I'm starting to develop a new HTML website for traveling using Dreamweaver. I'm also plans to integrate Wordpress to manage content of the website.
My questions are,
Where can i found tutorials to integrate Wordpress to my HTML website on localhost (for testing purposes)?
Can i add new web pages using wordpress?
If i want to migrate from HTML to ASP.NET etc., will it be possible?
Wordpress uses HTML. All the markup WordPress generates is HTML.
Yes. It is easy as selecting new page.
They are not the same thing. Using .net will mean you will use HTML for the markup. .net is just a framework you use.
If you want to develop websites and have a greater understanding of the markup and code, use the code view of Dreamweaver.
To run WordPress locally, you'll need to install a local server environment (e.g. XAMPP, MAMP, WAMP), and from there you can pretty much install just like you would on a normal server. Here's a good guide to installing WordPress locally.
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I have been coding html/css for some time now, and I've gotten to be proficient at coding single webpages, but I can't figure out how to code a website. Some questions I have are:
Do I need to buy a domain if I want to build a website (for practice)
Are their special things I need to know (such as special tags) that I wouldn't have learned from coding just a single page?
Should I learn how to use a grid if I am coding multiple pages?
You may want to first decide what kind of back end you want (the server side code that builds and delivers the pages) I strongly recommend rails, and a react.rb.
You do not need a domain name.
A great way to start is to use a service like cloud9 which is free, and will get you going in no time. Cloud9 will do a one button setup of a rails environment and get you going.
Another approach is to begin using react.rb and just expand your skill set from the front end towards the server. The react.rb tutorial creates a simple chat application and you can do this all with the tools your already have. Once you have mastered that you can set up a simple rails server and start adding server side persistance (saving data on the server.) This is the approach I recommend, but full discloure: I am one of the leads on the react.rb project so I am very biased.
Well, you can build simple to wonderful STATIC websites from HTML/CSS but if you are talking about some serious web development then you will need to learn a server side scripting language. Most of the websites these days are database driven serverside webpages. There are many serverside programming languages and tutorials for the same out there.
I suggest you start with PHP (for scripting language) and MySql (for database)
Again, the choice of language is totally upto you.
Then you would need to learn about setting up a server on your local computer. For this you will need to learn about (x)-AMP. This would be WAMP, XAMP, MAMP depending on what OS you are using.
If you are only needing to develop a simple CMS website, then there are alot of CMS framework which you can go for, which will not require much of coding.
It seems as if you are looking to connect multiple pages to the same website, so you can navigate between pages. And it seems that you want to practice with local files. If that is the case, you need to first create a local folder for your website and use the a tag in your html files. Inside the a tag, you will need to include an href with the url to your other page. A link to another html page that is saved in the same folder as your original will look like this:
New Page
You will want to use external CSS and JavaScript files to keep all of your pages in the same format.
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_links.asp
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_link.asp
I am a rails backend developer and I am now working in a team with an HTML coder and I have some problems with information exchange.
I want him to generate all the HTML templates (haml, erb, whatever) and css files. But he has actually no clue on how to install ruby (and rails).
So, we are working now in this ugly workcycle when he puts all html's and css's in public, test them, and then I (myself) move them to correct place.
Is there a tool (for HTML codes) that mimics Rails rendering part so he will run this tool, which must be easy, and when the server starts, he can put all the templates to app/ and test them?
I see this as a small easy installable subset of rails, that only deal with page rendering.
If your coder still doesn't know how to install ruby or how to configure stuff for works , then I can say this is quite problematic . You either can try any cloud based IDE . Or , tools like git to get only raw stuff.
But , you also can look for someone who in minimum way will try to make the whole process possible by learning and installing ruby in their pc .
I had a similiar problem where a copywriter needed to play with the html and we ended up using Cloud9.
Cloud9 is a collaborative IDE in the cloud, IMHO It's pretty decent for small scale projects and can really get the job done.
I simply installed rails once and ran a local dev server and she did all the modifications and watced the preview.
Another option is to create a vagrant environment and preisntall rails there. This means the HTML coder would have to install a VM on his machine and run the vagrant there.
I have installed WebMatrix to my computer, and started to learn how to create Website. Yeah, I am new to the Web development. However, I am a bit confused about how to create a webpage in WebMatrix.
While developing user interface to my Java application, I use visual builder and put containers where I like to put, and then implement functionality that it uses.
Do I have chance to visually develop web page like I did for Java application? I prefer to visually design webpage, and then implement functionality of each parts. Do I need to install other tools, if yes what?
(I am trying to develop web page for my personal github page. I plan to publish blog post about projects I have. )
You can't do that with WebMatrix. It only allows you to edit text files in your server.
I would suggest learning to code HTML. It is not that hard.
http://www.codecademy.com/en/tracks/web
I'm trying to deploy a simple Website - a couple of html sites based on twitter-Bootstrap templates - on cloudControl.
Unfortunatelly It seems I can only deploy a Java, PHP, Node.js and some more applications but not just some html sites.
Building a Java or any other application just to show some html sides seems to be an overhead to the scope.
Is there any suggestion how I just can deploy html sites to cloudControl ?
I would suggest php, the buildpack automatically provides apache as web server and delivers static html files directly.
In all other cases you have to provide the server by yourself and it seems like you just want some static html pages.
I think NodeJS would be your simplest option. Start with a simple server like this..
https://github.com/spadin/simple-express-static-server
Put your HTML/JS/CSS files in /static, and it's ready to deploy
Hey guys im in a very confused state of mind at the moment and need some help with Word Press and generally starting a website. My parents have had a business for 20 years and have finally decided to get a website!
As im studying IT and Business i said id get it done for them. Rather than design it from scratch i used a template which i bought from themeforest.net (awesome template!) and yesterday a friend mentioned in passing using word press as a CMS which i had never heard of before, and he left before i could ask any questions.
SO basically i have a site working on my computer and i have no idea how to get it live as a .com or .com.au, so far as i can see wordpress is a blog with .wordpress.com which isnt what im looking for.
Thanks in advance
Simon
It seems like you have two questions here:
Q1. I have a site working on my computer (locally hosted) and I have no idea how to get it live as a .com or .com.au?
You will need to get a domain name (www.something.com or .com.au) and a Web Hosting Provider where you can upload your site to. Some Web Hosting Providers provide the service of registering a domain name for you, so that you don't have to do it on your own. Take a look at the following links for more info:
http://www.hostcompare.com/guide/guidetohosting.html
http://www.hostcompare.com/
However, since you are still learning this hosting thing, you may want to learn by using some free hosts and perfect your site by making the appropriate changes (if and where necessary) to make your site fully working on the web. For that period you can use the free sub-domain provided by the free host and when you've got it all worked out, you may then either upgrade your plan to premium or migrate to a premium host and buy a domain name as well. Search google for free hosting sites, there are lots of them to choose from.
Q2. A friend mentioned in passing using word press as a CMS which I had never heard of before?
Depending on your needs a CMS could be helpful. It allows you to easily update your sites content online and most CMSs come with additional components such as PayPal integration and the such that can be easily added to the site. Wordpress is one example of a CMS. Note that if you do want to use Wordpress or any other CMS you will need to make sure that:
The hosting provider you chose provides the necessary requirements for it. Ex. PHP, ASP.Net, MySQL, etc...
There is a version of the template that you purchased for the CMS you choose. If not, then you will have to do some custom coding to get the template to work.
If the site you have only contains a small number of static pages, then a CMS might be overkill. This doesn't mean that you can't migrate your site to a CMS in the future if needed.
Hope this helps.
You'll want to sign up with a web hosting provider (site5, dreamhost etc) and register a domain name. Once that's setup you can use the control panels from the hosts to install WordPress, plop in your theme and add content. It's often a one click affair to get WordPress installed, just be mindful of security updates as new versions come out.
Wordpress.com can host blogs, but if you want to install it on you own hosting server you can download the blog platform from wordpress.org and install it on your own server.
The only thing you have to be sure of is if the template you downloaded is for wordpress or not.
There is a difference between http://wordpress.com and http://wordpress.org In your case I think you might want to use http://wordpress.org It is a great free and open source CMS Most web hosts come with the facility of installing WP using stuff like Fantastico.