How do you build your websites?

My advice for anyone who is looking to build a website is to get something such as Dreamweaver which allows you to combine both a visual design platform and also the code which goes along with it. It's a good starting point as then as you get into it, learn more and more you will become proficient at coding html and so will be able to use something as simple as notepad to build your site, which is where I am at these days. Whilst it may be easier to just rely on WYSIWSG systems when things go wrong you will struggle to fix them without actually learning how html code works.

I have worked with a wysiwyg program before, but I have currently been doing the HTML coding myself in Notepad. I will use my browser to preview what my design looks like, then return to Notepad to make edits or fix any typos. I will go back to using a wysiwyg program, but I am just not sure when.

Personally, I have learned myself the following things in order to build my website myself. HTML - the first step. the markup language CSS - Cascading style sheets, adding styles to your html pages PHP - Programming dynamic websites SQL - Language to fetch and send data from and to a database (MYSQL database) I'm currently trying to learn AJAX to build better interactive pages for rating and commenting on my website! Its a hard job but eventually learning it will pay of. You can also sign up for a free hosting service and install a content management system like drupal or joomla Heres a nice video tutorial i recently found : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyhdcN6SKmg If you need more help or have questions feel free to add me as friend, we might have a chat sometime in the future!

I am currently using a HTML and it is very good! I suggest you to go to my profile and take a look in my site and see how it works. You can download a free e-book on "how to create a website for 3:45". Good luck!