web designer

[Ripbox]

Hey guys and gals.....
i want to make a basic profile web page for a friend, i have a little amount of experience and only know basic HTML ect so notepad is out of the question

so im looking for a nice FREE n00b friendly web page designer, can you recommend one?
I do have an old copy of dream weaver somewhere but that is far too complex for my inferior brain to cope with

[Smifis]

A Friend?

www.w3schools.com (http://www.w3schools.com) :thumb:

[AaronWHUFC]

Wordpress. All day, every day.

[Smifis]

Wordpress is a bit much for a portfolio website.

[Ripbox]

Yup its just basic..... profile photos and maybe later some embedded videos
nothing more than 1-2 pages

I used one a few years back for my self till i gave up i just cant remember for the life of me what the software was called

[AaronWHUFC]

Wordpress is a bit much for a portfolio website.

Not at all, there are themes designed for this exact purpose.

[Smifis]

Do you have a design in mind?

I have no more school and have very little to do so if i find some free time, I'll make a template for you.


Not at all, there are themes designed for this exact purpose.
I mean by the whole bulk of the software for something that is quite little.

[Ripbox]

Do you have a design in mind?

I have no more school and have very little to do so if i find some free time, I'll make a template for you.
I want a basic welcome page (colour light grass green) will be:

picture surrounded (iv yet to gether pics to photoshop a background image) Name


Welcome to "NAME"


Click to enter


Page 1: picture surrounded again


Profile Bio:
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Contact info


Page2: videos and picture + light details

IMG light details

<vidvideo> VID light details
</vidvideo>
IMG light details
<vidvideo> Vid light details
IMG light details
<vidvideo> Vid light details

Nothing fancy: page 2 if for a later date
</vidvideo></vidvideo>

[Rhys]

ill give it a go tomorrow and code it in CSS/HTML so its clear to see where to put info since itll have things like <div id="content"> etc lol.
kinda bit late atm :D

[Ian.H]

Anything with 'Click to Enter' is a bad start to begin with ;)

Just go straight to the content.. afterall, that's why someone will be visiting the site, to see the content :)



Regards,

Ian

[Shakyj]

Also click to enter is really bad if you ever want to do SEO on it. The text in the link helps Google to understand what the page linked to is about. So Google will think the page is about "Click to Enter" :lol:

[Smifis]

ill give it a go tomorrow and code it in CSS/HTML so its clear to see where to put info since itll have things like <div id="content"> etc lol.
kinda bit late atm :D
All yours if you want to do it

[Rhys]

naw u give it a try n all. then he can choose who's he thinks would be more suited to what he wants.

im kinda a bit narrow minded when it comes to doing websites and when i get an idea i like to stick by it lol.

[Smifis]

He better have a cookie on hand, i hear you go nuts without them :D

[Ripbox]

lol i hear ya!, yeah maybe a click enter page may be bad then, i just sort of wanted the 1st page to be a collage of pictures since pictures speak louder than words but i see what you mean from a google point of view
ummm ok ill let you guys do what you think is good, i just need room/ a pacific page for pictures that i will be taking to visually promote the its sole use
Maybe if you leave room at the top of the page for a banner like they have here at aria and maybe a column on the right side to do quick links via mini images

cheers guys and gals!


PS. if you wondering about the videos, we will most likely be using a Youtube account and linking in site

[ZodiarK]

ill get you a template done if i get time :)

[Shakyj]

PS. if you wondering about the videos, we will most likely be using a Youtube account and linking in site

Very good idea. Also try keywording the descriptions. This might help. (https://ads.youtube.com/keyword_tool) That will give you the chance to get in video search/or universal search(where you get more than one search vertical on the results page).

[Rhys]

Right so yesterday i kinda finished one with space for a banner etc but i left home bout 5:30ish to go out with some friends to watch football etc.
uploaded it just now and like well doesnt match your suggestions but thought id upload it nyways.
ill make one to your suggestions above, like sidebar etc.

but yeah.

www.codingogo.net/a/ (http://www.codingogo.net/a/)

If u want download or if anybody wants it just PM me.

full HTML/CSS.
Validated by W3:
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=www.codingogo.net%2Fa%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0

[DoubleTop]

http://www.freecsstemplates.org/

DT.

[Smifis]

http://www.freecsstemplates.org/

DT.
+1

looks good tbh

[nooble]

Use wordpress

[DoubleTop]

Use wordpress

last post before yours 13-06-10 :)

[Gav]

http://i53.tinypic.com/2w4a6wp.jpg

:D