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Post by JadaKinzt., on Jul 3, 2009 22:36:59 GMT -5
So.. I want to make a website. Can someone give me some great advice, and maybe even help me make it? It would be a Petz site. -JadaKinzt.,
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Post by ECRose on Jul 4, 2009 9:37:56 GMT -5
Making a website takes a bit of planning. First you need to decide what kind of a website it will be within petz. Are you just going to be displaying your own petz and adoptions? Or are you going to have files for people to download? I say this because you will need to consider the amount of traffic and disk space that your site will require.
If you decide that you will be posting adoptions and pictures of your own petz you can host the images somewhere like photobucket and you will need very little disk space. On the other hand, if you will have files available for people and many pages to your site you will need space to host your files and more allowance for traffic (people visiting your site. The term is for that is "bandwidth")
Once you know what you need you can start looking for a webhost. I do NOT recommend Angelfire for this. They have terrible ads with their free websites and if you pay for webspace they overcharge for fairly poor service with almost no customer support. Other hosts will be able to offer a better deal for a free site or a cheaper ad free site - but i don't have much experience with those.
***If you decide to pay monthly for an ad free site you can probably go with their cheapest package and have plenty of space for your needs***
If the price is more than say, 4-6 bucks per month for what they are offering - it is probably overpriced. A good webhost should offer lots of bandwidth and disk space for you and also support software like phpbb. (Phpbb is forum software. I know you aren't making a forum - but a good webhost supports these types of software, a lousier one will not, it is a good indicator of the quality of service.)
Got a webhost and know what you are going to have on your site? Great! Now you can plan the type of layout that you want. How do you want it to look? What can you do to make it easy to navigate? Once you know what you're going to do you can either use the page building tools offered by your webhost (they will have instructions available to you) or you can use HTML. I greatly prefer HTML and I use it for my own website.
I would be happy to help you if you decide to use HTML - and there are a lot of sites that are a big help as well. I hope that this helps you get started - good luck!
~ECRose
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Post by JadaKinzt., on Jul 4, 2009 12:59:56 GMT -5
Wow! Thanks for the information ECRose! =D I'm going with HTML. As for paying for a website...not so much. But there should be somewhere good out there where it's free, no? All I'm going to be doing is posting adoptions, and showing off my petz. I want a nice design for my website. Something like this: necoville.soulrequiem.com/index.htmlDo you think you could help me? -JadaKinzt.,
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Post by ECRose on Jul 4, 2009 13:29:42 GMT -5
I'd be happy to help you. As far as free webhosting goes I'm not an expert on what is good - only what I've tried and haven't liked (Angelfire). I'm with Bluehost now and I am very happy, but I don't think they offer free webservice, and while their monthly rate is cheap, you pay upfront (ie in my case I paid about 250 bucks for 3 years of service). Some people like freewebs and I've heard good things about Geocities - but I think geocities has/is planning on shutting down - or so I've heard. I don't really know of any others that I've heard good or bad things about. As far as layouts go it is important not to mimic other people's work too closely. Neco's site is awesome for a lot of reasons and I'm glad it has been a good source of inspiration for you. (I'm sure that flatters Neco as well) What is it that you like about it? Is it the organization of the links? The fact that there is an image at the top? Once you decide what you like about various websites you can use those ideas to help come up with some new and unique ideas that define your site and help people to remember it. For example, even though the layout of my site has changed a few times I like to keep a similar color scheme, mood and theme. I always use black, white/silver, and red since my website's name is Mythic Silence and my petz site specifically is called Malevolent. I feel as though my color choices are evocative of those names and in turn make the site easier to remember. Is there a name you'd like your site to have that could be further emphasized by a certain color palette or layout? Questions like these can help you to make your site more specialized and reflective of your own personality and interests. ~ECRose
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Post by JadaKinzt., on Jul 4, 2009 13:54:39 GMT -5
I'll probably be using Freewebs. As for Neco's site.. I like the dark look to it. That's kind of my style. I also love the text font. The way how it's all put together is really nice looking. I also like the picture at the top. I would be using colors like black, grey, and purple. I want it to have a sad/emo/alternative look to it, you know? As for the name of the site.. I've been thinking on it. Kinzt Creations? idk I kind of need help with thinking on a website name. Would this site help with graphics/etc. ? : daydreamgraphics.com/
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Post by ECRose on Jul 4, 2009 14:13:18 GMT -5
Cool - I also prefer dark themes. The color palette sounds like it could be really neat. If you enjoy that site for advice and/or inspiration that's awesome. If there is anything specific that coincides with the theme you are hoping for with your own site feel free to send me a link and I'll take a gander at it. As far as layout images to go with your site are concerned - do you want to use your petz in the images or would you like to use something else or a combination of the two? Also, do you want the background to be a solid color or a design/image? I'd be more than happy to continue discussing the specific aesthetics over PM or an instant messenger too. It would be a good way to brainstorm for site names as well. ~ECRose
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Post by JadaKinzt., on Jul 4, 2009 15:14:54 GMT -5
A design image would be nice in the background. I want my petz in the images. That would be really nice. I want something dark. And okay IM is fine with me on Yahoo! Messenger. -JadaKinzt.,
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