HTML Help

Tom Andersen · Joined: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 20

Hi,

I have a site that enables you to build a website from scratch. You do not need any knowledge of HTML or CSS. I would like people to visit it and let me know how easy it is to use.

Web247

Any feedback is greatly appreciated, thanks

PayneLess Designs · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 1409 Location: Biloxi, MS

Do all my coding by hand, but will try it out and see if I can recommend it to those poor souls on Yahoo!Answers who want to know how to make a web site or what to use to make one.

You might look into steering them your way if your online tool will be free to use. Questions are asked under Programming and Design.

Tom Andersen · Joined: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 20

Thanks for your comments and suggestions, I already have an account with Yahoo Answers so will check it out.

I do all coding by hand too, hopefully this site will apeal to those that don't. Unfortunately, it's not free but unlike the free website builders this one does not plaster adverts on your site. If you could mention it on Yahoo1 that would be great.

PayneLess Designs · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 1409 Location: Biloxi, MS

Not sure how they'll take to having to pay to make a web site no matter how easy. These are people who have no clue what HTML is even and want everything free.

Tom Andersen · Joined: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 20

I hope you are wrong but can't help agree with you. It's going to be a tough task promoting this site considering the free options out there. Nothing like a challenge!

Is there a thread you think might help me with promotion?

sticks464 · Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 1283

I looked at the code of some of the examples generated by the site builder, not too bad (don't like using the tables).

Some of the questions I might ask if I were to use this tool that I did not see answers to:
1. Now that I have aid to build my site, where is it hosted?

2. Do you offer hosting and if so is it inclusive in the fee I have already paid or is it extra?

3. If you offer hosting, how do I get my domain name and does it cost anything?

4. What does your hosting package offer?

5. If you don't offer hosting are you partnered with a hosting service I can use or do I need to find my own.

6. Your prices are too high. I can get the same thing from a host with a cpanel for half the price.

PayneLess Designs · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 1409 Location: Biloxi, MS

I have to agree with Stcks on "6. Your prices are too high. I can get the same thing from a host with a cpanel for half the price.".

I took a look at one example. Although you are trying to code to XHTML 1.0 Transitional, you have coding errors. Both in the CSS and HTML.

Plus, and this is a big minus actually, you are using TABLE TAGS. Table tags are not to be used for web page layouts. CSS is NOW used for presentation and table tags need to return to being used for tabular data only as originally intended.

I would work on having your web editor to generator proper code that meets HTML 4.01 Standards (HTML 5.0 soon) and CSS 2.1 (CSS 3 I hope soon). That might make it worth the price. And to code without errors to XHTML 1.0 Transitional or higher.

Tom Andersen · Joined: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 20

You are definately right there, thanks for the feedback, will try to look at updating the software in the near future and will post back to show you my improvements.

PayneLess Designs · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 1409 Location: Biloxi, MS

You're welcome. Let us know when it is updated and we'll take another look at it. In all honesty, I really could only recommend using the site for those people who have NO concept of how a page is coded as long as it works (probably in a non-compliant browser like IE). Even then, I would hate to see more sites put online using tables as a layout. :P