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  • I'm asking for advice on which web applications you would recommend to a person wanting to start their own web-page. I am new to web-page design and want to get up and running on a simple web-page relatively quickly and easily. I'm not afraid of trying to create some of my own design as I know a little HTML and the bare basics of web design - CSS etc -- it's just I haven't used it in real life yet. My e-mail provider (runbox) provides free web-site hosting and I needed to buy a domain name which I did. I want to start my own web page for personal use on items such as pictures, surveys or polls, blogs, discussions etc. My domain provider uses the following applications and I'm asking for advice on which applications a new user, relatively green on the tech side, should use. See below for the list of supplied web applications (if that is what you call them). Here is the list. I'm confused as to what I should use, or even more importantly, what not to use. Any and all recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance... Navigation Fantastico Home Control Panel Home Blogs b2evolution Nucleus pMachine Free WordPress Content Management Drupal Geeklog Joomla Mambo Open Source PHP-Nuke phpWCMS phpWebSite Post-Nuke Siteframe TYPO3 Xoops Customer Relationship Crafty Syntax Live Help Help Center Live osTicket PHP Support Tickets Support Logic Helpdesk Support Services Manager Discussion Boards phpBB2 SMF E-Commerce CubeCart OS Commerce Zen Cart F.A.Q. FAQMasterFlex Guestbooks ViPER Guestbook Hosting Billing AccountLab Plus phpCOIN Image Galleries 4Images Gallery Coppermine Photo Gallery Gallery Mailing Lists PHPlist Polls and Surveys Advanced Poll phpESP PHPSurveyor Project Management dotProject PHProjekt Site Builders Soholaunch Pro Edition Templates Express Wiki TikiWiki PhpWiki Other Scripts Dew-NewPHPLinks Moodle Noahs Classifieds Open-Realty phpAdsNew PHPauction phpFormGenerator WebCalendar Extras Language Side menu appearance Email notifications Installations overview

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    I'm in the same boat you are -- I know enough HTML/CSS to get by, and I wanted to use my website to get more familiarity and experience, so I didn't want to go with a managed, pre-designed creation program. The first thing I did was download a template from http://www.oswd.org/ and tweak it a bit. Then I decided to do a similar page design up from scratch, and I have found the following programs to have a good blend of helpful features, without forcing design choices on you: For CSS stylesheets: http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdId=TopStyle&ProdView=lite. For $80 you can get TS Pro, which I have not tried, but if it is anything like the Lite version, it could be a good all-in-one solution if you have the budget. For HTML: http://www.stoneware.dk. For personal use, you can register it for free. I really like the integrated FTP functionality of this one. And that's pretty much all I use. It's a very simple, rarely changing site, but it has definitely helped me hone my skillz.

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In addition, can I use other's you might recommend that are not on this list? What would you recommend. Thank you...

orlin

The list you provided are all pre-packaged apps that your provider has setup to install very easily onto your hosting setup. They do varying things from blogs to shopping carts. If you're looking to get stuff done (blog, share pictures, etc), try those out and see which you like. I've used WordPress and Gallery respectively and liked them. You can re-style both of those to your hearts content if you like.

Skorgu

Maybe a stupid question -- is "Open Source" a type of code I can copy, alter and put back out on the web? I'm really not at all experianced with design --- YET --- although I will like to give it a good try !

orlin

Also -- I'm don't want to break any laws copying and altering any code. I just want to do it the right way and legally... Thanks...

orlin

Would "http://www.typo3.com/Feature_list.1243.0.html" be a good beginner application? Thank you...

orlin

orlin; There are various meanings of "Open Source," and various licenses under which programmers can release their software. GPL licenses allow you to see the source code, edit it, and redistribute it, as long as your modifications credit the original author and are themselves licensed under the GPL, in a nutshell. All of your software should mention what license(s) it is released under.

odinsdream

Become fluent in HTML and CSS and do your coding from scratch. WYSIWYG editors produce messy code. With that kind of knowledge, you'll be able to take any of those free apps (Wordpress, etc) and easily "hack" them and style them to suit you. I knew absolutely no PHP when I started a phpBB forum, but I did know HTML and CSS. Just from adding a few simple mods to the board, I picked up on PHP syntax. I can't necessarily code in PHP from scratch like I can with HTML & CSS, but I can move things around and find missing marks.

IndigoRain

Thanks for all your help everyone...This should get me going -- WOW there's alot out there to review -- will be hard to decide what's best...Orlin

orlin

If you want to review a few of the programs before installing them, go to http://opensourcecms.com and try out their demos. They reset every hour or to, so you can see what you would most likely see when you do that install through Fantastico. You will find a demo version of almost every program that's listed. In regards to Typo3, DO NOT use it. In my experience, it has a learning curve as steep as running into a wall. Most of what you are describing are Content Management Systems. If you want to really learn about PHP, try to hand code it all yourself. ;) It's absolutely crazy to do, with all the applications already available, but you will learn it alot quicker. I personally prefer http://www.drupal.org as a Content Management System. It can do everything you want, with a few extra add ons that you must download. But it takes some effort to learn. I'll also second IndigoRain's advice. Try not use WYSIWYG editors. For learning HTML/CSS, do not buy anything. It will be a waste of your money until you become good enough with it to take on paying work. If you have to use an editor, http://www.nvu.com/index.php is good and free, but try not to. One of the better HTML/CSS tutorials I've found is http://www.htmldog.com/ http://www.htmldog.com/guides/htmlbeginner/ and http://www.htmldog.com/guides/cssbeginner/ tutorials, because you design the HTML, then the corresponding CSS site at the same time.

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