Create Your Own Free Website - All About You!

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The thread discusses the creation of a personal webpage, focusing on free options for hosting and building the site. Participants explore various platforms, technical aspects, and personal experiences related to web development.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses a desire to create a personal webpage without incurring costs and seeks advice on where to start.
  • Another suggests starting a blog as a way to share personal stories, recommending Blogger as a platform.
  • Some participants mention the possibility of setting up a web server at home and learning to code HTML/CSS/PHP for a more customized experience.
  • Various free hosting options are proposed, including Angelfire and Freeservers, with some participants sharing their experiences with these platforms.
  • Discussion includes the challenges of learning web development, with some participants sharing frustrations about teaching styles and technical understanding.
  • There are suggestions to use CSS for design and to explore dynamic content creation with PHP or other programming languages.
  • One participant shares a link to their newly created webpage, inviting feedback while acknowledging its beginner status.
  • Some participants express skepticism about site-builder services offered by hosting sites, advocating for a DIY approach instead.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants present multiple competing views on the best approach to creating a webpage, with no consensus on a single preferred method or platform. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the best practices for web development.

Contextual Notes

Participants express varying levels of technical knowledge and experience, which may influence their recommendations. Some suggestions depend on personal preferences and comfort with technology.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in creating personal websites, particularly those looking for free hosting options and beginner-friendly advice on web development.

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So i decided i want to mske a webpage. And i want it to be cool... as in... all about me! But i don't want to pay for it... So what should i do, where should i go??
 
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You should create a blog. That would be a cool idea. Then the whole world will know your darkest and deepest secrets.

Check out this site for hosting your blog:

http://www.blogger.com/

Or if your really brave and want to delve into the technical aspects of creating a website from the ground up, then you should create a webserver on your computer, buy a domain for about 10 bucks a years, and write all the html/css/php stuff by hand.
 
Search on google for some i suppose. Dont get side-tracked looking for more Gale17s tho! I think that Freeservers could be one or it may be Freeserver!...hmm www.freeserver.com or try with an 's' i could be wrong tho
 
i did something like blog a while ago... i got bored with it pretty fast... maybe i'll try again though... see where it gets me...

and yeah, i was thinking about maybe buying a domain... my dad wanted to teach me stuff... but i don't feel like doing all that right now...
 
lol i hate it when dads do that, cos they don't teach, they do it themselves, and if u get it wrong, they say the same thing again in an annoyed and louder tone. FOOLS!
 
Originally posted by Gale17
and yeah, i was thinking about maybe buying a domain... my dad wanted to teach me stuff... but i don't feel like doing all that right now...

Is your dad a programmer or does he just want to learn how to use the internet. Yesh, this old folks don't get this technology.
 
i don't know what my dad is... a crummy teacher that's for sure... he does software of something for defense stuff for planes for the gov't or something... i don't really know...
 
Government work, Uh

You should really look into designing the page with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). It allows you to get layout just perfect. You could also use a PHP, CGI, or Perl to create dynamic content. You could have site that change themes with the specific day. You could also create your own forum. Lots of neat stuff that can be done on the web
 
uh well, i went to those places you two said, and i also went to one that rockazella metioned to me privately. i signed up for all three, so now i just need to see which is best...
 
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www.angelfire.com

gives you a free site with about 10 megs of space. Of course the how to is up to you;) Just do a google on html, and you'll find a billion sites on making a webpage- it's dummy proof these days.
 
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you really want a web page

Check out my sites and if you like what you see, I can give you a hand and perhaps link you to the folks that first helped me.

www.wsdavis.org

www.hjfso.org

laters:

Bill
 
  • #12
www.741.com has a pretty sweet deal going on.

Not quite sure what your wanting out of your site, but this place offers a fairly decent free package, and I think the 1GB package is only 12 bucks a month.
 
  • #13
I just went to Angelfire.com awhile ago and registered for their free member account. It has very limited features and space, but great for simple or beginner web sites. I've already started a webpage there. I have just the beginning of the first page, but overall the page builder is pretty cool and easy to use. You can see the page if you want, but don't laugh, its my first one.

http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/outfortheday
 
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Originally posted by theEVIL1
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Bill

ok, this is a bad joke and really out of thread but I just had to ask: is your other name GATES?


Gale: a good link if you want to know more about HTML, CSS, PHP and all the other stuff ddurado mentioned:
http://www.w3schools.com/
Some of the web-hosting sites offer a site-builder service but what I tried was not too impressive. I think you should do it yourself from scratch...
 
  • #15


Originally posted by Guybrush Threepwood

Gale: a good link if you want to know more about HTML, CSS, PHP and all the other stuff ddurado mentioned:
http://www.w3schools.com/
Some of the web-hosting sites offer a site-builder service but what I tried was not too impressive. I think you should do it yourself from scratch...

yeah, i used to have a cool site at someplace... it was cool... but none of these are exactly awesome... I'm thinking i may need to do one from scratch in order to do myself justice. Afterall, it must be Gale-worthy...

or maybe i should step down as the Gale fan club pres and give the position to someone else who can do webpages...
 
  • #16
You could always give the task to the power behind the throne.
 
  • #17
Originally posted by photon
You could always give the task to the power behind the throne.

yes that's true, but I think Greg is busy with this site already...
 
  • #18
Or the power behind the power behind the throne.
 

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