Making a website

[No Fear 23]

Ok, One of my summer goals is to create a website. A portfolio website of my graphic design works, profile, blog, etc.

The thing is.... i have no fucking clue where to start and what to do. I have a website designed on a sheet of paper. Creating graphics are cake for me, but i dont kno how to 'code' them, like making them into links and such.

One thing i kno for sure is that i need a host. im looking to spend no more than 10-15$ a month.


I have dreamweaver, so i assume that i should just find tutorials and teach myself?
what do i do? how do i start?

help a brother out yo. The website will be like my resume for my future career as a graphic designer and digital media/motion graphics.

[Jafo]

I can offer you hosting for $8.33 a month. :P

http://www.worldwidecreations.com/hosting

Pick up a copy of dreamweaver, it works pretty well, and get used to using FTP programs like WS_FTP.

[MrAustin]

Might as well use Dreamweaver's built in FTP. www.w3schools.com is a good resource to start you out.

[No Fear 23]

aight i got everything made. domian name, host and all that shit.

now i gotta learn how to create one.

my website will be ejldesigns.com

[No Fear 23]

OMG its so motherfucking goddman hard.


I'm trying to create a page(homepage) in dreamweaver. I have to do something about this gay FTP thing that i have no clue what it does to upload it to my host site. I have no fucking clue how to put it on my host site. I emailed them for help so i should be getting a reply soon.

Def. harder than i thought it would be...but should be fun to learn. If you guys know any good dreamweaver tuts, post em up. I'm reading through every dreamweaver tuts i find through google, but so far, i only learned 1 thing.

fuck you internet.

[No Fear 23]

heres what i have so far. trying to get this up as my homepage while i work on the rest.

still tryin to figure this poop out.



what to you think?

a logo is in the making. right now, im creating a wallpaper for you guys :flipoff:

[fiXXXer]

You could always download free Dreamweaver templates, some of them look pretty decent, and it will save you alot of time "coding" your page.

[No Fear 23]

being a graphic designer..... using someone's else work is an embarasment to the graphic design industry.

[Casper]

being a graphic designer..... using someone's else work is an embarasment to the graphic design industry.
Then just use them to get you somewhat inspired, at least. To think that using someone else's work might suck, but u can always view the source for the page to see how they coded the page. Just do it to get you going, that's all.

[Jafo]

Umm, I guess you would feel better if it was easy? Sheesh...

[maneatingcow]

being a graphic designer..... using someone's else work is an embarasment to the graphic design industry.

I would beg to differ. Utilizing someone else's basic HTML to build up your website would in no way be an embarassment to the graphic design industry. What Fixxer is suggesting (I think) is to download a Dreamweaver template, customize the internal content, but replace all of the graphics with custom created ones. This way, the site has the look of your graphics work without the major hassle of learning basic html (Right away), or even worse, leaving it up to some weblackey to design your portfolio site. The major goal for any site is easy, understandable navigation.

Granted, portfolio sites (Like the one you are wanting to build) hardly need to be flashy or overly-graphical. An employer will look at your portfolio (Which contains your best work) to determine whether to hire you, not the graphical appeal of your website.

[No Fear 23]

I would beg to differ. Utilizing someone else's basic HTML to build up your website would in no way be an embarassment to the graphic design industry. What Fixxer is suggesting (I think) is to download a Dreamweaver template, customize the internal content, but replace all of the graphics with custom created ones. This way, the site has the look of your graphics work without the major hassle of learning basic html (Right away), or even worse, leaving it up to some weblackey to design your portfolio site. The major goal for any site is easy, understandable navigation.

Granted, portfolio sites (Like the one you are wanting to build) hardly need to be flashy or overly-graphical. An employer will look at your portfolio (Which contains your best work) to determine whether to hire you, not the graphical appeal of your website.


I guess i can try that. I am not a professional graphic designer yet...still have 3 more years left before i graduate.

What exactly does slicing means? I heard that I can create a page layout in photoshop and slice them up. does it means that the area you slice will be turned into links?

[maneatingcow]

I guess i can try that. I am not a professional graphic designer yet...still have 3 more years left before i graduate.

What exactly does slicing means? I heard that I can create a page layout in photoshop and slice them up. does it means that the area you slice will be turned into links?

To tell the truth, I really dont use Photoshop (Plan on getting into it within the next few months). A tutorial I've just dug up about Photoshop slicing is right here. (http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/Photoshop/Slicing-and-Saving-Graphics-in-Photoshop-for-Use-on-the-Web/) From what I've skimmed, it's the process of taking a full image of a layout, and breaking it down into various graphical elements for use in a webpage.