[Jewelry making - Article 00319] - Re: [Orchid] Website development suggestion

[Lisa Gallagher]

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    I'm sure there are lots of ways to debate this. I've never used any
    of the website authoring programs, I can't speak for how easy they
    are or aren't. I started from scratch at the beginning, writing my
    site in HTML. Now, maybe it's the cheapskate in me that didn't want
    to spend $100-200 on the software (they've probably gotten cheaper
    now), but I was absolutely amazed at what your site can look like
    with literally only a few lines of code. Granted, I was already a
    bit of computer programmer, but really, truly, HTML is simple. I had
    a "how to" sort of magazine that had me open WordPad, type in a few
    lines, and then see what I'd created. My reaction was, "What?! I did
    that with only that little bit of text?!" Now, of course to place
    lots of images on the site, go from one page to another, etc,
    requires a few more lines of code text, but it's pretty repetitive.
    You learn a few basic things & use them over & over. And so long as
    you don't need anything fancy, it really can be learned pretty
    quickly, I think. I'm sure there's a "dummies" book that can get
    most people off to a good start, much like that magazine I used
    several years ago. Then, too, surf the net & see what others are
    doing with their sites, find colors you like, etc, then just do
    View/Source to see the code that's needed for it (if you in fact find
    it amognst all the notes inserted by that writer's software program).
    Plus, there are countless websites out there with sample code for
    doing various things. A nice & simple, yet still very professional
    site, does not require a lot of fancy code. As I mentioned before,
    you learn a few basic things & then just use them throughout the
    site. I think the idea of writing HTML really shouldn't be shied away
    from just because it's "code", people shouldn't be scared of it.
    Sure, if after a couple days of trying it just isn't "your thing",
    then by all means spend the money on the software. Heck, maybe it's
    only a few bucks these days. And, actually, some programs you already
    have might have the ability to "publish to HTML", although I don't
    imagine they have the versatility you can get with either the
    "official" authoring programs, or just writing the code directly.
    I've been doing the authoring myself long enough now that I couldn't
    switch to one of the programs, even if it was super cheap. I like the
    control I have, I suppose. Anyway, just something to think about. 

Lisa
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