Help im Making a Site

[Rybo]

Alright Guys, I am a a student design and really need to get a website up and running, is it ok to make a file in illustrator 1024x9999 so it is a really long page and the links at the top of the page go down to the right section rather than going to a new page for example Newtasty. and i have no idea wen designed the site what to export it as and how and what to do to get it online would some1 be willing to help me for maybe free or a small small small fee. i think all i need is it pulling into dreamweaver and adding the buttons then direction on how to get it up and online, its all to do with hosting which i dont have a clue about i would also like to buy www.echoaroundtown.co.uk as my site/alterego is called Echo Around Town..

[Toon]

New tasty is all mainly css nothing really to make in illustrator apart from the repeating diag background

[tommylogic]

Found this... "How to Publish a Web Page"
or try the Google Search

How to begin and publish your own web page:
Beginning HTML
Beginning in Dreamweaver, Frontpage, or other editor
Publishing your page
Publishing your webpage tutorial
Beginning HTML
In order to begin a web page:
1. Open a program such as notepad or some other text editor other than word.
2. Paste this code into your text editor:





Here is where I put everything on my web page!


My First Link:techruler.com Home Page



3. Save this file as index.html and place it on your desktop.
4. Open the file. It should open up with your default browser. The page should display the following text: "Here is where I put everything on my web page!" and have a link for techruler.com.
5. From here you can go back into the text file and start to modify it. This is just some very basic html but it will get you started and hopefully motivated!

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Beginning in Dreamweaver, Frontpage, or other editor
It is very simple to create a web page in an editor. Using most web editors are similiar to using Microsoft's Word or Paint.
1. Open up your editor and type a few words into the page just as you would in Microsoft's Word.
2. Save your page as an .htm or .html file
3. Open up the file and it should be a web page. It will display the text you wrote. There is alot more to creating a webpage than this but it should give you start.
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Publishing your page
Publishing your web page can be a very simple task. Please check out our tutorial. We have provided two different ways to publish your page. The Flash tutorial will be easier and useful for windows users.
Please try to use the Flash Tutorial before trying the directions for FTP below. The tutorial is a much simpler way to publish your page.
Flash Tutorial

1. The first thing that you need is a File Transfer Protocol or FTP. If your computer doesn't have an FTP you can download one at: FTP
2. After you install your FTP you should open it up. It will look like this:

1. In the host name type in your web address. For example since the name of this site is techruler.com I type that into this box.
2. In the userID and password boxes you type in the what your service provider has given to you. Then click connect.
Next a screen will come up which looks like this:

1. Now what you want to do is work with the right hand column. If you have a www folder as I have up top click on it. If now here is what you do: click the MkDir button and type public_html and create it. Click this folder.
2. Now take your index.html file that you have created and simply drag it into the right hand column and it should be on the internet. To check type in you web address. For example if I sent my index.html file over i could check it at techruler.com - computer maintenance and troubleshooting
-you need to name your main page index.html, after this name all of your pages different names like page2.html. Then when you would send this page onto the internet you would go to www.your_domain_name.com/page2.html.
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Submit to search engines for free
In order to have your site come up in search engines you need to do several different things. To begin you need to go to different search engine sites such as google and yahoo. Then all that you need to do is click the submit a site link at the bottom of the main pages(sometime you need to select the site map link to find this link). Once you find the submit a site link you can add your URL and it will take about a month for your site to be listed under these search engines.
In order to get people to search for keywords in you pages
You need to use the meta tag.
place this code in the head tag in your webpages:



This code will allow the search engines to organize your site and allow people to search for it. Also another tip is that the search engine spiders will search your site to ensure that your keywords match your page so there is no advantage to adding in words like "free" or "sex" to your site if your site has nothing to do with that topic.

[Rybo]

all that is great but it just baffels me, i have designed it all in Illustrator, so really do i need to get a web coder/html man lol

[blueocto]

Basically, you would need to export the image(s) as .png / .jpg / .gif at 72dpi, then use HTML and CSS to patch it all together so it all looks right in the browser.

You could try taking the full image into Photoshop where you can 'slice up the image , export it and it will do the coding for you (not the best way, but the easiest newbie way lol).

If you dont know the first thing in web design, I suggest getting someone to help you / do the coding for you.

[Rybo]

everyone keeps saying i have to slice up the image but i dont see why i have to make a file in dreamweaver or what ever program use you and make the size 1024x9999 and put it in as a scroll down thing, let dreamweaver write the codes for you??

[Toon]

1024x9999 is a hell of an image size to load up

[Rybo]

well i have no clue on making websites but how do people have scroll down websites because i only want one page..just want the links to go move to a certain part of the site LOWER down..

[Toon]

Repeat Y

[Rybo]

because that is what i want :) can anyone help meeeee please lol and please could you surgest a web hosting site and a domain buying site i want www.echoaround.co.uk