Web Design 2014 - help

Subject: Web Design 2014 - help Tue Feb 04, 2014 1:55 pm

In brief: I'm old school, started out designing sites with basic HTML and a little JAVA - I stopped learning new stuff back in the early 2000s... My website I've had all these years (and put countless HOURS of work into) is super obsolete. It works fine on my own PC and if I use only IE.

I said all that to ask this: What would you recommend I do to upgrade my website I currently have ? I'm an old dog who doesn't want to learn a bunch of new tricks - I'd rather get some kind of WYSIWYG site that is very versatile. I like the freedom I've always had with my own scratch site, but have found that a lot of web services limit you.

Are there any GOOD services that I can begin moving/re-creating my old website so I'm up to date with the latest web standards ?

Subject: Re: Web Design 2014 - help Tue Feb 04, 2014 2:56 pm

No clue myself, can't say that I have ever developed a website (don't know Java, Python, etc.).

My son is starting to get into it though and he does what they now call "scripting" for several of the video games he likes (which looks like subroutines to me...) But all I have ever done is some Fortran and a little RPL on my calculator.

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Subject: Re: Web Design 2014 - help Tue Feb 04, 2014 5:07 pm

wix.com

That's what I have used for the Mission Of One site. Also, it's free unless you want to purchase an URL name that is specific to your site.

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Subject: Re: Web Design 2014 - help Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:31 pm

Thanks guys. I signed up for Wix about a year ago and fiddled with it for a few minutes before I decided it wasn't going to work for what I want to do... but that was a year ago. I may just venture on over there and give er another try. Maybe go at this from another angle.

Subject: Re: Web Design 2014 - help Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:03 pm

I believe that solid over at the Firestream Vault has done web design. You could probably ask him about it.

Subject: Re: Web Design 2014 - help Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:16 pm

thanks !

Subject: Re: Web Design 2014 - help Wed Feb 05, 2014 10:38 am

Wix is the one I've heard the most but I never looked at it since I'm like you (Old school and simple).

This is what I plan to look into when I get free time. Haha.

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Subject: Re: Web Design 2014 - help Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:24 am

Hardkore wrote:: I believe that solid over at the Firestream Vault has done web design. You could probably ask him about it.

You could also ask Musician_DM. He's also into web design.

Subject: Re: Web Design 2014 - help Wed Feb 05, 2014 12:37 pm

topshot rhit wrote:: Wix is the one I've heard the most but I never looked at it since I'm like you (Old school and simple).

This is what I plan to look into when I get free time. Haha.

Looks involved. Course when I spent countless hours learning html and java, it was involved back then. But once I became a pro, everything changed.

So I may very well check that one out and toy around with it, but it still looks scary.

I just wish they had a simplistic system for taking old school sites and converting the code to new stuff.

Gonna hafta bite that bullet and do something... decisions decisions...

Subject: Re: Web Design 2014 - help Wed Feb 05, 2014 12:38 pm

Through The Dark Radio wrote:

Hardkore wrote:: I believe that solid over at the Firestream Vault has done web design. You could probably ask him about it.

You could also ask Musician_DM. He's also into web design.

I shall ! Thanks for dropping some names !