creating a website
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:16 am
Hi
Can anyone help?
I've had a web address for about 18 months now but only got as far as receiving emails via this address, never managed to get an actual site posted.
I know the concept of how HTML works, thanks in part to my time on DVP site and having followed some instructions, well a walkthrough really, from my web provider. I've also had a play with creating some graphics (if that's the right word for pictures) using gimpshop (except it now seems to have stopped working on me - every time I try and open a new document the program closes down - however, I have a started but not finalised template I can copy and amend and so can keep using the program this way - and yes I have tried re-downloading it). That wasn't too bad although I know that the CSS sheets the web provider gave for the walkthrough doesn't match the colour codes I actually used on my design and so I will need to revisit that bit anyway. However I was completely flummoxed when it got to the 'posting' bit (the walkthrough had stopped by then).
I don't want anything complicated, just a simple coloured heading with a couple of words on it. A band down the left hand side I can put some preferred links to some external sites. A photo somewhere, probably at the bottom and a bit of text in the middle stating what I do (independent social worker), oh and a link for email contact.
No selling, no buying, no shopping baskets, no multiple layers of pages, no fancy moving, fading or winking or otherwise active graphics. Well not at this stage. Just want to get something done.
I don't want it doing for me. I really would rather do it myself and I'm not keen to use a pre-template program. Am I asking too much? Is there anyone who can help me design and post a simple web page as described?
Can anyone help?
I've had a web address for about 18 months now but only got as far as receiving emails via this address, never managed to get an actual site posted.
I know the concept of how HTML works, thanks in part to my time on DVP site and having followed some instructions, well a walkthrough really, from my web provider. I've also had a play with creating some graphics (if that's the right word for pictures) using gimpshop (except it now seems to have stopped working on me - every time I try and open a new document the program closes down - however, I have a started but not finalised template I can copy and amend and so can keep using the program this way - and yes I have tried re-downloading it). That wasn't too bad although I know that the CSS sheets the web provider gave for the walkthrough doesn't match the colour codes I actually used on my design and so I will need to revisit that bit anyway. However I was completely flummoxed when it got to the 'posting' bit (the walkthrough had stopped by then).
I don't want anything complicated, just a simple coloured heading with a couple of words on it. A band down the left hand side I can put some preferred links to some external sites. A photo somewhere, probably at the bottom and a bit of text in the middle stating what I do (independent social worker), oh and a link for email contact.
No selling, no buying, no shopping baskets, no multiple layers of pages, no fancy moving, fading or winking or otherwise active graphics. Well not at this stage. Just want to get something done.
I don't want it doing for me. I really would rather do it myself and I'm not keen to use a pre-template program. Am I asking too much? Is there anyone who can help me design and post a simple web page as described?