Designing a webpage - Advice wanted!

[ap.photo]

Hi Anna, take a look at www.serif.com - no HTML required. It does use Flash but I have never had any problems nor have the people who have visited my (hobby) website.

Actually I might consider thsi Nigel, thanks. Hey can you send me your website link, so I can get a quick preview of what they have in store for me? Thanks. (p.s. wow their prices are under $5 bucks and their best package under $10/mon nice & savvvy!)

[ap.photo]

One last thought to All:

Testing Your Website

I will need to test my web pages as I design them in the major browsers: Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 8, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 6, the latest versions of Firefox, Opera, Safari and Chrome. Since all these browsers are free anyway, it should not be any hardship to get them and install them. The trick however would be testing with more than one version of Internet Explorer since the later version will overwrite the earlier. Using the emulator/virtual machine method to do this. (It's probably easier.) http://www.thesitewizard.com/webdesi...browsers.shtml

One way to improve the chances that my website will work in future versions of the web browsers is to make sure the web pages' code validate as correct (that is, the underlying code has no errors). You can read more about this in HTML and CSS Validation: Should You Validate Your Web Page? http://www.thesitewizard.com/webdesi...lidation.shtml

There are numerous free web page validators listed on the Free HTML Validators, Broken Link Checkers, Browser Compatibility Checkers page.

Pretty neat stuff! Man I'm learning a thing or two here, myself.

[Dave Humphries]

Now back to my domain question, any thoughts and ideas on a name? I am looking for a 'one' word name if possible, maximum (2) and I want it to have a meaning that symbolizes a wedding, I'm being a little broad here but I really would appreciate to hear some thoughts on this.

NorCalNuptials?

[ap.photo]

NorCalNuptials?

Thanks Dave. If I say Norcal then people might think I shoot only in california, I travel everywhere. =|

[Dave Humphries]

Thanks Dave. If I say Norcal then people might think I shoot only in california, I travel everywhere. =|

InternationalNuptials

[Dave Humphries]

Being more serious, it's difficult; there have been any number of commercial weddings 'togs over the last century or more, so the chances of us coming up with something that's not 'cheesy', much less original, is unlikely

If we're not to make a play on your name (and we don't know the second bit), or location (for good reason given), then using a thesaurus for alternatives is about the only possibility.

Good luck with the hunt for a name (and the business),

[ap.photo]

Being more serious, it's difficult; there have been any number of commercial weddings 'togs over the last century or more, so the chances of us coming up with something that's not 'cheesy', much less original, is unlikely

My full name is Anna Perevertaylo, and us Europeans have no middles names. Location would be state wide. But I'm looking for a cathy domain. It pays to have a domain name that reflects my site of business. Thanks for willing to help me out.

[Clactonian]

Actually I might consider thsi Nigel, thanks. Hey can you send me your website link, so I can get a quick preview of what they have in store for me? Thanks. (p.s. wow their prices are under $5 bucks and their best package under $10/mon nice & savvvy!)

I've used Serif PagePlus for years to build and maintain my work website. As you say, very easy to use, albeit a little basic with some of the earlier versions.

[Squidgy]

Actually I might consider thsi Nigel, thanks. Hey can you send me your website link, so I can get a quick preview of what they have in store for me? Thanks. (p.s. wow their prices are under $5 bucks and their best package under $10/mon nice & savvvy!)

Hi Anne, just sent you a PM with the link.

[Squidgy]

I've used Serif PagePlus for years to build and maintain my work website. As you say, very easy to use, albeit a little basic with some of the earlier versions.

Hi Mike, I'll be updating to WebPlus 5 very soon as it is improving all the time. I dont use Serif for hosting though as I have a good, cheap package elsewhere.

[ap.photo]

Hi Anne, just sent you a PM with the link.

Thanks, but what does 'PM' mean?

[Donald]

Thanks, but what does 'PM' mean?

Private message. You should be seeing a number beside 'Notifications' right up at the top of the page

[tammu]

Hi first of all my best wishes for your initiative. Why should you wait keeping your thoughts buried. Go on expressing your thoughts with your own wedding website today. As you asked for I was searching for a good one word catchy name, But i couldn't fetch a good one.
Anyway if you get a good idea you can register your domain form here www.Tucktail.com at low cost . You can also design your own website here with a simple tool called website tonight. It has a huge resource of customizable themes, images, contents, etc. You can bring out your expectations perfect from here. This web host provides excellent hosting offers at affordable cost.

[ap.photo]

Anyway if you get a good idea you can register your domain form here www.Tucktail.com at low cost .

Thank you but as of last week I have already purchased my domain name at godaddy.com for only $12.00

[ninefivepm]

Hey ...that was a nice thread with some good useful information.

Just tried out a page on zenfolio.

http://ninefivepm.zenfolio.com/

[ap.photo]

[QUOTE=ninefivepm;211986]Hey ...that was a nice thread with some good useful information.[QUOTE]


Thanks, I'm glad it could benefit more than just me!

[jcuknz]

Having been designing websites for quite a few years now without knowing anything about it I orginally found the Office Word 97 programme very useful as more or less what you organised on the page was usually how it looked as a webpage. Sadly Office 2010 Home and Student seems to have dropped this very useful facility to me and added a whole lot of junk to confuse me
But I suspect that what you want is far beyond what I will ever manage to produce and so I'll just comment that getting on side with your sister if she caan spare the time, authoring a website is time consuming, but with a warning that it seems to me that webmasters want their sites to be 'special' 'fabulous' and load them up so that they are so big and clumsyly slow loading, CanonUSA and the like are dreadful in this respect. That opinion is based on being on dial-up and I have not had broadband long enough to revise my opinions.
'AnnesWedPix' anyone? AWP?

If you have registered your domain surely that will be you business name .. or am I missing something.

[ap.photo]

'AnnesWedPix' anyone? AWP?

If you have registered your domain surely that will be you business name .. or am I missing something.

Thanks for your take on this, I already decided on my domain/biz name, which is my full name with "photography" at the end. I have my photos posted on here, feel free to take a look. I met up with a logo designer and I think we nailed it! http://www.flickr.com/photos/25251025@N04/

But for now my website is just there to reserve my name, I think using flickr is fine for me right now. I'm keeping my options open.

-A

[drjuice]

Squidgy suggests using Flash. I'd certainly not recommend Flash because Adobe has announced that it is ceasing development of Flash. Usually, this means the end of support in several years. Ultimately, the very last version of Flash won't be supported by any contemporary browser. That's not a good thing because you can't personally control the browser version of potential viewers of your website.

Instead, I'd suggest getting with the program (actually getting your sister to get with the program) and learn the new capabilities in HTML5 and CSS3.

My general rule is that when somebody says something is going away and/or that it will not be supported after a given date, I start learning whatever the replacement is. I've had instances where my students haven't adhered to my rules about what's allowed in their projects, including the rule about you'll receive a grade reduction of 20 points on any project (applied after the project grade is assigned) that violates the minimum level of requirements for the project. In US terms, that means a C instead of an A, as one example. It gets them to think in terms of how long a life any given project will have on the web and that's a hugely important thing.

I have at least one website that I built approximately 15 years ago and that, except for updates of images to more recent ones (including a new version of their logo) and updates of text content, basically is unchanged because I was careful about these kinds of issues. For it to work when HTML5 is the only allowed standard is probably going to require less than half a day to upgrade.

Good luck to you and your sis.

v

[Ronny]

Anne,

I did not know also what wordpress stands for, but now I know there are two. One is wordpress.com and the second is wordpress.org. One is free and the other cost money. Template makers mostly use the paid one, because of the many options.
I got a template from Studipress.com, because I found a webinar teacher, who prefer to use them. During and after the classes I learn how to work on my site and I did the following. http://www.LetPicturesTalk.com