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I really want to improve the websites i make. At the moment i use PSP7 and Dreamwever to make my sites, and have a quite good html knowledge.
I have made a few reasonable sites but i really want to start to make better and more proffesional ones.
Anybody got any advice ( i opened up a advice topic but that hasnt really helped me)
Im just looking for little html tricks that make sites better to look at and so on.
Also if i would like to learn another language to help me build websites, what one do you reccomend as being the most useful? and why is it useful?
One last thing, any really good free-web hosts you know of?
Thanks alot
I have made a few reasonable sites but i really want to start to make better and more proffesional ones.
Anybody got any advice ( i opened up a advice topic but that hasnt really helped me)
Im just looking for little html tricks that make sites better to look at and so on.
Also if i would like to learn another language to help me build websites, what one do you reccomend as being the most useful? and why is it useful?
One last thing, any really good free-web hosts you know of?
Thanks alot
Planning is an essential part of my websites, I search other websites looking for inspiration then draw it on paper seeing what design i'd use, what colours....etc (i'd make about 3 of them) then put them all onto scaled down Jpeg files made in fireworks or Photoshop (Fireworks is easier) then I decide which one looks best and try it out, I think i've made 4 full versions of my newest website now, just started to update it again (I guess it depends on how picky you are)
I'm trying to learn PHP although very slowly but I definatly think it's the most useful coding avaliable other than HTML which is essential, you can do almost anything with it aparently, too much to mention but if you see Turbonutter's website I think you'll get a good idea :)
http://www.lewq.2y.net/turbonutter
hosting, well, other than Freeola there isn't much else that compares.
But for you i'd definatly recommend planning your sites out and making it a little less 'in your face' and clearer.
Also if you've got PSPv7 have you got a Mac? or is v7 on Windows now?
I've only just started writing all my HTML in freehand and i think i've improoved quite a bit, using Dreamweaver (although a great program and most companies require you to use it) it limits your abilities, writing everything in hand will keep you in good sted, you can learn how to use a program much quicker than learning coding.
Just keep practicing, make more and more sites, make them for your mates...etc then you'll get more experience and design will be a sinch (I hope)
If your not too keen on learning PHP right away, just leran the tag, it's been the most useful thing i've used since...ever, I think it cut about 200 lines off my site's page and it makes everything so much easier to update.
I'm trying to learn PHP although very slowly but I definatly think it's the most useful coding avaliable other than HTML which is essential, you can do almost anything with it aparently, too much to mention but if you see Turbonutter's website I think you'll get a good idea :)
http://www.lewq.2y.net/turbonutter
hosting, well, other than Freeola there isn't much else that compares.
But for you i'd definatly recommend planning your sites out and making it a little less 'in your face' and clearer.
Also if you've got PSPv7 have you got a Mac? or is v7 on Windows now?
I've only just started writing all my HTML in freehand and i think i've improoved quite a bit, using Dreamweaver (although a great program and most companies require you to use it) it limits your abilities, writing everything in hand will keep you in good sted, you can learn how to use a program much quicker than learning coding.
Just keep practicing, make more and more sites, make them for your mates...etc then you'll get more experience and design will be a sinch (I hope)
If your not too keen on learning PHP right away, just leran the tag, it's been the most useful thing i've used since...ever, I think it cut about 200 lines off my site's page and it makes everything so much easier to update.
I would recommend learning PHP, JavaScript (if you haven't already) and CSS. Along with HTML (or XHTML if you want to look v. conformist...), you can make pretty much any type of site you want. It would be even better if SR gave us MySQl!!!! I've had to resort to using plain text files for all my database-style things.
In terms of design technique, you have to strike a balance between bold/original and ease of use. One of the best ways to do this is to have a look at the sites of big companies and take the best elements from each one. If you post your site address here, I'll have a look at it and try and be critical - i'm not very original so my sites never look too good!
(Copying from one source is plagiarism, copying from many is research)
In terms of design technique, you have to strike a balance between bold/original and ease of use. One of the best ways to do this is to have a look at the sites of big companies and take the best elements from each one. If you post your site address here, I'll have a look at it and try and be critical - i'm not very original so my sites never look too good!
(Copying from one source is plagiarism, copying from many is research)
white_pele66 wrote:
> One last thing, any really good free-web hosts you know of?
Er ... Freeola? Buy your domain name thru GetDotted.com and Freeola'll give you free unlimited hosting.
> One last thing, any really good free-web hosts you know of?
Er ... Freeola? Buy your domain name thru GetDotted.com and Freeola'll give you free unlimited hosting.
I really want to improve the websites i make. At the moment i use PSP7 and Dreamwever to make my sites, and have a quite good html knowledge.
I have made a few reasonable sites but i really want to start to make better and more proffesional ones.
Anybody got any advice ( i opened up a advice topic but that hasnt really helped me)
Im just looking for little html tricks that make sites better to look at and so on.
Also if i would like to learn another language to help me build websites, what one do you reccomend as being the most useful? and why is it useful?
One last thing, any really good free-web hosts you know of?
Thanks alot
I have made a few reasonable sites but i really want to start to make better and more proffesional ones.
Anybody got any advice ( i opened up a advice topic but that hasnt really helped me)
Im just looking for little html tricks that make sites better to look at and so on.
Also if i would like to learn another language to help me build websites, what one do you reccomend as being the most useful? and why is it useful?
One last thing, any really good free-web hosts you know of?
Thanks alot