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Re: Creating a webpage Was Re: 12 of my favorite pictures of Legoland, CA
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Mon, 23 Jul 2001 00:02:58 GMT
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Hello!

> Speaking as a clueless non-geek type, it isn't really that hard.  Presumably
> you have a place to host your webpage.  I would find out all the info they have
> first.  Often they have ways you can create webpages practically autmatically
> using their webpage tools.  Unfortunately, you cannot really be creative with
> these so you may find them limiting, in which case you can do what I did:
> 
> I got a decent reference book (Laura LeMay's Teach Yourself Web Publishing with
> HTML 4) and dove in.  I'm sure there are lots of good books out there, but I
> found LeMay's quick and easy to use.
> 
> Also if I saw a feature on someone's webpage I thought was cool, I would view
> the source code to try to see what they did.  For instance, when I used the
> Fibblesnork brick wallpaper for some eBay auctions last year, I saw Tom Stangl
> (IIRC) was running some auctions using it, so I viewed his source code and
> found out how to make the little trademark symbol when giving Todd credit
> (thanks, Tom!).
> 
> And when I see a particularly nice webpage like Ralph Döring's Sopwith Camel
> page
> 
> http://www.doe2.de/lego/more/sopwith-camel/index.html
> 
> I study it to see what it is that made it work so well.
> 
> The great thing is that even though I can't remember much off the top of my
> head, if I had to create a webpage now, I know I could do it because now I know
> where to look for the info.  And if I got stuck, I would post on
> off-topic.geek-- someone here is sure to know!  HTH!
> 
> Maggie C.


I really don't have a clue where to start with a webpage.  It just seems
like it will take forever and there are so many details to mess
with...details that I think will end up forgetting in the long run that will
be crucial to the success of my webpage.  I have so many ideas that I want
to do and I see it being absolutely perfect in my mind.  But like I said, I
just don't know where to start.  I would like to get a book but don't know
which one would work best.  At the end of my second year of college (last
year) I picked up Microsoft Frontpage 2000 which I heard was great when
creating a webpage.  Being an Architecture student, I find that I don't have
time to make a webpage.  That is, during the school year I won't have time.
During Christmas break and summer break I could do it though.

The only problem is that I am confused as to where I should begin.  Mabye
the solution is to take some sort of class or at least have someone come and
help me out personally.  I am just not sure!

Brendan



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  Re: Creating a webpage Was Re: 12 of my favorite pictures of Legoland, CA
 
(...) <snipped away Brendan's nine excuses> Not to be trite or anything, but "Just do it!" Now while you're on vacation. It won't be absolutely perfect to begin with-- heck, I was tickled to even create a page that only had text! Here was a webpage (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)
  Re: Creating a webpage Was Re: 12 of my favorite pictures of Legoland, CA
 
(...) Hey Brendan! I have found one of the best places to start with a webpage is to look at www.webmonkey.com. It has almost everything you need to learn HTML, etc. I just use Windows Notepad for most of my code writing. Pages don't have to be (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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  Creating a webpage Was Re: 12 of my favorite pictures of Legoland, CA
 
(...) <pared away a bit here> (...) Speaking as a clueless non-geek type, it isn't really that hard. Presumably you have a place to host your webpage. I would find out all the info they have first. Often they have ways you can create webpages (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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