Setting up own website

[LMartin87]

Who here has their own website to "show off" their photographs?

What did you use to make it? Was it a template? A certain program?

I just want a simple site which will gallery my photos.

I already have a Flikr account but i want to set up my own site.

I already have webspace (just need a web address)

 

[Magic3rds]

Who here has their own website to "show off" their photographs?

What did you use to make it? Was it a template? A certain program?

I just want a simple site which will gallery my photos.

I already have a Flikr account but i want to set up my own site.

I already have webspace (just need a web address)

All you need do is buy a domain name for your web address, you can pick up a .co.uk address for about £3

I built my own site from scratch, because I do that sort of thing for my work. There are plenty of templates on the Internet. Wordpress or free templates

There are some people who can build sites for you at a cost

Programs that can be used are dreamweaver, Microsoft web developer, Microsoft WebMatrix or wordpress they have their own client for development

If you want to know more let me know,
Jez

 

[Phil V]

A website is an investment, you should start this process with asking yourself 'why'.

If you just fancy a camera, then go out and buy one, you'll quickly find that you need it to do something that it's not good at. Same with a website, if you really want a website to show off your work (not for any commercial reason) how much is a reasonable amount to spend, how much time have you got to tweak/ update it. How much web storage will you need.
Even after you've built it, it'll exist, but how will anyone find it? What will motivate them to even look for it? Do you specialise in photographing something that has a ready market of viewers? Because frankly if you just like to take 'nice' pictures of 'nice' things then the likelihood is that no-one will ever find it. Flickr and similar sites are great for sharing your pictures amongst like minded individuals. You can also produce slideshows for Youtube etc and share links with friends, but a Vanity website won't likely drive much traffic. wiothout a certain amount of money and/or commitment.

 

[KIPAX]

Programs that can be used are dreamweaver, Microsoft web developer, Microsoft WebMatrix or wordpress they have their own client for development

Or as simple as notepad.. cant undestand why a web developer? lists all these WYSIWYG type programs and not the fact that you can make a website using notepad or any other text edtor??

All a website is..is text..

 

[onomatopoeia]

Or as simple as notepad.. cant undestand why a web developer? lists all these WYSIWYG type programs and not the fact that you can make a website using notepad or any other text edtor??

All a website is..is text..

Notepad was my HTML editor of choice, nowadays I use pspad, which is also a text editor but has syntax highlighting. And it's free. Unlike Dreamweaver.

 

[KIPAX]

Notepad was my HTML editor of choice, nowadays I use pspad, which is also a text editor but has syntax highlighting. And it's free. Unlike Dreamweaver.

ultraedit32 ... collums rule

 

[Magic3rds]

Or as simple as notepad.. cant undestand why a web developer? lists all these WYSIWYG type programs and not the fact that you can make a website using notepad or any other text edtor??

All a website is..is text..

I listed those applications as they can be helpful for someone starting out. Yes notepad is simple and straight forward, but anyone starting out needs help with tags, layouts etc, those Microsoft free packages all help.

When I started out web development I found them easier than simple notepad.

 

[petersmart]

I listed those applications as they can be helpful for someone starting out. Yes notepad is simple and straight forward, but anyone starting out needs help with tags, layouts etc, those Microsoft free packages all help.

When I started out web development I found them easier than simple notepad.

Must admit I've always hand coded any websites I've put up - I tried Dreamweaver years ago and found it was really hard to get to grips with and produced incredibly bloated code so didn't bother anymore.

There are plenty of free tutorials online about XHTML, CSS and PHP that almost anyone can learn the basics of building a website.

And I certainly believe that knowing coding makes it much easier to alter a webite when needed and you can build it entirely to your own specs.

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