Things to learn before building a website?

Question

What things should i learn before trying to make a website. I know that i need to learn HTML and CSS but what else do i need to learn?

Answer 1

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As you may know a domain name is just a name, not a real website. If you are going to create your website: 1- Buy a domain name. A domain name is a name you want to call your website (ex: www.yahoo.com). To get a domain name, you have to pay an annual fee to a registrar for the right to use that name. 2- Buy a web hosting service to provide your online space and enable you to get your website online at your purchased domain name.

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There you can find a step-by-step guide to start your website with more details.

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Hope This Helps.

Answer 2

You should be good knowing just HTML and CSS - but if you want your website to do more complex things (like user accounts and such) then you should look into learning PHP

Answer 3

Start with HTML, CSS comes later. It's all about good design and content. Write something clear, easy on the eyes, and interesting.

Answer 4

you should learn how to use an FTP server, and the operating system on the server the website's going to be on, such as Apache, Microsoft, UNIX, etc. Depends on your server though.

However, if you're just building a website and not posting it to the internet, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Java, and Flash are good things to know.

Answer 5

@Michael: It's not being lazy to use Wordpress! Why would you *not* just use a CMS? Don't try reinventing the wheel, use the perfectly good one that's already there. Wordpress, Joomla!, Drupal... But whatever you do don't just use plain HTML and CSS.

Answer 6

Hey,

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Answer 7

Everything on this site. http://www.w3schools.com/

If your lazy like everyone else, just use Wordpress.

Answer 8

PHP, AJAX and SQL are also good to know.