I'm so behind the times. The first thing I need to do is scan some old family photos. What is the best way to go about this? I don't have a scanner, but I think I might be able to do this at Kinko's.
Any ideas?
Also, where to go from there?
Sorry I'm so ignorant about this!
2007-05-03 02:25:22 · 7 answers · asked by Nels 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
It kinda depends on what you want a web page for. Alot of people say they want a webpage to simply put up pics about themselves and etc.. in which case a blog (www.blogger.com) would be more appropriate, as its alot easier to create a blog than creating a whole webpage. Plus its free.
I personally dont have a scanner so i tend to make a quick trip to the library and use theirs takes 2 minutes to scan stuff and then i simply attach the image to an email and send it to myself. So when i get home i jump on my email account and wala the scanned pics.
2007-05-03 02:37:58 · answer #1 · answered by jackfrost_y2k 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you go to Kinko's you need to find out what they offer in terms of transferring the photos to your computer: 3.5" floppy, CD-R, DVD-R, USB drive, etc. and make sure you choose something that you can use on your computer. Once you get the photos downloaded onto your computer, you should resize them, because chances are, they will be huge, and anyone visiting your site will wait a while for them to download.
Then you should start planning a website. It's best to sketch out the pages you want on your site on paper and figure out how you'll get to one page from another. Once that's done, you should look into using a web page program like Microsoft FrontPage or the OpenOffice.org alternative to help you do as little coding as possible.
2007-05-03 02:31:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ditto sree m above: you probably want a multi-page website, and you probably don't need to learn all the languages to write it yourself (unless you're planning on making it a career instead of just a hobby/amusement). Multi-page because, with a lot of photos, it'll be danged slow to load a page! That'll let you put, say, three-four-five photos per page, say, with 150px to 200px? wide or maybe a tad more... then a place to jump to another page with more photos. (You note a blog won't work too well for this kind of thing, so far as I know...)
Lots of page builders out there, free, ones you can use online, and ones you can download and use offline then upload to a place online. Good luck!
2007-05-03 06:47:12 · answer #3 · answered by fjpoblam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I believe copy places like Kinko's could scan your photos and give them back to you on CD or diskette or other format.
Once you have them back, you might read up on CSS and HTML. CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a technique for website setup that can save you a lot of time by allowing you to define various formatting options that can apply to your entire site with very few changes. In other words you could make changes to a CSS "style sheet", and those changes would trickle down to other pages on your site which utilize that style sheet.
Also if you want to start out with something easier, you could explore a site like http://www.flickr.com which lets you upload your photos into a predetermined site layout and lets you share those photos to whomever you wish with little or no website coding required.
2007-05-03 02:32:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you just want to display some photos? Get a free account on Flickr or Kodak Gallery, or any of the hundreds of other free photo sharing sites.
2007-05-03 02:29:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
About building website heres a link to free website builder With BlueVoda you can create everything from a simple homepage to a beautiful multi-page website
http://www.bluevoda.com/
2007-05-03 02:38:56 · answer #6 · answered by sree m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy a scanner.
2007-05-03 02:55:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋