Where can I find a tutorial on all types of Websites?

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HTML, Joomla, Wordpress,XsitePro, PHP - all seem to be different types of websites. Is there a single tutorial which shows how to look at a website, determine how it is constructed, and then learn how to make modifcations to that type of site - for example - I just bought a Wordpress site which pulls products from Ebay and has the previous owner's affiliate code built in. I don't have an ebay ID and would like to pull products from Amazon instead, using my Amazon affiliate ID, but I don't know how to do this, and the Wordpress tutorials I have purchased don't address this type of scenario. I'm a tech support analyst for a major software company, and use SQL all the time, but I'm not very knowledgeable about website construction. Any help anyone can give me would be most appreciated. Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author engecars
    w3 School is a great place to begin learning website construction. http://www.w3schools.com/

    Good Luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author Manoj V
    Don't know about such a tutorial at one place though they'll be spread over the webs in bits and pieces. If you want a quick way to do it, just post an ad in oDesk for help.
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  • Profile picture of the author kokopelli
    There are free/paid tutorials available everywhere.

    E.g. for WordPress,
    free: WordPress Lessons « WordPress Codex
    paid: search results | lynda.com

    Otherwise, I suggest hiring someone to make the changes for you: Wanted - Members Looking To Hire You
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  • Profile picture of the author n0fx
    for css, html etc.
    cssfeed.net - check categories
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    1. Everything you see in your browser on the www = is HTML. It is not a "web site type" it is the common language of the web: HyperText Markup Language.

    2. Joomla & WordPress & many others are CMS = Content Management Systems... they just make easier to publish your content through a user-friendly interface - although as end-result they use the same good old HTML to display it on the net.

    3. XsitePro is just a tool (software) to create webpages in... you guessed: HTML.

    4. PHP is just the language used to make the websites to "talk" with the databases and to create scripts like WP. However, the output, what you see in the browser as a WordPress site... is pure HTML.

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    Now, that we clarified all that - trying to answer your question: not sure the mechanism pulling products from eBay would work with Amazon. It may but quite unlikely...

    In WP those "gizmos" that add more functionality to the core, vanilla installation are called plugins. Most of the time an Amazon-targeting plugin will NOT work with any other network/merchant. And vice-versa.

    So, unless somebody takes a closer look at your code (WP site) nobody will be able to give you any useful advice.
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    • Profile picture of the author pallison11971
      Hi Istvan -

      Thanks for your comments. It did help to somewhat clarify the situation. I just went to the Wordpress installation on one of the websites that I bought - and found that the Ebay products are apparently being pulled by (as you stated) a plugin called phpBayPro. When I went to their website, they offer a similar plugin for Amazon called phpZonPro. I also found that to change to my Adsense publisher ID, I need to open the plugin called WP Simple Adsense Insertion and make the changes in the code within that plugin.

      If I am understanding you correctly, if XSitePro just creates plain html coded sites, I should be able to open the files in any html editor such as NVU and make changes there as well as from within XSitePro. Wordpress, then, is just a content management tool that basically creates html code with embedded/associated pmp scripts, is that correct?

      Thanks for your response. I want to completely learn this, not just hire someone to make the needed changes, and your assistance is MOST APPRECIATED!

      Thanks again -
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  • Profile picture of the author shoeb000
    If you want to "pull amazon related products" in your WP site, then simply look for their plugins and upload them in your hosting files in plugins folder.

    Installation would be very easy, and you will be able to Show products from amazon into with you affiliate ID into your site.

    you can read the article on four great amazon plugins at following address:
    www(DOT)bestwpplugins(DOT)net/amazon-wordpress-affiliate-plugins(DOT)html

    replate (DOT) with . period.
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