Question for the Layout Makers out there!

Kylie Sommer · April 2013

What hosting site(if any) do you use? I'm looking for a hosting site that allows me to upload files straight from my computer to the sight. If you would please help me by letting me know which site you use. I desperately need one!

SC`s Stars II · April 2013

I use webs.com

Kylie Sommer · April 2013

CoasterCannons wrote:

I use webs.com

I used to look into them, but from what I've seen and been told they no longer allow HTML only mode-.-

SC`s Stars II · April 2013

Cecctl2 wrote:

CoasterCannons wrote:

I use webs.com

 I used to look into them, but from what I've seen and been told they no longer allow HTML only mode-.-

That's odd

I use the HTML mode but that might be because I have an old account. I'm pretty sure you can still do it though.

Kylie Sommer · April 2013

CoasterCannons wrote:

Cecctl2 wrote:

CoasterCannons wrote:

I use webs.com

 I used to look into them, but from what I've seen and been told they no longer allow HTML only mode-.-

 That's odd I use the HTML mode but that might be because I have an old account. I'm pretty sure you can still do it though.

Hmm, I'll go re-look at it. Do you know if you can upload files?

SC`s Stars II · April 2013

I'm pretty sure you can. I don't do my layouts like that but I'm pretty sure Paper does and I know she used webs for a while

PaperWings · April 2013

Not sure if it has changed again, but I found you have to wait 7 days after creating a new site on webs.com before you can upload your own files. It was an annoying change because I used to use webs.com (what was once known as freewebs) to upload layouts I made for people on here. Personally I have my own hosting - but that's something I have to pay for and it isn't cheap. But there are cheaper alternatives if you plan to use hosting a lot.

Kylie Sommer · April 2013

PaperWings wrote:

Not sure if it has changed again, but I found you have to wait 7 days after creating a new site on webs.com before you can upload your own files. It was an annoying change because I used to use webs.com (what was once known as freewebs) to upload layouts I made for people on here. Personally I have my own hosting - but that's something I have to pay for and it isn't cheap. But there are cheaper alternatives if you plan to use hosting a lot.

CoasterCannons wrote:

I'm pretty sure you can. I don't do my layouts like that but I'm pretty sure Paper does and I know she used webs for a while

I checked out Webs and they do have a file uploader. Thank you both!

Kylie Sommer · April 2013

Now another question: Has anyone used Dreamweaver of Adobe Muse?

PaperWings · April 2013

I have dreamweaver cs5.5 I think. Not used it in forever though. Just use notepad ++ but I can try help

Kylie Sommer · April 2013

PaperWings wrote:

I have dreamweaver cs5.5 I think. Not used it in forever though. Just use notepad ++ but I can try help

I've been playing around with it-.- Just the design part. I haven't done the coding yet as I just got it yesterday and I'm still learning the ropes.

PaperWings · April 2013

As helpful as Dreamweaver may seem now, I would try your best not to use the actual "design" part of it. It tends to add in a lot of pointless code. And doesn't help when you want to fix problems in different browsers (for browser compatibility). It is a useful tool though to, in a sense, preview the code to give you an idea of how it is currently looking. Back in the day I used to use the split view, so I could write in the code manually but get an idea for how colours are looking together and the general layout. Also it gave me the metatags and doctype (the chunk of code at the top of the page to tell the browser what code you are working in etc), as I never remember all that stuff from the top of my head lol. Yay for copy and paste! For a more technical side of thing, it can be helpful to manage projects - as if you are building an entire website etc. But that's probably not what you are needing at the moment lol. Personally I would avoid the design side of it, and just try coding from scratch. Plenty of helpful websites and tutorials out there to give you a nudge in the right direction. And trust me, you'll feel so much better for yourself for having done so

Kylie Sommer · April 2013

PaperWings wrote:

As helpful as Dreamweaver may seem now, I would try your best not to use the actual "design" part of it. It tends to add in a lot of pointless code. And doesn't help when you want to fix problems in different browsers (for browser compatibility). It is a useful tool though to, in a sense, preview the code to give you an idea of how it is currently looking. Back in the day I used to use the split view, so I could write in the code manually but get an idea for how colours are looking together and the general layout. Also it gave me the metatags and doctype (the chunk of code at the top of the page to tell the browser what code you are working in etc), as I never remember all that stuff from the top of my head lol. Yay for copy and paste! For a more technical side of thing, it can be helpful to manage projects - as if you are building an entire website etc. But that's probably not what you are needing at the moment lol. Personally I would avoid the design side of it, and just try coding from scratch. Plenty of helpful websites and tutorials out there to give you a nudge in the right direction. And trust me, you'll feel so much better for yourself for having done so

That's what I've found out as well XD Haha:) I'm going to try coding from scratch today and see what I can throw together. Thanks for the helpful info!

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