Is it easy? Are there programs that do it for you/help you? Does anyone on here build them?

I just want something quite basic for displaying photo's and video - mainly from holiday so friends/family around the world can log on view - something easy so that I can upload/change photos video.

Maybe a wallpaper with a few menu's and a counter.

Thanks

using something like dreamweaver is as easy as selecting a background, select a button style, telling it which bits a link
i sat in front of a blank screen till id created my first website, pretty basic but it does me.

if you just want to put up pics why not use a ready made picture site, you just upload a pic, then gives friends the link.
try http://www.picturetrail.com/
theres a few more but ive forgotten the names

you could just use flicker or myspace perhaps. unless you really want a website of your own.

I'd agree with people here - take a look at what existing sites can do for you before setting out to build your own site.

And if you do, PLEASE avoid the counters. :) They look so sad until there are lots of hits, and they rarely integrate well in to the site.

Joe

I've used some of those photobucket style sites for uploading and sharing photos but to be honest I do fancy having my own home page or site on the net.

Is dreamweaver expensive?

With a few instructions I'm sure I can follow it. I'm not some old git who's never sat in front of a PC before - in fact I have a 15-year-old IT HND - back in the days when we used to use Cobal and Pascal and everything was saved on 5.1/4 inch floppy discs!

Is dreamweaver expensive?

About £300 - wonderful software but possibly overkill for what you're wanting to do.

A quick Google threw up this: Questionnaire to Determine the Best Web Design Software for Your Needs (http://webdesign.about.com/od/htmleditors/a/aa121304.htm)

About £300 - wonderful software but possibly overkill for what you're wanting to do.

A quick Google threw up this: Questionnaire to Determine the Best Web Design Software for Your Needs (http://webdesign.about.com/od/htmleditors/a/aa121304.htm)

i got mine for free i could do you a copy if you want even though i dont know how to use it myself

...in fact I have a 15-year-old IT HND - back in the days when we used to use Cobal and Pascal and everything was saved on 5.1/4 inch floppy discs!

Yaaayyyy....

If you know Pascal, the transition to PHP/Perl is a simple process (my programming quals are from the early-mid eighties and are Pascal/Cobol based and I found it a very speedy transition) HTML has quite a limited "vocabulary" [FORTH anyone], so to an old hack, doesn't prove too difficult master.

If you want to start off creating your own websites, I'd recommend using Microsoft Frontpage to get you started.

Its easy to use and serves me very well when I need it.

Also I know wanadoo used to do a free online sitebuilder service that can be used to create a beginners website- check it out.

If you want complete control of your own site though- Frontpage.
And when you get more advanced, Dreamweaver is the way to go.

And if you do create a site stay clear of Flash cos its been pi.. getting my goat all weekend!

Dreamweaver, Frontpage, CoffeeCup, Hotdog are all good programmes to design with :)

Notepad!

Tutorial - http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/

Coffeecup software produce good, very easy to use software, created with the novice in mind, and offer free trials of most of their software.

Wander over to www.coffeecup.com and have a browse, get inspired. Their webspace is good value and they are very nice folk to deal with should you run into any kind of trouble. Can't recommend them highly enough.

alternatively, there are plenty of webspace providers that have online creation tools that will make your website for you (more or less). You have much less control over what it looks like, but you can install forums, guestbooks, 'hit' counters, news headlines, image galleries etc etc etc with no programming or scripting experience whatsoever.

The 1&1 home webspace option includes such tools, there are many others too.

Good luck (I wouldn't bother with dreamweaver as it is overkill). Frontpage is OK but the pages tend to be overlarge (slow loading) and full of non-html code. Coffeecup HTML editor all the way if you are new to this.