Web page design for beginners

Originally posted by stevetodd
Sorry but this probably isn't any help but maybe a warning (perhaps other might be able to tell me why this may have happened). I own a few flats in london that I rent out, in previous years they rented themselves i.e. put an ad in the local paper and I would get up to 30 calls in one evening. However as more landlords have enetered the market it's now a l o check the small print on freebies (I did and couldn't see why it happened), anyone know?

These free websites are crap. Get yourself a domain - they're pretty cheap and then organize a site for it.
You can probably get it done for less than a 100 squid.

Originally posted by huckleberryhound
http://www.freewebs.com/huckleberryhound

Geez, MySpace would give you more options than that site.

I learned html by viewing page sources (a right click function), and
just use notepad for editing.

Originally posted by Crowley
Sure, Frontpage is crap, but there are some WYSIWYG editors that work better. I learned to use HTML using these editors first and from there started checking some basics tutorials on the web.

Something like this http://nvu.com/index.php is worth having a look at. Small, easy to install, but still has many features and creates pretty clean HTML.

I downloaded nvu, i'll have to lok at the tutorial when i get back form work. .A lot of this is going to go over my head, i sure hope this aint rocketscience 😛

Originally posted by huckleberryhound
I downloaded nvu, i'll have to lok at the tutorial when i get back form work. .A lot of this is going to go over my head, i sure hope this aint rocketscience 😛

I'm with Xanthos on the FW bit. It's crap, I've used it.

I didn't read the thread so this may have been asked, but...

Are you coding this or using the FW help thing, etc.?

Originally posted by cmsMaster
I'm with Xanthos on the FW bit. It's crap, I've used it.

I didn't read the thread so this may have been asked, but...

Are you coding this or using the FW help thing, etc.?

Just read it...seems like you aren't using code.

And morris, you may have learned HTML by looking at stuff, but HTML is insanely limited-almost useless sometimes. And there's no way that you picked up advanced languages by looking at it.

Originally posted by cmsMaster
Just read it...seems like you aren't using code.

And morris, you may have learned HTML by looking at stuff, but HTML is insanely limited-almost useless sometimes. And there's no way that you picked up advanced languages by looking at it.

I don't know how to use code yet, and i don't know if i've got the patience or the brains to work it out *ducks behind joke barrier*

Trying is half the battle i guess.