Where should I start if I want to design a website

Post » Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:44 am

Hello everyone! I want to create a website to promote a project I am working on. However, I really want to learn HTML, since other web building sites, such as Wix, Webs etc., seem very incompetent and limited. Plus, I don't want my website to rely on these sites. So, where should I start? Should I just use notepad and write HTML "stuff" or should I use software such as Adobe Dreamweaver to design my website? Also, all tutorials I've run into just describe how to create a site using Wix, Webs etc. So, are there any good tutorials?
Thanks in advance everyone!
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Lawrence Armijo
 
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Post » Thu Jul 04, 2013 6:03 am

If your going the Notepad route, then you can view the source code of any webpage your looking at, then try to build it from there.

What I would do is get some GUI based Editor, where you click and drag elements, then go in and tweak the HTML code from there. It has been so long since I have done any webpages, I don't know what the better programs are these days.

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Jacob Phillips
 
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Post » Thu Jul 04, 2013 2:26 pm

You can get Adobe Dreamweaver.

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Sam Parker
 
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Post » Thu Jul 04, 2013 4:19 am

I myself prefer hand coding, and I only use HTML and CSS.

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Amber Ably
 
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Post » Thu Jul 04, 2013 5:15 pm

I use Bravenet for my website. It's really simple to use. It's mostly copy/paste and then you can use HTML to tweak it.

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Saul C
 
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Post » Thu Jul 04, 2013 10:29 am

Thanks guys for the suggestions. What might be best to use (from what I've learned and seen so far) an editor that "knows" HTML. But I'll definitely try Dreamweaver & notepad-style version.

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