bassett
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| posted on 1/11/07 at 02:44 PM |
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setting up a website
Hi everyone im looking for some technical web design advice, as its getting close to picking up my MNR Vortx i had the thought it might be interesting
to set up a basic website with pictures and a diary for friends family and anyone else thats interested to see how the builds comming along. I see
quite a few members have build sites so can anyone help me out?
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 1/11/07 at 02:49 PM |
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There are a few of ways to do it - the first is to learn HTML and code the site yourself, which gives you the most flexibility but it's also the
hardest to do if you've never done any programming/HTML before.
Second you could get some web design software like Dreamweaver where you design the layout and let the software deal with the code.
Finally, and the easiest way, you could just get a blog somewhere. It'll probably offer everything you want and takes about 2 minutes to sign up
- take a look at sites like Wordpress or Blogger.
Pete
[Edited on 1/11/07 by scoobyis2cool]
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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badding
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| posted on 1/11/07 at 02:55 PM |
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Joomla is a simple Content management system, you can make a nice looking site and it's very easy to maintain.
My site is made with joomla...knowledge of PHP or http language isn't nessecary.
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bassett
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| posted on 1/11/07 at 02:56 PM |
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i've done some coding a while back when i was at uni (very basic) but it was only using word pad then converting it to a web page. but then how
would i get something like that onto a proper site with a web adress?
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 1/11/07 at 02:57 PM |
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To upload your html files it depends on your hosting. Some hosts offer a browser-based uploaded and on others you'll need an FTP program like
FileZilla.
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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bassett
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| posted on 1/11/07 at 03:00 PM |
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Would i have to buy a domain name to be able to upload it to a specific space?
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 1/11/07 at 03:04 PM |
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Since it's a build diary you'll be best off just getting a blog - that's essentially what they're designed for. Then if you
want your own web address just go to one of the millions of domain name people (I use 123-reg.co.uk) and pay for a domain name. You then just set up
that address to point to the addres of your blog. i.e. someone types in www.bassettsbuilddiary.com and they will be automatically forwarded to
bassettsblog.someblogsite.com
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 1/11/07 at 03:05 PM |
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^ What he said 
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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wilkingj
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| posted on 1/11/07 at 03:42 PM |
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IF... you buy a domain name, I reccomend www.Easily.co.uk
I work across the office from our DNS team, and they all use it for their personal sites.
They work doing just DNS for a living and handle thousands of names per year for our company and our customers, and I trust their judgement. They have
been doing DNS for over 12 years in a professional environment.
You can actually talk to Easily on the phone, and they won't OWN your Domain Name, like a lot of sites do. Also its all administerable over the
web. I use them and havent had any problems, and I run a Name that is forwarded to a Dynamic Name, that is located on my Broadband at home.
www.v8viento.co.uk translates to my dynamic DNS name, and that points to my home Server, which is on a dynamic IP address (it changes).
I use http://www.dyndns.com for the dynamic part.
If you have a static IP address on your broadband, then you dont need the dynamic DNS.
Hope this is useful info.
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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bassett
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| posted on 1/11/07 at 05:12 PM |
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Thanks everyone for the help. Ive gone for the blog instead of my own site. Ive started using blogger and for anyone else thinking of doing the same
its dead simple, meets my needs and should be easy to keep everyone updated.
Cheers
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Keith Weiland
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| posted on 1/11/07 at 05:41 PM |
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Just a note to say that just because you are using blogger doesn't mean you cant have your own domain name and .co.uk domain name will cost
less than £3 for a year.
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