How-to set up a heavy equipment sales website?

Question

I need advise on which web-building program (if any) to use for setting up a website for a heavy equipment sales brokerage. I would like to have the website "animated" (meaning pictures of the equipment we have ((loaders, backhoes, excavators, etc.)) would fade in and out to display what the equipment we have for sale looks like. I want these web pages to have a contruction / heavy equipment theme. I have never built a website, but am very computer literate.

Answer 1

If this something you plan to do yourself rather than paying someone to do it for you, there are probably a couple different programs you will need to do this. Mainly being an html editor/web builder and a graphics program that can do the animation.
There are a couple suggestions and links to such free software at the link below in sources.
You can use any text editor to create HTML code for a web site, though it's probably easier with a WYSIWYG editor like NVU.
Gimp, which I use, will allow you to make animated gifs, though it may be a little tricky if you haven't used such a program before.
Another way of doing an animation would be something like flash, which may be a little more involved than a simple gif animation.

As long as you're not planning on doing anything with a database or setting up a shopping cart/checkout, you just need basic hosting and a domain name.

Answer 2

The people at www.monstercommerce.com build web websites just for people like you. Your cheapest route would be to find a local webmaster (nerdy looking fellow) who builds websites, then go to the above site, find the 'templates', and shop around for a template that matches the look and feel of the site you want built.

Then have your local nerd customize it, add your personalized company information, details, etc.

This is a time-consuming process and can be costly. This is the cheapest way to do it, but you can always have professional webmasters from companies on the web (such as the one mentioned) do this work for you. These days, half the 13-year olds you run into on the street can do it for you, too, though!

Good luck,
Mikel

Answer 3

if your a beginner i suggest you go on websites, get books from the library to do all this...one program that will help you build a website is Macromedia Dreamweaver (also Adobe just find it at www.adobe.com) second if you want to do animations like fade in and fade out...its gonna be Adobe Flash Player pro(www.adobe.com) they have all 30 day free trail..but if you want it really pro..and your just a beginner i really suggest you get the books or take classes on those...though i know all this stuff..i have never actually tried animations with adobe flash pro..cause thats what a majority such as yahoo, microsoft, comcast, etc. use...so yeah you better get to know all those stuff before you even start making a site that big...plan carefully because its a time consuming project..can take months i designed a website took 3 months just to make like 15 webpages lol...well i used a template....you got to know these stuff...HTML, CSS, Adobe Flash Pro,DHTML, etc... you can find and learn at http://w3schools.com/... they got all the lessons but there not professional as the books are..and if you dont want to take months designing a website go to a web programmer and he/she will make it for you in no time..because there professional

Answer 4

You should check out similiar websites from other companies like cat, or ironman or united rentals. To have everything you want isn't a lot but you need to hae some web design experience. Get a book on css, html, php. Or you could try to use dreamweaver.