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AsianMusicGuy · #1 Post by **AsianMusicGuy** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:52 pm

Ehat is a easy but professional looking sofwaee to make websites

MusicallyInspired · #2 Post by **MusicallyInspired** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:27 pm

I'd usually use something like notepad. But it depends on what you want. There's some editors out there specifically for HTML code (I use HAP Edit myself), but there's also the kind of software that's kinda like Word where you see everything that the code is doing instead of the raw code. Microsoft Frontpage does that but I don't know of any free ones, though I'm sure they exist.

AsianMusicGuy · #3 Post by **AsianMusicGuy** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 12:19 am

See im not one for code work maybe I site bulder of somekind

Angelus3K · #4 Post by **Angelus3K** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:26 am

Deb used to use one called CoolPage, google that, its very easy and effective.

Music Head · #5 Post by **Music Head** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:49 am

Microsoft Word or Publisher are capable of making webpages, and you should have no trouble using them. They are very limited however, but if all you want is some text, images and links, you might find them useful.

AsianMusicGuy · #6 Post by **AsianMusicGuy** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:54 pm

What I really need is Simone very knowledgeable to make me a website

malekdarshin · #7 Post by **malekdarshin** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:03 am

I wouldn't mind helping as it would give me practice. I took a class in html as an elective in which we made basic but nice looking web pages. I'm actually going to take the advanced class in html, but that doesn't help you now. The design was on with a header, body, and menus on the left. I know very little CSS. Very little. Let me know.

Gronagor · #8 Post by **Gronagor** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:26 am

*Urgh*. Please don't use Word, or even Frontpage unless you're planning to use a Windows server.

Dreamweaver is obviously the best choice. But it is far from free.

Music Head · #9 Post by **Music Head** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:55 am

perhaps you can search the web for free templates? There are quite a few around the place. HTML isn't hard to learn either, especially if your just gonna learn enough so you can edit the templates. I learnt HTML from www.w3schools.com .

Gronagor wrote:Dreamweaver is obviously the best choice. But it is far from free.

And extremely hard for a novice to get used to and use. It's a professional site editor, I really don't think it's what would be best for him.

Gronagor · #10 Post by **Gronagor** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:25 am

Hmmm... I don't know. If one keep to the simple things in Dreamweaver (which works very much like word if you simply play with the text, simple images and tables in the Design View) it should be easy for novices.

But AMG, most hosting-packages nowadays include simple website-wizards. They're usually very easy to use.

MusicallyInspired · #11 Post by **MusicallyInspired** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:32 pm

It might be that he can't think of a good design. That's also a roadblock.

Gronagor · #12 Post by **Gronagor** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:59 pm

Yeah, but these 'Wizards' usually have templates to choose from.

AsianMusicGuy · #13 Post by **AsianMusicGuy** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:07 pm

My hosting package does come with a site builder with a simple user friendly interface. HOWEVER The templates do not suit my needs and the builder itself is limiting it what you may or may not change
as for the website it self I know exactly how I want it

Gronagor · #14 Post by **Gronagor** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:41 am

Well... you may want to explain what you need.

PS: Please remember that people usually need something for their effort. If not payment of some kind, at least recognition.

PS-2: Be warned that if anything illegal, like MP3-dpwnloads, are put on a site, most hosts will close your account.

AsianMusicGuy · #15 Post by **AsianMusicGuy** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:20 pm

It is a fan website for Utada Hikaru My friend knows her personally so i would never valate any laws
It will have a bio lyrics translated
anyway tha not important
the website color scheme as the colors her new album Picture here:
http://www.emimusic.jp/hikki/release/im ... t26600.jpg
White being the main color blue and pink are link colors and the base white shall have pink and blue soft line strokes going through it
The nav ia a top nav at the top below the banner
with a 2nd nav at the bottom of the page

gargin · #16 Post by **gargin** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:34 pm

I do a bit of website scripting/design myself. I would recommend giving a more in depth description. Here are some questions I would ask...

You mentioned a banner, do you already have a banner made that you want to use?

How do you want the Navigation bars to look? Do you want them to stretch all the way across the screen, have a background, if so what color. You listed two colors for links what color did you want the navigation bars to use for links?

The line strokes through the background would be something you would more likely do with a picture. Do you know of a background you could show to give an example of what you want?

AsianMusicGuy · #17 Post by **AsianMusicGuy** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:41 pm

No I do not alredy have a banner
No I dont have example
link color main blue
clicked pink
no background
and pink strokes like a gentle breeze
if anyrging
this is the clostest i mean
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b144/ ... apink2.jpg

gargin · #18 Post by **gargin** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:29 pm

I wouldn't mind helping you make a shell for your website but I am really more of a coding person so you would probably need to find someone else to do the banner/background image.

One thing to keep in mind if you do pink/blue in your background image than the user may have trouble reading the links if you do them in the same color.

-Gargin-

AsianMusicGuy · #19 Post by **AsianMusicGuy** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:45 pm

ah I found a better example
Irs a blog but iy has the color scheme i want along withe top nave bar style I want

http://hikkistation.net/

gargin · #20 Post by **gargin** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:06 am

Well it is really not much to look at but I threw together a quick "shell" of a website. Really all it includes is the navigation bar setup but thats about all you really described, I used your sig pic as a placeholder for a future banner. Most of the stuff needs to be tuned up and customized to fit what your looking for but I figured it was a start.

The website can be found at http://itsjm.com/subdomains/asianmusicguy/

If you have any questions about anything I did on the site let me know, I tried to make it as simple as possible in case you want to change anything.

Broomie · #21 Post by **Broomie** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:54 am

What is your website going to feature and be mostly about? Because as far as I'm aware if you're going to be talking about someone and making updating people about it, why don't you just sign up to WordPress and start a blog? It's hosted there and it's completely free! You can add custom pages, choose your themes and you're able to change certain aspects of the theme.

http://wordpress.com/features/
http://wordpress.com/

There isn't any point starting a website when you can easily just setup a blog because you're able to add custom pages but most of the time you're probably going to post something on the front of the page and it has more chance of getting seen. Blogs are better than fan websites so I would strongly recommend starting a blog than a website.

It doesn't take too much time getting used to but you'll eventually get the hang of it.

And it has a built in spell checker too!

AsianMusicGuy · #22 Post by **AsianMusicGuy** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:36 am

gargin I pmd you
Broomie The answer to your question is ive never really felt good about blogs they do not have the same feel as a true website but this
is clearly from a artistic stand point and personal preference
secondly I already pay for premium hosting

gargin · #23 Post by **gargin** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:55 pm

Well the colors are probably way off but I threw together a quick example of what I "think" you want. The demo is up at http://itsjm.com/subdomains/asianmusicguy/
I am trying to keep the code relatively simple but most of the stuff you wanted requires a decent amount of CSS stylesheets to accomplish. Anyways let me know if you have any questions/comments.

Gargin-