Newbie...How to Build Simple Websites?

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Depending on the type of site you want, Wordpress will cover almost every situation. Its free, scalable and IM friendly. Wordpress.com to download and learn about it for free.

I think you are seeing a common pattern here!

WordPress is the obvious answer - completely free, no HTML or tech knowledge required, a gazillion free and commercial themes to dress it up, thousands of plugins to add complex functionality with a click of the mouse. Google just loves WordPress sites.

And it's hard to imagine anything simpler to use - if you have the skill to write a Word document or send an email you have all the prerequisites to use WordPress.

And if you get stuck you have an entire Open Source community, YouTube and the Warrior Forum to assist you! Couldn't be better than that.

Bill

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Hi Heal,

I would recommend to follow the free training by warrior Steven Resell.

He has designed a free course - super simpel blogging, which is an excellent start.

Just google it..

regards, LASSE

My vote is also Wordpress. You can find many free and reasonable wordpress themes to style your site any way you want.

If you want to learn something that will serve you well for the long-term, I'd definitely suggest taking the time to learn Wordpress. So many amazing things can be done with it, and while you can start with it on a very basic level, there is also the ability to create really sophisticated sites on the high end once you've acquired some skills.

Is there much advantage in using wordpress rather than drupal?

I agree that Wordpress is a great option, however, if you are
looking for an easy drag-and-drop website builder that is free
then check out Weebly.

They allow you to insert your own header image so you can
customize it even further.

I use Wordpress blogs for most of my sites. You do not have to buy any ebooks to learn how to build a site. There's a ton of information ... Google it.

Like others have said, wordpress rocks and is very easy to learn. It's just like writing an email pretty much. plus, the search engines love it which is a plus if you care about getting some nice organic search traffic

Drupal is an awesome CMS a tad much of a learning curve but really solid code and support base!!!

Most of friends’ recommendation is wordpress. I also agree and nothing I've to explain more about advantages.

If it's so,

this is an advice......

If it has a little bit of or shadow idea inside of your mind as "One day, I also want to be a BIG internet guy"

Please,

Start with Dreamweaver since now...............

Hi,

As a newbie myself i tried wordpress and agree for very simple things its quite a powerful tool but you can get bogged down and overloaded with too many widgets and stuff. In the end I could not get my site to look how I pictured it in my head.

So,

I found sitewizard on google who do a step by step guide to using dreamweaver its super basic and easy for me (so easy for anyone)

drawback is having to buy dreamweaver or other programs to run it (or im not condoning or promoting but im sure some possibly illegal sites allow a free download cough cough)

it took me about 1 week to master most things and i now create my own sites, simple and basic but they do the job and look how i want them to look. Plus I got to understand seo better and html. (still not a whizz kid yet but getting there)

If time is an issue and you just want to throw up a blog or simple site go with wordpress,

if you have a few days or weeks to learn something new try doing it yourself!

Hope this helps

RT

The first question that needs to be addressed is what do you mean by a pro looking website. Are you wanting a sales page, squeeze page, a page about you, a page to display your pictures?

Kompozer will build you a text page by entering your text.

Peace and prosperity to all

As for simple yet quality looking site, I will also cast off my vote on Wordpress. You can have all the plugins and other web needs from them together with guides to have quality and professionally looking site.

Word press is the way to go. You can get a ton of free themes to jazz up your site or pay just a few bucks for something a little nicer. It is not hard to learn, it will take you a few hours to learn how to do it quickly. Once you are good, it will take a few minutes to make a basic site.

Hope that helps.

Checkout Blogger - $10 for domain and hosting for one full year, Email address through Google apps and super easy. You can tweak it to make it look like a website. There are tons of free templates available online to customize and give it a personal touch.

its not very difficult... try using joomla

or wordpress is also a good option for you. try to download tutorials...its eazily available.

learn wordpress, it's simple and to put beautiful design, just go to elegantthemes.com. Very reasonable price for so many designs.
That's what I do. Joomla is too complex and you will have more headache to create the layout.

Like most of the other replies said, Wordpress is the way to go. You can actually get your Wordpress blog setup for free by fellow warrior NetMan, check out his post:
http://www.warriorforum.com/warriors...g-no-time.html

Wordpress is definitely the way to go but it isn't a design solution in itself.

I have found that a program called Artisteer (not an affiliate link) offers an easy way to design everything from a blog to regular websites and it can do so at the click of a button. It will create themes for most of the CMS suggestions offered here, plus HTML and beyond using the same basic design you may have come up with for any one of it's several format options. I use it to create most of the sites I do for my clients if I go the CMS route. I create a theme in Artisteer for WP, install it within Wordpress, then add whatever content is required through WP's back end. Keep in mind that you may need to use a few Wordpress plugins to get the final results you require. I have also used it for Joomla sites.

Otherwise, 90 Second Website Builder if you want an inexpensive easy to use option - recently used this to create a facebook page for a client. Worked like a charm.

Facebook sample page

Dreamweaver if you want to go the more conventional route.

Well it seems that Wordpress is the chosen platform. Another question. What theme would you guys recommend to start a Adsense site. I have plans on getting one started on a niche that I feel will be very lucrative. Just wondering what theme you all think would work best.

Hi,
I use WordPress as well..But..
Google rank higher Html websites.
So, my solution for that is..Create static html pages and just add WordPress blog on your website..Don't go with Flash, google and many other search engines can't read it..
They say their are making progress, but don't risk being on the last pages..

I bought some video courses to learn Html, but it was taking me to long to learn..
At the end i learned Kompozer..It is Free What You See Is What You Get ( WYSIWYG ) Html Editor. And i even created video course...If you think this is the way you want to go, follow the link in my signature.

Regads, Geena