because I am poor

[RataToo]

I am going to start a new website, one that my girlfriend and i will moderate....we wwant to make it a pretty standard deal, news, forums, files, maybe a chatroom, for stuff we are interested in. I have an exra puter and im god at hardware...so here the problem: I know bunk about html, webhosting, domains, ftp, yadda yadda...and i have no money to spare for it.... Are there good places to get freeware that will help a moron like me make a good website...and any way to get it online without spending any money?

[Roy]

A simple question comes to mind: Why?

[KMBALO]

Who cares why.. cause it's fun and something to do.. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Go to
Http:\\communities.msn.com
They make you sign up for a 'passport' BIG DEAL
There you can make as many websites as you want for free, upload pics, put links for free. I think I have 5 websites there right now, I just can't remember my password half the time, if it's my married name, my maiden, my son's name????
Then go to
http:\\communities.msn.com/DesignsOnYou/home.htm

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[RataToo]

well, for one I am a computer science major in college so the experience would benifit me (particualarly when i take the html class), and second cuz it seems like it would be fun, just like in the good ole days when she and i ran a small bbs in the bay area http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif ooo that my be fun too,,,, any good bbs freeware around?

[emcron]

You said you have a spare computer so I'm assuming you want to host the site yourself. Unless you already have a fast internet connection you are going to have to spend some money, and also registering the domain name. Go to www.dslwebserver.com (http://www.dslwebserver.com) , it will take you step by step on how to host your own site.

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[King_Kooba_Fantastique]

...A simple question comes to mind: Why?...

lol,Roy, if you dont have anything to say, why bother posting ?.

KKF.

[King_Kooba_Fantastique]

One question that would interest me is where i can get free bbs software ?, anyone know ?

KKF.

[MiKe85]

Those links aren't that bad...

A simple question comes to mind: Why?

Roy:
The real question should be "WHY NOT?!" http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif


Mike

[Roy]

King_Kooba_Fantastique ~ You blinked! That is, you broke our truce. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif

I asked a sincere question, and RataToo gave a valid answer.

Anyone have a flame extinguisher?

[justy]

Nee Naw, nee naw, nee naw, nee naw. ( you just can't write the electronic wailers ).

Someone looking for the Fire Brigade?

Joe King.

To answer the thread, the likes of www.ezboard.com (http://www.ezboard.com) is another option. I don't think there is any html programming involved, and its free. A few of the guys here have sites on it. Voogru, NDC?

Also another free one that I've used is homestead. Check out the link to my thread. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/011994.html

All the best, Justy.

[Bovon]

I do a little (very basic) HTML. I never went very far with it cuz all I wanted to do was produce a small family type site. This was easier than I could have ever imagined...and I am one of the hard headest ppl you will ever hope to see.

I'll be back later to day with some links for you...gotta go find them again, been a couple of years now.

Anyway, I Very strongly suggest getting an HTML editor. There are many many ways to create HTML ready for you to simply type in what you want, and it is formatted into HTML for you. This is good for somebody that dosn't want to learn...but, with the editor..you can design, edit, do just about everything your heart desires. And one of the benefits is, you can view-edit on your own machine, and get it just right the first time befor ftp'ing out to your space.

One thing I do is, when I see a site doing some java script (and I don't know doodly about writing java code) on a web site that I like, I simply copy the code to word pad in a text format, then put it into my editor, edit it to what I want, add or delete whatever...save it to html format...ftp it out to my site..and there it is...Can't do that with these auto html generators. I have a couple of freebie html editors...not sure they are free anymore...was shareware a couple of years ago. I'll look and see what I can find for you...

Later...

[Roy]

KKF ~ Whew! Thanks, Bud! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif

[RataToo]

serious? I have office 97 will that work? also i have a cable modem conection and a router, i figure just put the host puter in my little lan and let it do its thing....if i can figure out what im doing at least http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Bovon]

Well, here is what I could find. So many of my html bookmarks have bit the dust in the last two years. Maybe you can find something here to help get you started...


Go here and create a membership acct...free
http://www.delphi.com/dir-delphi/

And then look for Chars HTML Web Publishing tutorials.
The direct url to this forum is:
http://forums.delphi.com/charhtml/start (You may be able to follow this link, then after signing up, it should take you right to Chars html lessons. It a free forum. If you have never been to the Delphi forums befor, this is the mother of all forums.)

A few HTML website that teach HTML:
http://www.state-of-entropy.com/
http://www.bagism.com/tablemaker/index.html
http://userdata.acd.net/accutype/htmlhelp.html
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Marina/3202/helpers.html
http://home.netscape.com/browsers/createsites/index.html
http://help.mindspring.com/webhelp/ (Old url, but thought you might find something here)

A few HTML free editors...
http://www.kalbi.demon.co.uk/winsite/win.htm
http://www.siteaid.com/freeware/
http://www.plexos.com/Download_Plexel.htm
http://ralimi.hypermart.net/
http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/
http://freeware.acehtml.com/

Go here to search for more. Type html editor in the search window...
http://www.icqit.com/

Tucows has several different HTML editors, but I didn't see any freebies this time. I didn't look too hard tho.
http://download.tucows.com/perl/generic.html?Target=

Try this site. Type html editor in the search window.
http://www.supershareware.com/

[King_Kooba_Fantastique]

Roy, no ! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif i wasnt flaming, its was just funny, why is the internet so cold !!. I should have added the smileys !!!.

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif <--- see !?...not flaming!.

KKF.

[randy48]

RataToo, if you've got MS Office, you already have a basic Web Building piece of software, MS Word! Click on "New" and and select Web page, no HTML involved. Once you get a start on the page, look at the HTML code, it gets easy to understand and follow once you see what it does! As far as hosting, it doesn't cost anything! Use Virtual Avenue, many of us here do! http:www.virtualave.net
The only problem with free hosts, they add a banner to your page or a pop-up, so what, 25Meg for free! Who cares!
After a while when the big bucks start rolling in from your free hosted site, buy a domain name, use a real "paid for" host or host it yourself with the OC3 line you can now afford http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif Start out small with no cost and when you're ready, spend the $ http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[PaulMoody]

I've recently discovered a great site that alows you to set up your own chatroom, postcards, bulletin boards etc etc - Try www.bravenet.com (http://www.bravenet.com) You can get all sorts of free stuff, and if you ever do have any money you can then pay $99 to get the advertising removed!