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Posted By: Sandi Bowman In Response To: Suggestions, please, for doing a commercial website for the first time (Paul Ortega)
Wednesday, 18 January 2006, at 2:16 p.m.
> I'm very pleased to find this helpful forum.
> I need to do a business website, but have never done this. I've heard that
> hosting and website developer by Yahoo! is a good way to go, since it
> offers a simple website set-up for those new at this. Can anyone here
> comment on this and possibly offer other suggestions that could help me
> get a business website up and running without the HTML programming skills?
> Thank you all so much.
> Paul Ortega
Hi, Paul,
I understand where you're coming from but my advice would be to learn at least the basics of HTML if you're going to have a commercial site. There will be times when you absolutely must know how to tweak or change things. Without understanding at least the basics of HTML you'll be at the mercy of someone else to do it for you.
There are several programs that will help you. My personal favorite is 1st Page by Evrsoft (do not confuse with Microsoft's First Page...different critters entirely). It's free so that helps, too. http://www.evrsoft.com (yes, that is the correct spelling...no second e in it).
The advantage in lst page is that you can begin at the very basic level and it will show you, or do for you, what you cannot and then progress through normal, advanced, and guru...or some such names...just more options as you're ready for them. You can also view your work as you do it to see what result any code you put in shows on the page. It also helps you by highlighting any problem areas. Nice program. I still use it on occasion though mostly I do things in Notepad and using a clip saver and templates I've created.
A word of CAUTION for you. While the program is great, it does contain Buttons From Hell within it which you can (and probably should) delete after installing the program. Just search for buttons from hell and, when it comes up, delete it. It doesn't affect anything else in the program or on your computer (at least it didn't for me). Seems to be pretty much a standalone component within the program.
Other programs you might wish to check out are Nvu or Netscape Composer, both free last I knew. Not familiar with Yahoo's offer.
Good luck!
Sandi
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