Hi, i really love art and drawing and was wanting to start up my own website, i really dont know where to start so any tips would be usefull. I want to start doing drawings and paintings and showing them on the net along with pictures from various artists who i like.
I know i am going to have to purchase a scanner for starters to get my imgaes on the computer. lol
2006-10-06 09:12:19 · 24 answers · asked by donna_davidson777 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Drawing & Illustration
be careful when displaying pictures that are not yours as many have copy right, which means you have to ask permission to display them on your site.
The building of a website is the easy part, use something like dreamweaver which is very easy to use; if you are doing it from scratch. Otherwise use one that offers free websites.
As for putting the pictures up on the site, the best way to do it is to get a good digital camera that you can connect to your pc, take the picture and upload it into the site.
2006-10-06 23:29:18 · answer #1 · answered by damari_8 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can make a free website by signing up for web space at freewebs.com or just going to Yahoo! Geocities. There are many other companies who'll host your site, like Tripod or Angelfire, but they have a lot of ads. So you just go there, sign up, and they should have some kind of a file manager. You'll have to scan your pictures and make webpages.
You can make webpages with programs like Dreamweaver or Frontpage or with page makers on your host (the company hosting your site) if they have any. If you're taking web design seriously, I suggest you learn how to write (X)HTML (language used to program websites) and perhaps CSS later on (which styles your page).
It takes a while to learn how to do all of this, but in the long run, it'll be worth it. As you need more space later on, you may want to upgrade to a better host that you need to pay for or do some posting on forums that will pay for your hosting space. And if you're realy serious about it, you'll need to register a domain too.
Good luck and have fun! ^^
2006-10-06 16:17:41 · answer #2 · answered by patronus4000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are seriously missing out on something good if you do not look into yahoo's own Geocities. It's free, and lets you make sites 2 ways: either with templates for you to drop images and text into, OR a freeform pagebuilder that works a lot like a scrapbook. --Just lay the stuff where you want it without any HTML needed. Anybody can make GREAT pages with Geocities. The only limit is your time and imagination.
2006-10-06 17:57:41 · answer #3 · answered by martino 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if your Internet Service Provide (such as Comcast or Roadrunner or Qwest) should provide this service for free. Call the company and ask how.
You can pick up a web design program like Dreamweaver or Microsoft Frontpage. I would suggest learning HTML and Javascript if you are really serious about making websites.
2006-10-06 16:15:23 · answer #4 · answered by Phillip 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hiya!
I don't think you can actually do this for free as you have to first buy a domain name (e.g. www.randomname.com) and then you need to pay a rate for the web hosting (which is what allows your website to sit on the internet. This usually comes with a web building package where you can upload your pics...ect)
I purchase my website at www.1and1.co.uk and both the domain name and yearly web hosting cost me about £40 / £50 which isn't bad.
Good luck matie!
Nicole
x-x-x
www.officialnicolebaker.com
www.myspace.com/officialnicole
2006-10-06 16:16:08 · answer #5 · answered by Nicci B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good place to start off doing a web page is Yahoo Geocities. I started one on this a while ago with no knowledge of how to set up a web page whatsoever and it gives you all the instructions you need. Good luck!
2006-10-06 16:16:30 · answer #6 · answered by jackie t 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No worries anymore when it comes to building a fully functional, up and running website for FREE! along with free domain name too!
Microsoft (free domain and hosting for life) ,
Google (Googlepages, Blogger) ,
Yahoo (Geocities),
Freewebs are some of the companies offering free websites with design tools .
check my profile for a list of websites , all the best :)
2006-10-07 07:03:39 · answer #7 · answered by world news 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there are loads of diff sites to make a free webby. The 1 I use which is dead easy is Freewebs
www.freewebs.com
But there is also Piczo
www.piczo.com
www.bravenet.com (Bravenet has a really good free g/book)
Hope this helps!
2006-10-06 16:26:13 · answer #8 · answered by Liverpool Til I Die 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scanners are around $80 these days. Geocities will host it free I think if you don't make any porn or try to sell things.
2006-10-06 16:14:03 · answer #9 · answered by kurticus1024 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try getting a progam called dream weaver. my coison snaged it of a freind of his who just left computer college.only problem is its like a hundred quid in the shops
2006-10-06 16:23:00 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋