Advice on easy web page design/uploading

GeoScrubers · Post by **GeoScrubers** » 19 August 08 3:40 pm

I am after some suggestions about easy to use (&cheap/free) programs to make a simple web page that I can upload to the webspace provided by my ISP. I believe I also need a program to do the actual upload

I don't need anything spectacular, just a nice back ground, text and photos...... and of course links to websites such as GCA/GC etc.

suggestions please

Udderchaos · Post by **Udderchaos** » 19 August 08 4:10 pm

filezilla FTP is good and free for transfering your webpage

Udderchaos · Post by **Udderchaos** » 19 August 08 4:11 pm

if you have msword or publisher this can make simple websites.

just save the document as html

GeoScrubers · Post by **GeoScrubers** » 19 August 08 4:27 pm

Udderchaos wrote:if you have msword or publisher this can make simple websites.

just save the document as html

Thanks, I have Word, but how to upload it to website??

Udderchaos · Post by **Udderchaos** » 19 August 08 6:12 pm

filezilla

Sunshine Toledo · Post by **Sunshine Toledo** » 19 August 08 7:18 pm

I use "ws_ftp 95 LE" which is free and it has instructions on how to load it and use it from the web page "http://www.pagematic.com/faq/ws_ftp.html". I have been using the ws_ftp programs for many years and they work fine for uploading using the FTP facility of uploading a web page. Just what I use!!
I also use EZPAD 3.0 to write my web pages but you do need some experience to use it as you are writing HTML code with it.

GeoScrubers · Post by **GeoScrubers** » 19 August 08 8:59 pm

Udderchaos wrote:filezilla

I should have read the previous post

Post by **CraigRat** » 20 August 08 12:36 am

Pesky! wrote:Don't be discouraged by the very LINUX looking homesite.

...not too sure how a website can be 'linux looking'...??

I havent used KompoZer for a while, but it is a very good package. It is an all-in-one editing/managing thingo... used to be a little slow, not too sure about nowdays....

Pesky! wrote:if you are looking for something al ittle simpler but still lots of features including webpage and ftp wizards,
try cofeecup html its a little more limited, but may suit your needs in getting started without having to learn a huge application.
you can download a trial version here http://www.coffeecup.com/software/
but it will be asking for payment soon after you get into using it.

Just don't give them your real email address as you'll be receiving emails *5* years after trialling some software of theirs......... wish I was kidding.

On another note: I'd try to avoid using word or publisher as they spit out rather funky pages that don't always work with all browsers, polus they save as lot of unneeded garbage in the files, resulting in sometimes staggering file sizes!

GeoScrubers · Post by **GeoScrubers** » 21 August 08 10:05 pm

Thanks all

CaleD · Post by **CaleD** » 22 August 08 2:33 pm

Mac or Windows?

As I work on a Mac, I use FreeWay for page design (it's shareware), but I use Cyberduck (http://cyberduck.ch/) for FTP.