need to make website, how?

[V]

ok i know the title is pretty vauge, but heres what i am lookign to do. I'd like to have a website showing all the parts i have for sale, along with showing pics, description, and pricing. As of right now i dont want it to be an online store. I still want the people to contact me directly first. I'd like a main page with the main categories, ie 3rd gen interior, exterior, drivetrain, chassis, 4th gen interior, exterior, drivetrain, chassis. Then once you click on the section you want, it would have another page come up listing the parts with a thumbnail pic, part name, and price. Then youd get the full info and fullsize pic once you click on the part link. I was going to list everything on ebay, but im fed up with them and id rather not waste my tiem with them.

I obviously know i'd need to get a domain name and somewhere to host the site. Any good ideas. This is where i have no clue. Also the actual setup/programming of the page would be new to me. I can get by with basic HTML but thats it. Are there any template type things out there?

Once i have the site up, then i'll become a site sponsor here, cuz then i'll be more organized. I appreciate any info or advice. And to give a rough idea of the number of parts, it will be in the hundreds. from door lock bezels, to bumpers, to engines.

You can post back here, PM me, or IM me on Ain to talk about this.

[trashman01]

[non related post] let me guess, the site name will be 1LE killer F-body parts.com?[/non related post]

[Brando56894]

theres a few "visual" designers out there, namely dreamweaver, im sure one of the (few) computer geeks on here has a copy of it. with dreamweaver you can do all of that good stuff easily, then all you have to do is upload the pages to the server

[V]

[non related post] let me guess, the site name will be 1LE killer F-body parts.com?[/non related post]

well thats not very unrelated, lol, i still have no idea of a site name. Ive thought of a few but didnt like any of them really. I'm not that concerned with people finding the site or it comign up in searches, itd be more of a word-of-mouth type site. or for members here to easily be able to check and see if i have what i need.

[foff667]

i know when i was looking for something for me godaddy as well as the other sites i looked into all offered hosting packages for companies that wanted to sell products...they gave you a basic outline for you & you just fill in the blanks basically.

[NJSPEEDER]

first thing you do is hire an art and design expert like me (you can tell i am an expert by my 64 color crayon box). then i will over charge you to waste my afternoon doodling on a note pad, this is the "concept" phase.
then we take the "concept" and esplain it to the interweb full brite colorz and dancing panda bears and cool **** like that.
then the interweb takes it and you get visited by experts with 500hp turbo-=nawz powered VW's that will kick your ass.
then you will try to be cool and tell them to shut up and they will call you a noob cause you weren't cool enough to buy the rain collector super bling pimptastic upswept muffler tips with the pressed in kenudler bearings.
then your little corner of the interweb will be viewed on much the same level as the crackroach. this is a sign that you are out of date(this happens every few weeks on teh interweb)
that means it is time to call me, the expert, again so that we may discuss my newly revised fees that will cost you more money for the next super fantastically amazing "concept"

[/stupid ramblings]

p.s. i said poopy on the interweb :D

[enRo]

Your gonna need to know how to code HTML if ur gonna do the site yourself, and what Tim explained which is art. Coding a main site will waste a few days of your life. After you get the base site down, then updating it shouldnt take long. Godaddy.com is where you get your domain name from. Then you need to look into hosting. The package chosen should be roughly guessed as to how much traffic you will get in and out of your site, cuz bandwidth is key. If you run outta bandwidth, then your ****ed for the rest of the month. If you need a few pointers here and there, I'll be glad to help. Im sure Tim & Justin will help out as well.

*EDIT* Its been a LOOONG time since I've fiddled with Macromedia Flash, which is an animated website. I would offer to help ya out, but Im gonna be busy for the next few weeks.

[79CamaroDiva]

there's a handful of us who program using dreamweaver. i'd offer to set it up for you, but i can't afford to do anything for free now cause i = broke. its not a hard program to use, but setting up individual pages WILL be a PITA. i'm sure there are some preset wizards out there that would do it quicker than it would be indivudually.

[V]

this is from godaddy.com, does this look reasonable? like this is all new to me as much serious advice as possible.

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• 200 GB Bandwidth
• 400 Email Accounts
• Unlimited Email Forwards
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....The next plan under this is only 10 pages, 100GB bandwidth, and 2 GB disk space.

and they advertise they have easy templates(670) to work with.

[Brando56894]

Your gonna need to know how to code HTML if ur gonna do the site yourself, and what Tim explained which is art. Coding a main site will waste a few days of your life. After you get the base site down, then updating it shouldnt take long. Godaddy.com is where you get your domain name from. Then you need to look into hosting. The package chosen should be roughly guessed as to how much traffic you will get in and out of your site, cuz bandwidth is key. If you run outta bandwidth, then your ****ed for the rest of the month. If you need a few pointers here and there, I'll be glad to help. Im sure Tim & Justin will help out as well.

:werd: it doesnt take that long to figure out how to use dreamweaver. once you get the general format and the whole site together, updating will be a breeze.



*EDIT* Its been a LOOONG time since I've fiddled with Macromedia Flash, which is an animated website. I would offer to help ya out, but Im gonna be busy for the next few weeks.


macromedia flash isnt a website noah :-P its a program for creating animations ON websites! :-P and yea its a PITA from what i remember, i tried learning it but was too complex and painstaking for me

[NJSPEEDER]

this is from godaddy.com, does this look reasonable? like this is all new to me as much serious advice as possible.

Unlimited Pages Premium Plan:
• 4 GB Disk Space
• 200 GB Bandwidth
• 400 Email Accounts
• Unlimited Email Forwards
• FREE! $25 Google AdWords™ credit (http://javascript<b></b>:openGoogleAdWords())
• FREE! SSL Certificate, (http://javascript<b></b>:void(openSSLPopup())) $19.99 value!

1 month: Just $12.99/mo
12 months: Just $11.69/mo Save 10%!
24 months: Just $10.39/mo Save 20%!




....The next plan under this is only 10 pages, 100GB bandwidth, and 2 GB disk space.

and they advertise they have easy templates(670) to work with.


you gotta make sure they are gonna be reliable too, as we recently learned :(

[enRo]

macromedia flash isnt a website noah :-P its a program for creating animations ON websites! :-P and yea its a PITA from what i remember, i tried learning it but was too complex and painstaking for me

You can make a Flash website, trust me. :-D

[HardcoreZ28]

GoDaddy is a good host company...that's who I use. And you'd be amazed at the webpages you can make using Microsoft Front Page. If you can use MS Word then you can use Front Page. I did the entire RPM site with it.

[Brando56894]

You can make a Flash website, trust me. :-D

i know what you mean, im just bustin your balls about how you worded it :lol:

[enRo]

Hmmm duh I R TEH L33T T4RD

[Brando56894]

noah=teh sux0r

[Tru2Chevy]

Frontpage is easy, but it makes bloated sites.

I would just code it in notepad - nothing fancy needed for HTML work. I usually use notepad or Homesite for simple stuff....

If you aren't looking for this to be anything fancy, a simple HTML table is your best bet.

Hit me up on AIM later, and I'll show you some examples of what it could look like.

- Justin

[Brando56894]

only a true geek can code a webpage in pure HTML without any help :lol: i tried learning it once but it was too complex and took too much time....XML FTW!!

[Tru2Chevy]

only a true geek can code a webpage in pure HTML without any help

I know lots of non-geeky people that can code in HTML just fine. I would say it takes a true geek to code JavaScript or C++ in Notepad....

- Justin

[Savage_Messiah]

only a true geek can code a webpage in pure HTML without any help :lol: i tried learning it once but it was too complex and took too much time....XML FTW!!

dude even I can use HTML...

[JW]

I code all day at work,(what can I say I am a Code Monkey) and its just joys of fun lol!:lol: My favorite/most hated things in code are switching languages all day. I have alot of custom applications at work that I have to maintain and trying to keep track of syntax is the worst. Here is a fun list of languages I program in all day.

Basic Web Languages
HTML/ XHTML (cause have to follow damn guidelines!)
JavaScript
CSS/ DHTML
CGI
XML

Server Side Scripts
ASP/VBScript
ASP.NET
C#
PHP

Databases
SQL
MySQL
Access


Now just imagine using all them and switching between them and trying to embed some of them together oh god its fun!:nod:



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[enRo]

dude even I can use HTML...

:geek:

[Brando56894]

:stupid: but do you know just the basics or all the lil intricate ****?? and i guess im a true geek justin, i can code (old) c++ in notepad :lol:

#include <iostream.h>

void main ()
{
cout<<"Hello World!";
}


christ i havent used c++ in like 3 years im suprised i still remember it...

[Tru2Chevy]

Heh, that is about all I remember of C++. I never cared for the language much. I'm more interested in wed programming...

- Justin

[Tsar]

wow this is like nerd conference over here...

[Brando56894]

yea i took it for 2 years in HS, then i went to code sum stuff in cygwin and it kept on telling me i was using deprecated headers and then i found a tut online and emailed the author and he was like idk where u learned that stuff, it must of been a really ****** tutorial cuz all that stuff is about 5 years old!

[saint]

If you want a professional looking site, you hire someone like myself. If you want a decent site just to get by, then save your money and do it yourself.

I'm one of the best priced designers you'll find. Especially for my turn around times and quality. Check out my site for more details, www.Fail2Fall.com. Just click "design".

Like Tim said, most other designers are way over priced. They also take their sweet time getting your work done. I wont.