Anyone ever make a web page?

[Ken The Kanuck]

I am thinking about making a web page for my business. Basically it would just be an online brochure, seldom changing, no selling what so ever.

I would want to put up a picture of our work, a brief explanation of what it is and some further information, safety, q/c, etc.

I would like to find a way of building one with a hammer and a nail or a grinder and a stinger but it would appear that more technology is required.

I have asked the question on another web site but young guys are answering in a language I don't understand. I need to converse in " Oldfartanese ".

Is there a free web page design site where I could go and try to make a web page and then if I get one made send it to be hosted.

Thanks,

KTK

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[Dale in Louisiana]

Ken--

It's not difficult to do, but it can be difficult to do very well. to do a simple page such as you describe is an easy afternoon's work. google will step you through a simple set-up.

Several sites, such as Google, will let you create your own web page, if you want to play around with the technology. However, they get to limit you on what you can name your page.

I pay for server space for my blog, less than $100 a year, plus $10 a year for my own URL, "mostlycajun.com". If I wanted to do business, that's what I'd do.

Dale

[0311Shooter]

Often your ISP (Internet Service Provider) will give you server space to have a small webpage. Most of them also have help pages to assist you, or Customer Service.

The first one I did was using Geocities.com, free but you had to have Geocities in your address. Plus they had a small popup advertisement.

Then there is the problem of actually writing it. Most of us don't do HTML language but there are programs that will allow one to pretty much create it like a word processor or a graphics program. I use MS Frontpage, part of the MS Office set of programs. When a page is created, then it's uploaded to the server and it's there for everyone to see.

A bit more detailed but that's the jist of it. It really helps to have someone walk you through it the first time, take notes, and then full speed ahead.

Eventually you have something like mine for my high school class, dozens of pages, hundreds of pictures, school song, memorials, and lots of junk. But classmates all over the country (and world?) can view it and keep up to date.

[Rob Mitch]

I played with some a few yeqars ago and it wasn't hard for simple pages. I found the book "HTML for Dummies " to be quite helpful to me.

[Fick_2141]

I made a web page for the silhouette program at my club.
I used a free web editor called page breeze. It is a wysiwyg editor.
That is comp lingo for "what you see is what you get".
The club already had the domain name and site. I just made the page and emailed the file to the webmaster. You can probably find other free web editors and all the info you need to get started at the Kim Komando website.
She is the digital goddess with the syndicated radio show every weekend all across the nation. You can trust anything on her site, and her advise on anything digital is the straight scoop.

[Bob Womack]

I've built my own, THE MUSICIAN'S ROOM. I started on Angelfire because it was so simple and they had an online page editor. After a short while I decided that I hated their ads inserted into the page and felt limited by their editor, so I found a new space and rebuilt from the ground up. Believe it or not, I've built my entire site in Microsoft TextEdit, which is as far from WYSIWYG as you can possibly get. The cool thing about TextEdit is that you can pull in other people's pages and it shows the actual code used to accomplish their designs. You can study and copy their design at will. In Windows, you simply right-click on a page and select "SAVE PAGE AS" to get a copy on your computer that you can edit and fiddle with.

Now, admittedly, my site is very basic, but it is cleanly layed out and is based around content, words.

Bob

[Ken The Kanuck]

Great looking web site, thanks for sharing. You are right about those Mini's they are fun to drive,

KTK

I've built my own, THE MUSICIAN'S ROOM. I started on Angelfire because it was so simple and they had an online page editor. After a short while I decided that I hated their ads inserted into the page and felt limited by their editor, so I found a new space and rebuilt from the ground up. Believe it or not, I've built my entire site in Microsoft TextEdit, which is as far from WYSIWYG as you can possibly get. The cool thing about TextEdit is that you can pull in other people's pages and it shows the actual code used to accomplish their designs. You can study and copy their design at will. In Windows, you simply right-click on a page and select "SAVE PAGE AS" to get a copy on your computer that you can edit and fiddle with.

Now, admittedly, my site is very basic, but it is cleanly layed out and is based around content, words.

Bob