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logos:
So my Aunt asked me to make a website for her, just a basic sales webpage...unfortuna tely I don't really know anything about making a webpage.  So I did some google searches...and realized there are all kinds of tools out there, so I figured I might as well ask around and see if anyone has any experience/what some good tools are/and maybe some advice :)

Duki3003:
Unless you are really set out on testing your php skills, my recommendation is get a CMS - like Joomla.
It's easily customizable and doesn't require much expertise to set up or run...

Just find extensions you need, and you can easily turn it into a web sales portal...

HiddenJumper:
Do you have experience in html/xhtml or CSS? Without knowing some of the basics you're going to have some problems.

A site worth using to learn both languages is W3C Schools. Google it cause im too lazy to go get the website atm  :D Its an invaluable website I even use when I forget something.

If you want some easy time coding, you can use Dreamweaver from Adobe, however it costs a pretty penny so up to you how you get your copy  :P Other than that you could use Publisher(?) I think thats what its called. I believe its a program provided in the Microsoft Office package or another. I can't remember. Outside of those just use notepad and use tutorials to learn how to code.

A standard 7-page website is all static so you shouldn't have to worry about PHP. But if your Aunt wants them to be able to purchase directly off the website then you need to learn how to make a database (MySQL or Oracle will work) and PHP/maybe Javascript.

Coding is pretty simple. Its not as complex as say as making a video game. Most of your designing is done within an image editor like Photoshop. If you're proeffficient in Photoshop/GIMP/other image software, you got a step up on everyone else. When you get into coding the pages themselves, its mostly copy and paste because 6 of your 7 static webpages are all nearly the same with the text content the only thing varying from the first page. So literally you're copt and pasting your code 6 more times after the inital first page is made.

logos:
Thanks for the insight, I'm playing with Joomla right now...guess I'll see how that turns out.  I only know a little bit of C++, so I should probably take a look at the W3C site as well...*sigh*

Mirgond:
The W3C has nothing do to with C or C++ ;)
It's short for World Wide Web Consortium which standardizes the technologies used in the web.
If you want to programm a little bit yourself instead of using only Joomla maybe Ruby on Rails would be worth a look for you.

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