Creating a website

[rhod]

joomla

I'd use the 1.0* series for now 1.5 series is great it really is but you are still having due to it's newness convert things from the 1.0* series.

I'd go along with this idea too - get a basic hosting account with the domain name & Fantastico support - this can install Joomla for you with a few clicks. Buy a premade template - some of them look pretty good & will save you a lot of work (for example)

and you're 90% there!

(depending on how much you want to tweak the final product....then you may have to get your hands dirty with coding etc)

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

I made a fairly decent page in Microsoft Word the other day

no you didn't ...

it won't have been the following:

good clean code
W3C complinant
css capable
readable in other browsers other than IE
possibly readable by IE
have close tags
have used current rather than non depricated tags
Been any form of accessable...

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

I'd go along with this idea too - get a basic hosting account with the domain name & Fantastico support - this can install Joomla for you with a few clicks. Buy a premade template - some of them look pretty good & will save you a lot of work (for example)

and you're 90% there!

(depending on how much you want to tweak the final product....then you may have to get your hands dirty with coding etc)

personally i'd say the hell away from fantasitico suported joomla installs unless oyu know coding and can fix things.when J! release their next update fantastico doesn't say hey is this compatible with the configureation of your site? It merely says sod compatiblity it's newer it's being updated...

all your custom edits all your installed apps etc may or may not work at the drop of hat... i'd not let my computer update without telling me what it was doing nor would i let any other electronic piece of equipment update until i wanted to... Theres no way i'd let a site do that...

There have been some notable problems with auto updating J! sites via fantastico.

however any good linux based (or even apache based on a doze box but why you would is beyond me...) hosting with domain reigstration will server it as long as theres at least 1 mysql DB along site it...

 

[magneze]

I've given up on Kompozer. It's awful ... even more buggy than Nvu. Trying Joomla now ...

 

[mhendo]

Try 1st Page if you have no luck with Joomla.

 

[alsoknownas]

I know jack about PHP or CSS, but need some direction as to the best/easiest option.

I suggest you do a quick bit of learning on CSS. It will make life easier for you in the long-term, it's simple to pick up, and it will compliment your existing HTML skills.