[Kristian]

I want to créate my own website.And I think its a good idea to learn the skills you need to créate it instea of delegate the work to someone else.

which resources do I need to get started?

Greetings!

[roberto]

How complex does it need to be? You may well find that it fits your business model better to delegate it as it's so incredibly cheap to do so these days. Free your time up to work on your USP.

There's plenty of free template based builders out there that give reasonable results for basic sites if you wish to do it yourself. I'm not clued up on 'proper' web design however.

[w00t]

I do all my sites with wordpress you can do alot with it, theres plugins for pretty much everything and its easy to set up.

[Architekt]

What do you need to do with your site? There's a lot of free software out there that can probably meet your requirements

[OSL]

https://www.udemy.com/building-custom-wo...m-scratch/

[Vaun]

Use and learn Wordpress. Its about the easiest platform to get started with, and anyone can learn it if you put the time in.

[OSL]

(07-16-2013 06:27 AM)roberto Wrote:  

How complex does it need to be? You may well find that it fits your business model better to delegate it as it's so incredibly cheap to do so these days. Free your time up to work on your USP.

There's plenty of free template based builders out there that give reasonable results for basic sites if you wish to do it yourself. I'm not clued up on 'proper' web design however.

You may well find that it fits your business model better to delegate it as it's so incredibly cheap to do so these days. Free your time up to work on your USP.

Yes, this. Becoming a developer might not be the best use of your time. If you are starting totally from scratch with no capital you might have no choice though.

[FretDancer]

You could go the easy way and use Wordpress. But it wouldn't hurt to learn basic HTML and CSS to make the website completely by yourself.

[InternetMarketer]

Use Wordpress and buy Headway Theme.

[Player_1337]

Microsoft Expression Web 4 is great software for all-purpose web design. If I'm not mistaken, Microsoft has made it available for free.

[Kristian]

(07-16-2013 07:06 AM)Architekt Wrote:  

What do you need to do with your site? There's a lot of free software out there that can probably meet your requirements

thanks!

the website will be a consultancy,with a couple of sections about who we are,our prices...etc,and also put a botton to pay with paypal and so on

(07-16-2013 07:47 AM)youngmobileglobal Wrote:  

https://www.udemy.com/building-custom-wo...m-scratch/

(07-16-2013 08:36 AM)puckman Wrote:  

Use and learn Wordpress. Its about the easiest platform to get started with, and anyone can learn it if you put the time in.

is there a way to learn it for free? I have time and willpower,so it won't be a problema.The fact is that I need the appropiate resources to learn how to créate it

I have found an interesting video

[one-two]

I used to make websites for a living. If you want high quality, hire an expensive professional contractor or, better yet, a design firm (they also like to call themselves branding/marketing agencies so they can charge ~$20k per project). If you don't have the money, stick with blog/CMS templates (csszengarden.com).

Do NOT do it yourself. It is harder than you think, especially when you discover that Internet Explorer does not give a fuck about industry standards and that half of your audience refuses to upgrade from Windows XP. Add mobile web and search engine optimization (SEO) in there and you are over your head. Like I said, hire a professional.

Unless you spend 6+ months practicing, your stuff will look like shit and some guy will hate you for it when you eventually hire him to fix it.

[Kristian]

who in the forum is web designer? please contact me

I'm also thinking on hire someone from this website

https://www.elance.com/

[Vacancier Permanent]

Kristian,
Wordpress is indeed the easiest, fastest way to create a professional looking site. I have a thorough guide that shows how to create a site using WP from A to Z. PM me your email and I'll send it your way. It's too big to attach it here.

Cheers.

[Staros]

Wordpress for standard websites. Themes at ThemeForest.net. Shopify for your e-commerce needs. Easy as that.

[Kristian]

best way to create an e-commerce inside the web?

[Staros]

Just told you: Shopify.

[Kristian]

can anybody tell me where can I get good info about:

*Build a newsletter

*How to créate and sell digital products and the digital rights associate with them

[roid]

I wouldn't do that if I were you. Being cheap is going to cost you more.

(07-16-2013 06:27 AM)roberto Wrote:  

How complex does it need to be? You may well find that it fits your business model better to delegate it as it's so incredibly cheap to do so these days. Free your time up to work on your USP.

There's plenty of free template based builders out there that give reasonable results for basic sites if you wish to do it yourself. I'm not clued up on 'proper' web design however.

[roid]

(07-19-2013 03:02 PM)Kristian Wrote:  

the website will be a consultancy,with a couple of sections about who we are,our prices...etc,and also put a botton to pay with paypal and so on

Download and install Wordpress. Buy a theme from themeforest.net. Hire some graphics designer to change your theme a little bit (logo + anything related). Install the theme.

[TheKantian]

Unless you enjoy building sites or really want to keep costs down it's probably better to leave it to a professional.

However, if you are interested I would start with HTML or XHMTL, CSS, and PHP.

Codecademy has some good beginners stuff.