Friend who wants to learn to make a web page - GoFuckYourself.com

Sarah_Jayne · 08-26-2010, 03:44 AM

A friend came to me yesterday asking how to learn to make a web page. He just wants to do something very basic and I would assume with a WSIWYG program. Where do you even start with this sort of thing? I can barely even remember how I learned because it just sort of happened over time.

seeandsee · 08-26-2010, 03:50 AM

Just pass him a FRONT PAGE

rogueteens · 08-26-2010, 03:55 AM

Even MS Word will do the job.

CunningStunt · 08-26-2010, 03:59 AM

Forget about any of that, show them wordpress and wash your hands, I've done that half a dozen times and it works everytime. Even my 65 year old mother can figure that out.

Btw, is that "friend" actually you?

ottopottomouse · 08-26-2010, 04:16 AM

http://www.w3schools.com/ for learning or

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Originally Posted by CunningStunt

wordpress

is a really good suggestion.

Fenris Wolf · 08-26-2010, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by CunningStunt

Forget about any of that, show them wordpress and wash your hands, I've done that half a dozen times and it works everytime. Even my 65 year old mother can figure that out.

I would agree. With the amount of free themes, plugins, and tutorials out there it would be the simplest thing to do.

Sarah_Jayne · 08-26-2010, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by CunningStunt

Forget about any of that, show them wordpress and wash your hands, I've done that half a dozen times and it works everytime. Even my 65 year old mother can figure that out.

Btw, is that "friend" actually you?

Not unless I am a 45 year old man from Wales.

I thought about wordpress but wasn't sure if that would end up with me having to help them maintain a blog and hosting. I suppose I could just install it for them but even that worries me that I then become the one actually running things.

V_RocKs · 08-26-2010, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by ottopottomouse

http://www.w3schools.com/ for learning or is a really good suggestion.

I got my start there... In 2 weeks I created a surf videos site that actually sold videos. Was pretty amazing at the time.

Sarah_Jayne · 08-26-2010, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ottopottomouse

http://www.w3schools.com/ for learning or is a really good suggestion.

Thanks for the link.

Amputate Your Head · 08-26-2010, 01:21 PM

I usually go to the bookstore, pick out a dozen or so books on a topic I want to learn about, go home and start reading. It's cheaper than trying to take a course every time you need to add a skill.

Randy West · 08-26-2010, 01:24 PM

I am not sure how versed your friend is, but I used: http://www.webmonkey.com/tutorials/

many moons ago. I checked out the site and has gotten quite a bit advanced over time, but I still see some very basic stuff in there. I hope it helps.

JD · 08-26-2010, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by CunningStunt

Forget about any of that, show them wordpress and wash your hands, I've done that half a dozen times and it works everytime. Even my 65 year old mother can figure that out.

Btw, is that "friend" actually you?

^ this

PR_Glen · 08-26-2010, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head

I usually go to the bookstore, pick out a dozen or so books on a topic I want to learn about, go home and start reading. It's cheaper than trying to take a course every time you need to add a skill.

libraries are more cost affective ;)

Amputate Your Head · 08-26-2010, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by PR_Glen

libraries are more cost affective ;)

true dat.... but I like to keep them for reference as well.

$5 submissions · 08-26-2010, 02:03 PM

There's many dreamweaver tutorial sites you can point him to

tranza · 08-26-2010, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by seeandsee

Just pass him a FRONT PAGE

I second that...

Sarah_Jayne · 08-26-2010, 03:09 PM

Like an idiot, I have started to write him a step by step 'this is how you use notepad to write the basics' tutorial. It is how I learned. Then, I will give him links to a ton of youtube videos and tutorial sites I have learned for him to take the ball and run with it.

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CunningStunt Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,594	Forget about any of that, show them wordpress and wash your hands, I've done that half a dozen times and it works everytime. Even my 65 year old mother can figure that out. Btw, is that "friend" actually you?

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Randy West So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,079	I am not sure how versed your friend is, but I used: http://www.webmonkey.com/tutorials/ many moons ago. I checked out the site and has gotten quite a bit advanced over time, but I still see some very basic stuff in there. I hope it helps.

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Sarah_Jayne Now with more Jayne Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 40,077	Like an idiot, I have started to write him a step by step 'this is how you use notepad to write the basics' tutorial. It is how I learned. Then, I will give him links to a ton of youtube videos and tutorial sites I have learned for him to take the ball and run with it.