4- WS-FTP (freebie download) or use, for example, the Geocities file manager. I cut and paste from HomeSite to the file manager. I recently downloaded Coffeecup Free FTP for my home computer. It wouldn't connect to my servers. I then downloaded Core FTP Lite 1.3 from CNET. It works fine.Make a home page, TSW WebCoder
It's simple. I'm a Ph.D but that doesn't mean I'm smart. If I were smart wouldn't this be the Quantum Mechanics home page?
How do you know it's simple? Right click on your mouse and click on "View source" or "View code" or something similar. Notice there's not much code! By comparing the page with the source you can pretty well translate the code
What do I need?
1- Free server space (Geocities, FreeWebHosting for example) - the provider will tell you how to access the server (e.g. the FTP address).
2- An HTML editor - I bought HomeSite 5.0 (~$90) a text based editor that works great for me. I consider it one of the best buys I've made. You can get it for as little as $40 on ebay. Recently I downloaded TSW WebCoder 4.0 (free) from CNET. This is similar to HomeSite and an excellent (free) alternative. Editors allow you to insert code from menus and to toggle between the web page and the code version. See TSW WebCoder page. See TSW WebCoder page in edit mode.
3- Editors have "code validators" that make sure your programming meets standards. The HomeSite validator encourages style sheets. I prefer simple code and ignore "warnings" (yellow). I change only what's red in the validator check.
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