n\nFree websites are everywhere and you can download templates everywhere.\n\nIf your any good at code then do it yourself.\n\nHere is an ad free place to open up a free website account.\n\nhttp://www.awardspace.com/