This will be a scetion where questions about certain topics will be answered by myself.

The first topic will be hot to create a website.

Topic 1 - Creating your own website

Q1 - Is creating a website a complex task?

A1 - It can be depending on the amount of effort and material you wish to put into your website. You can spend as little time to just make an information page with a few pictures and a few links which will be quick to do or you can build websites like this site or my mates site @ Salamander Corporation, in which has much more content and many more commands which eventually get easier and easier as you use them. Other than that its a fairly simple process if you understand all the commands and the variety of helpful tools that you have at your disposal.

Q2 - Do i need a specialist program to create a website?

A2 - No, you dont have to have a specialist program to create word at all. You can use notepad as the easiest to create the tags and the code for the site then upload through an ftp server. There are websites in which you can create your websites through steps and by choosing your layout etc but this does not give you the opportunity to create it yourself from scratch which is more fun. These websites are Geocities and Tripod. However if you wish to get a program for Website designing use then i would recommend either Microsoft Frontpage, Dreamweaver 4, Dreamweaver MX, UltraDev 4, or Opus. These programs do not come cheap if you purchase them, they range from about £300 - £2000! In my opinion I would choose Dreamweaver MX or Frontpage if you have Microsoft Office Premium.

Q3 - How do i add content to my website now that i have a program to make a Website?

A3 - In most programs the easiest tools u can use are tables and layout cells. tables have a fixed page value and can only be moved certain spaces apart from its orignal position but they are more accurate at determining the centres of pages and the right positions. layout cells are similar but you can resize them as large and as small as you want like tables but layout cells can be put anyway on the screen once you have crafted the location of where it is to be placed. On the placement of the tables or layout cells you will be able to add text, graphics and many other formats to that table/cell. Text is the default format that goes in both but you can add images by importing them or you can add .fla files and .swf files which are generally based on flash animations and movie scenes. As you can see you can add content relatively easily when you know the main tools to do this.

Q4 - URL's?? What the....?

A4 - A Uniform Resource Locator is an internet address which tells the computer which website to go to. For example, the URL for this site is http://www.animationhq.tripod.com/home. Easy.

Q5 - What are tags?

A5 - Tags are a piece of code entered into the code section in a program to indicate or identify a certain command relating to that area in the website. If you were to write the tag <iframe.............></iframe> this would define the perameters of the floating frame like its height, width, frameborder, src link (source link) etc. If i were to write <style.........></style> this would determine that the selected area or cell would have a certain style to it such as text properties. (note that the dots are for where the information defing that section is put in). You will eventually need to understand these a bit more in order for you to make your own tags for your site.

Q6 - How do i upload these sites when i am ready to?

A6 - This is a very simple step now that you have completed the hardest part whether that was hard or not is in your opinion. You will either need to download an FTP server from Download.com, should be something like wpftp95 or so and then upload your site from there or an easier method is to register with Tripod or Geocities and register with an account of your choice and upload your files through their filemanagers. I personally use Tripod as i am used to it and its a very simple upload process.

That should be the basic of the web design FAQ and so you have been told what to do and now you should now. If you would like any definitions or any enquiries about anything feel free to email me @ aceypaul2003@hotmail.com

 

More topics will come in the future, but this has nackered me all this typing so im taking a break.