Sorry your browser is not supported!

You are using an outdated browser that does not support modern web technologies, in order to use this site please update to a new browser.

Browsers supported include Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer 10+ or Microsoft Edge.

Geek Culture / Easiest free way for a noob to make a website?

Author
Message
Dr Tank
16
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 1st Apr 2009
Location: Southampton, UK
Posted: 17th Apr 2009 01:31
Link
I've been using yahoo pagebuilder that comes with geocities for a while, and it's complete pants. Every other time it won't save and i have to laboriously cut and paste the contents of every text box, reload, recreate all the text boxes, images, links etc, and hope it saves that time. And you can't resize pictures that are bigger than your page. It really is a massive pile of balls.

So, what's better? I want decent results, and hopefully the ability to save or use some kind of templates, and to align text and stuff neatly.
Back to top
Profile PM
Black Rebel Heart
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Jul 2007
Location:
Posted: 17th Apr 2009 01:32
Link
One
Two

Back to top
Profile PM Email
Dr Tank
16
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 1st Apr 2009
Location: Southampton, UK
Posted: 17th Apr 2009 01:40 Edited at: 17th Apr 2009 01:45
Link
Thanks. The first thing looks like it costs money.

I may have posted prematurely - it seems like Open Office is capable of saving documents as html files. I'll try using that. Geocities is coping with the bandwidth OK. It's just that pagebuilder is unreliable cack. Actually it might not let me upload pages with images imbedded. I'll see what happens...

It sort of works but i can't really have links like that. I guess i can manually edit.
Back to top
Profile PM
Black Rebel Heart
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Jul 2007
Location:
Posted: 17th Apr 2009 01:43
Link
Well if you aren't willing to spend money
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Dr Tank
16
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 1st Apr 2009
Location: Southampton, UK
Posted: 17th Apr 2009 01:46 Edited at: 17th Apr 2009 02:07
Link
Now that looks pretty sweet. I'll check it out. Cheers.

Another annoying thing about geocities is that if i update a page and go to it, i see the old page. If i click refresh i see the new one, but if someone else were routinely visiting my site and didn't know this and never pressed refresh, they'd only ever see the first version their computer had cached. Absolute load of complete and utter massive crappy balls. Definitely need to make a change!

Perhaps i'll move my game dev stuff to a dedicated community website thing and avoid these headaches.
Back to top
Profile PM
bitJericho
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th Oct 2002
Location: United States
Posted: 17th Apr 2009 17:35
Link
Quote: "Perhaps i'll move my game dev stuff to a dedicated community website thing and avoid these headaches."


That's probably your best bet and gives you instant access to a gaming community.

Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Omega gamer 89
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 10th Sep 2007
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posted: 17th Apr 2009 19:50 Edited at: 17th Apr 2009 19:51
Link
Quote: "it seems like Open Office is capable of saving documents as html files"

Just wanted to point this out-- pretty much ALL text editors can save as .html files. Notepad, wordpad, Microsoft office, open office... they can all do it.

Also, if you are still having trouble, I'll offer my services. I both know html, css, and a wee bit of javascript, and already have a fully hosted website with unlimited bandwidth and storage. If you like, I can lend you some space and some pages on my site.

site linky

If the good lord had intended us to go outside or have a social life, he wouldn't have invented the internet.
www.threeswordsproductions.com
Back to top
Profile PM Email
dab
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 22nd Sep 2004
Location: Your Temp Folder!
Posted: 17th Apr 2009 21:14
Link
Quote: "Another annoying thing about geocities is that if i update a page and go to it, i see the old page. If i click refresh i see the new one, but if someone else were routinely visiting my site and didn't know this and never pressed refresh, they'd only ever see the first version their computer had cached. Absolute load of complete and utter massive crappy balls. Definitely need to make a change!"


That's called Cache. Your browser stores files that it thinks are important (CSS, Images, even the html itself sometimes). When you hit refresh, it checks the web server for newer versions of the files. That's what's happening. Most users visiting your site for the first time will see the updated website. If they close their browser and visit again (or even just visit again), chances are very high they will see the updated content without any problems. It isn't Geocities' fault.

Need a new hideout for all your conversations? Join dab-Media IRC. irc.dab-media.com:6667
Need PHP coding done? Contact me. Jobs done for as little as $15/hour! Email me for more information.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Insert Name Here
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 20th Mar 2007
Location: Worcester, England
Posted: 17th Apr 2009 22:24
Link
You know, HTML is incredibly easy to learn and you CAN make a website using that only, if you don't need anything particularly special on your website.

Back to top
Profile PM
Back to top

Login to post a reply

Server time is: 2025-06-05 20:23:19
Your offset time is: 2025-06-05 20:23:19