[Gllug] Web Site Creation

[Henry Gilbert]

On 11/3/05, Peter Childs <peterachilds at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to to write a web site. My knowledge of doing so is rather
> old and really rather out of date.
> I'm thinking of using css, xhtml, javascript, and php which seams like
> a very large number of different languages to have to mix into one
> item, But such is the web....
> I'd like to create a "header" and a "footer" and then strap them on to
> each web page automatically so I don't need to worry about having to
> hand edit the header and footer into each page. Unfortunately xhtml
> does not seam to have any "include" tag so this needs to be done with
> hmm php which is a server side hack and I'd prefer to leave the php
> for the pure interactive bits!
> I also find the xhtml spec unreadable and not any easier to use than
> the old html ones.
> Am I still writing it by hand or are there any better tools nvu looks
> good but still does not seam capable of using css properly. (Amaya is
> not that much better than what I've seen) I would quite like to be
> able to get someone else to write the bodies ones I've got the basic
> design worked out and hence the bodies may have to be written in
> OpenOffice or NVU or something with a nice WYSIWYG gui.
>
> Any help/ideas?
>
> Peter Childs
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"Webdevelopment" is meant to be my other job.
I fix websites for better semantics, speed, compliance and even accessibility.

The result being better Search Engine results SEO

Now I find the best tool ever for the job.
To be Kwrite.

There is no other suite or software that beats it.
In terms of power and simplicity.
You click save and it uploads your changes.

If you need help with XHTML and CSS, I offer free advice or casual tutorials.
Perl is hard. even Bash is hard.
But XHTML if properly demonstrated - its pretty easy.

I would definitely (if possible) avoid any WYSIWYG interface if
speed, lightness, maintanance and good search engine results
are of prime importance to you.

Here is an example of a once fat-clunky-flash-riddled site revamped
for a friend of mine:
http://www.arizona.uk.com

About includes, PHP handles them.

But if your site is static, there is no reason why it should be used.

The footers would be the same true, but the headers should change as
you index keywords differently via the meta-tag.

Am so sorry, I am so overly preocuppied on good SEO - that coming to
think about it - I am not the best person for the best advice.

But having typed so far - here goes a few of my suggestions.

all the best

Henry
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