Anyone built their own website for their contracting company? I had a play with HTML and CSS a few years ago and i'm going to have a go at building myself a little site. Any advice for a beginner?
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Originally posted by Whorty View PostAnyone built their own website for their contracting company? I had a play with HTML and CSS a few years ago and i'm going to have a go at building myself a little site. Any advice for a beginner?
There are a few like this...
https://wrapbootstrap.com/themes/landing-pagesLast edited by woohoo; 5 January 2017, 22:03. -
Get cheap hosting with MySQL and cPanel included, install Wordpress and pick a good responsive theme free or paid. A wee bit of tweaking and you have a great site with little pain. Also check out the hundreds of plugins to add functionality.Comment
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Originally posted by Whorty View PostAnyone built their own website for their contracting company? I had a play with HTML and CSS a few years ago and i'm going to have a go at building myself a little site. Any advice for a beginner?______________________
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I would say if you are a developer then I would expect your company website to not only look decent but have no errors and load pretty fast.
Are you going to add a blog or anything? I use https://github.com/madskristensen/MiniBlog/ which works well with live writer and it pretty lightweight.Comment
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Originally posted by Cliphead View PostGet cheap hosting with MySQL and cPanel included, install Wordpress and pick a good responsive theme free or paid. A wee bit of tweaking and you have a great site with little pain. Also check out the hundreds of plugins to add functionality.I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by woohoo View PostI would say if you are a developer then I would expect your company website to not only look decent but have no errors and load pretty fast.
Are you going to add a blog or anything? I use https://github.com/madskristensen/MiniBlog/ which works well with live writer and it pretty lightweight.I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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My company website is still HTML and CSS based. It used to be hand crafted HTML but these days I use the free version of Microsoft Expression Web. It generates the code, then you can always modify it by hand if you want.Comment
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Didn't have a clue on website creation until I needed to spin up a site for a new company - since then I've done a few sites.
All are WordPress based. As has been mentioned, you don't have to be a designer, just pick a template you like the look of. If you want a little more control on how it looks, use a site builder plugin. I've used Beaver Builder on a couple of recent sites.Comment
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Go for WordPress or Joomla - Joomla's more powerful but a bit more technical. Both provide similar sets of themes.
Have a browse round a site like this:
RocketTheme - Joomla Templates, WordPress Themes, Magento Templates and phpBB Styles
It caters for both Joomla and Wordpress so will allow you to try both.
Get your hosting sorted and then create subfolders for each of them. Install both, have a play, see what suits you best and go with it. There are also plugins that allow you to convert between the two (not tried them yet so I don't know the percentage success in converting).The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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