I Need Your Help On Building a Website

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I need someone to make me a website for my MLG team the Epicz if anyone knows how to make a website like this one with forums and etc could you post here then ill PM you with the details

Thankyou

--CD
 
You need two things:

1) A domain name
2) Webhosting

Then you can either find free clan templates on the internet or learn the basics of HTML and CSS (maybe a bit of javascript and PHP as well) and make it yourself. /win
 
There are multiple ways to design a web-site. The easiest (however a little more static, and it will cost you a few $$), is to use a hosting service like Yahoo or other similar services. If you run a copy of win XP pro, you can host your own site. The minimum for this you could (provided you are familiar with HTML) is write the whole thing with something as simple as "notepad". But assuming you asking me this particular question is that you are not familiar with that. The other option is to get a copy of MS FrontPage, and design pages through there or you could download a free trial version of Visual Studio 2008 and design it with that. My best bet is you get a subscription with a service like yahoo, and build a website through them. This will run you about $20.- a month, but it will get the job done hands down.
Let me know if I can be of anymore help.

Cheers,

MenOpaws
 
I wouldn't recommend something like FrontPage or any site-building program to make a website, they're horribly ineffecient as a rule, and lead to messy code and badly-made web pages.

Instead, as Hooked said, you need web hosting and a domain name, and then download a pre-made PHP or ASP clan system and install it.

The easiest solution would be to us a site like:
http://www.siteground.com/clan-hosting.htm
(I haven't used this site, but from a quick glance around the internet, it seemed nice.)

Or various other clan site hosting companies (use Google). Companies like that will often set up almost all of the code for you, and you'll be able to use simple menus (or, in some cases, edit text files) to configure and customize everything. There are some free places available, but they're often lacking in customization and features, and almost always feature large advertisements on the top of your page.

An example of a free page host:
http://clansitemanager.com
(Again, quick glance around the internet, can't vouch for the site personally.)

Aside from pre-made sites, you could go semi-custom and host the site yourself. Your options are either from your computer (which is unreliable if you turn your computer off or have bad internet, and can open you up to some major security risks if you don't know what you're doing), or you can use a cheap paid host (which actually costs about as much as the paid clan-specific host above) and install a pre-made clan portal/forums of your choice. This will require some computer skill, and I don't recommend it if you've never even written HTML before. However, this would give you full control over the look and feel of your site.
 
As far as the site itself goes, there are plenty of good pre-built 'scripts'. Most of them slip my mind at the moment, but e107, what this site uses, is pretty simple to setup and customize.
 
I can't do much aside echo what many of the above have said. I would recommend learning basic HTML. A little bit of knowledge goes a long way. :)

As for hosting options I personally use [link=hyperlink url]http://www.canaca.com[/link]. The pricing is decent for the space and bandwidth per month you get.

As for actually setting up a site(after you've registered a domain name and have someone to host your site) use google to search for "CMS" or "Content Management Systems". There are quite a few out there. Joomla, E107, Drupal, etc. are just some of many that come to mind. There are lots of free premade "themes" or "skins" for the CMSes that can you can use to have a great looking site in no time.

Best of luck!
 
actually, i need help with this also........i've been working with dreamweaver for a while now and i still am having trouble with getting forums but i got the register form to work though.
 
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