Anyone in here design web pages? If so, can you give me a few pointers on where to start? I like to build little pages, I have made my own personal homepage, I have made a CFS (Combat Flight Simulator) Help page, which got deleted somehow... damned geocities... and that was my best one yet... oh well... anyone?

 

where to start?

what do you build pages in? (apps)

are you just looking for a place to post them up at?

 

well... as for where do I build pages in? I write the HTML for them in the File Manager that geocities provides for me... I dont use any programs or anything, just write the stuff myself... and get help from http://www.draac.com

But as for where to start, How does one become a webmaster?

 

hmmm, I'd suggest just using your local system to play around with to actually 'create' the pages in static .htm or .html (same thing) format.

try getting homesite/dreamweaver/or even view-source on pages and saving them, playing around with them in notepad.

suggestions on where to start?
http://www.htmlgoodies.com
http://www.hotscripts.com
http://www.htmlhelp.com/

those are the first sites that come to mind when starting out. but my best suggestion to you would be to work in notepad or homesite and learn what each tag does and attribute to those tags as well. because once you know and understand tables, and how tables work, then layout and usability can be quite powerful in your designs.

 

http://www.webmonkey.com is a good place too.

it all depends on what you want to do it in.

the possibilities are endless.

 

thanks guys... any sites that explain and teach Flash?

 

Another approach is one of those 'Teach Yourself in 21 Days' books. Once done with that find an easy to reference text or CD with lots of good practical code examples.

A text editor like Homesite will at least keep you partially honest and make you learn HTML and a compatible WYSIWYG editor (like Dreamweaver) will come in handy when you want to start doing some aspects of your job in less time. These two will work reasonably well together if you have enough system resources.

Next.. move toward learning some CGI scripting, you'll need it. You could start by utilising the online resource indexes like cgi-resources.com and tinker with those scripts. There are similar archives for PHP scripts and other languages... oh ... except for NT of course That's the beauty of Unix/Linux ..people have been writing scripts for it for near 30 years.

Flash, and indeed most Macromedia products, have pretty good help built in. But why not try a search for 'Flash Tutorials' or 'Learn Flash'? Flash can pay big bucks but the commercial demand for it will be lower. If being self-employed is your priority concentrate on practical business applications like e-commerce, database driven sites etc. PHP and Perl would most likely be extremely handy.

Teams of specialists usually build professional hi-end sites but it's not impossible to do it yourself. If you can pull the whole lot together, graphic design, coding, scripting, communication skills you can make good money from web development. Add accounting and marketing skills too if you're working for yourself. Can't get far without them.

One of the advantages of the IT industry is that you can start a business for yourself with very little capital due to the small outlay for your 'tools of trade'. A few grand for a decent computer system and you're up and away