Now we're talking!
This is the most elegant technique and perhaps the most sought after layout: a 3 column page with a fluid center column. I learned it somewhere online. I like it, so simple and clean. Let's continue with our lesson, LOL...
Programming choices:
- Hire someone to design it for you
- Buy an already built website or
- Do it yourself by
- Online research
- Shop for books. The very first one I used was Easy Web Page Creation by Mary Millhollon with Jeff Castrina. It really helped me understand from scratch how HTML works. It is with this book that I was able to publish my first website in only 3 days!
Stylin' with CSS: A Designer's Guide (2nd Edition) to learn CSS,
Head First Java, 2nd Edition if you want to learn Java Programming,
JavaScript in 10 Simple Steps or Less (10 Steps Or Less) for Java Scripting,
PHP and MySQL Web Development (4th Edition) for PHP and MySQL
are some you have to put in mind when creating web pages.
- Shop for software programs like PSP or Adobe CS4 for your photos.
- Test your pages with different browsers in your computer e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, Safari, Flock...
- Look on the web if the name you want to register for your website is still available i.e not registered by anyone.
- Look for a hosting service provider. I will have some more research done and add more in the list in a few more days.
- Upload the contents of the web pages (files, folders etc.) as it is to the web server with FTP address, login and password.
Some of those you can use are FileZilla
RightFTP, TomaWeb's Simple FTP, Core FTP LE, Cyberduck, Fetch for Macintosh computers which have download links from one of my pages.
- Give yourself a pat on the back! Now your website is ready and running over the Internet.