Website Help

[Steve Hart]

Hi all,
I'm currently using a web site creator for my site which looks not very professional at the moment via streamline. I've had someone to do my bouncy castle which looks excellent. I've had a look on the forum and people suggest getting frontpage 2003. How do you use this. Could i d/l a free web template and modify it on frontpage?

Any help would be great..

[DJ Frankie]

Steve I taught myself how to use Frontpage and found it very easy to use. You would be better of buying a template online see here http://www.thetemplatestore.com/
After you have purchased a template they then email it to you .
Open the template in FP and modify to your hearts content.

Also you may want to look at buying a Frontpage 2003 book I purchased this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Everything-Microsoft-Office-FrontPage-2003/dp/007222973X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5/202-3103174-2615007?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200906151&sr=8-5

Good Luck.

[Steve Hart]

Cheers mate, i'll give that a try

[Corabar Steve]

There is another thread running about Frontpage at the moment.

Not sure if it will help, but worth a look.

[CRAZY K]

Steve I taught myself how to use Frontpage and found it very easy to use. You would be better of buying a template online see here http://www.thetemplatestore.com/
After you have purchased a template they then email it to you .
Open the template in FP and modify to your hearts content.

Also you may want to look at buying a Frontpage 2003 book I purchased this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Everything-Microsoft-Office-FrontPage-2003/dp/007222973X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5/202-3103174-2615007?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200906151&sr=8-5

Good Luck.

I agree with that--Frontpage is dead easy once you invest a little time and money learning it.

I went on a distance learning course( do it at home ! ) with my local "Learning Centre" and that was very helpful to get started on Frontpage.

//http://www.nextsteplondoneast.org.uk/content/default.asp?PageId=3247&LanguageId=0

Im sure you can find a similar course on the net or get the book suggested above.

CRAZY K

[mr rusty]

Have a look at netobjects - www.netobjects.com. Its just like desk top publishing - you arrange all the text and images and then publish to code. Its super easy. Quite often the slightly earlier versions are given away as freebies on mags, and these are perfectly good to use.

[Shaun]

Not everyone will agree with me, but unless you are extremely proficient in design and search engine optimisation don't do your own website. In my opinion it's akin to a bride plugging in her ipod to a speaker and thinking she can be a do-it-yourself mobile DJ, and have the same results as a professional. The old saying "you only get one chance to make a first impression" has never been more true. Don't scrimp and save by making a home made business website. Hire a professional, it'll be worth the investment.

Ok...let the backlash commence!

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Not everyone will agree with me, but unless you are extremely proficient in design and search engine optimisation don't do your own website.

I agree.

[Corabar Steve]

I don't. I know of quite a few home made ones that look very professional & do very well on Google etc

[CRAZY K]

I don't. I know of quite a few home made ones that look very professional & do very well on Google etc

My home made sites get very high rankings on Google and Yahoo--im not saying they are particularly brilliant but we certainly get a large number of enquiries which is all im interested in.

As im in a specialist field people are often grateful to find the service in the first place--:D

In the general Mobile DJ market I can understand its important to have a very professional looking site with everything spot as there is an awful lot of competition out there, but of course service, pricing, experience and first impressions on contact then make a difference.

I think theres the usual problem with Web Site designers rubbishing the work of others in the same way DJs will be critical when asked--what do you think of my set up?

The reality is of course the way the public rate our websites and equipment is often a lot different to the way we THINK they do.

CRAZY K

[DJ Frankie]

Not everyone will agree with me, but unless you are extremely proficient in design and search engine optimisation don't do your own website. In my opinion it's akin to a bride plugging in her ipod to a speaker and thinking she can be a do-it-yourself mobile DJ, and have the same results as a professional. The old saying "you only get one chance to make a first impression" has never been more true. Don't scrimp and save by making a home made business website. Hire a professional, it'll be worth the investment.

Ok...let the backlash commence!

My wife has a chair cover buisness and the website is designed by a designer and I agree if you know your trade it will look impressive.

The down side is, if she wants any changes made she has to email the chap (Although his reponse time is excellent) and he then has to resend the files for me to upload to my server, plus he charges £20 for any changes made.

[rob1963]

Not everyone will agree with me, but unless you are extremely proficient in design and search engine optimisation don't do your own website.


I agree.

I agree too.

Why try & do your own site when there are people like Marc J about?

[Danno13]

I agree as well, a bad website is worse than no website at all.

[Spirits High]

I agree too.

Why try & do your own site when there are people like Marc J about?

:agree:

Marc J gets my vote, did a top job with my site

[nigelwright7557]

Hi all,
I'm currently using a web site creator for my site which looks not very professional at the moment via streamline. I've had someone to do my bouncy castle which looks excellent. I've had a look on the forum and people suggest getting frontpage 2003. How do you use this. Could i d/l a free web template and modify it on frontpage?

Any help would be great..

There are many packages much cheaper than Frontpage.
I bought Frontpage and found it to be very basic for £100.

I got a second hand copy of Visual Page for £5 and have found it could do anything I wanted it to.

[501damian501]

serif webplus 10, check it out

[A1DL]

Not everyone will agree with me, but unless you are extremely proficient in design and search engine optimisation don't do your own website. In my opinion it's akin to a bride plugging in her ipod to a speaker and thinking she can be a do-it-yourself mobile DJ, and have the same results as a professional. The old saying "you only get one chance to make a first impression" has never been more true. Don't scrimp and save by making a home made business website. Hire a professional, it'll be worth the investment.


couldn't agree more Shaun. A home made website will, 9/10 times, look like... a home made website.

[501damian501]

people have budgets and maybe cant afford to hire a professional

[Shaun]

people have budgets and maybe cant afford to hire a professional

All of us have budgets. First impressions are very important though.

[discomobiledj]

I knew nothing about designing websites when I started but now hand code my site or use dreamweaver.

There are tonnes of free website templates available online which I've played with.

So my site is home made but my google ranking is good. There are so many free third party sites that give you so much information about what you need to do but it just takes time.