Let me clarify something. I never! ever ever ever ever ever! said that learning some basic coding wouldn't be a plus. I simply said what I said. It's not necessary for publishing a web site that is functionable.
Sorry if you misunderstood... Rico. Oh, wait... Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: erik burggraaf To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 9:16 PM Subject: Re: Building a website, what's the best way? Hi Nancy, First, you need two things: A domain, and a host. You can be your own host if you like, but first time developers usually prefer to outsource hosting. I am using ultra host. http://www.ultra-host.us They have packages starting at $30 per year and market value domains, as well as excellent email and phone tech support. I have been with them since 1999. The company has changed hands, but my opinion of the way things are run has never changed. There are a lot of packages you can get which claim that you can build a website with no knowledge of code. These include wordpress, drupal, php wcms, and many others. In all cases these are handy tools and you should probably pick one that best meets your needs; however, all claims that you don't need to know code in order to use them are completely false. I suggest you not be intimidated by learning some html markup and some of the basics of whatever language your content management system is running, as well as some css. The most widely used language for content management systems is php. I am currently working on two websites. http://www.inclusiveandroid.com This is done in Drupal and most of the coding is over my head. Fortunately there are four other people working on this. Two of them are experienced php and drupal developers and all I have to do most of the time is administer user accounts, moderate content, act as staff writer and handle promotion. So, I'm not worthless in this particular project, but I don't do very much actual site design. Then there is: http://www.nfbnevada.org This is done in pmwiki, and comes closest to keeping it's promise of "no coding necessary". This is an extremely simple interface. To install, unzip and upload to your web server. To add or remove options, add or uncomment lines in a text file, all of which are documented in plain english. The advantages of this system are simplicity, configurability and great documentation. The disadvantages are that in order to go past a certain point, you need to install and configure the security and permissions from scratch, and Many of the extensions are out of date. A derivitive of pmwiki called boltwire: http://www.boltwire.com also looks promising. I would be happy to discuss your options further off list if you would like to email me and let me know what kind of conten you want to have for your site and how you want it to be laid out. Best, Erik Burggraaf June is amazon gift card mania month at inclusive android. For details on how to enter for your chance to win a $25 gift card, please visit: http://www.inclusiveandroid.com/?q=content/play-amazon-giftcard-mania-sweepstakes On Jun 22, 2015, at 3:29 PM, Nancy Badger <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, I am thinking of building a very simple website. I have never done this before. I have no idea how or where to start. I know I need to get a domain name. How do I do this? Is there an accessible program to use one building a website are there tutorials? Thanks for any help you can provide. Nancy Nancy Badger, Ph.D Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services UT Chattanooga Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
