making website for a wannabe actress

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basically decided today that my girlfriend should have a website to put her pictures, work, videos and any other information that would be needed for a wannabe actress. We decided this as i want to make a website as im learning new computer skills at the moment and this is the perfect project, and she should have somewhere where potenial agents etc can see her pictures at full glory and get all the information they may need about her.

What i would like to know is what y'all think i need to learn to build this website and make it look good.

So far i have taught myself quite a bit of basic HTML however that was a few months ago so i don't remember it off, and also photoshop which i feel is coming along very well so i should be able to make some nice graphic for the site.

Im thinking CSS is a must but what else?

I have also trie dto learn php and mySQL but got lost as i got lightwave and that was much funner to learn

so anyways what can you recommend and from where should i learn to make a decent website for a wannabe actress?

I used w3schools to learn HTML and are going to for CSS but anywhere else?

thanks all
 
If its a first website I'd concentrate on making it look good with CSS and HTML. Once you've got the design and the website running you can then look at the php stuff.

I think if you stick to w3schools and some other decent websites like alistapart.com you'll be doing alright.

Also check out the HGP sticky.
 
blade007 said:
tbh you won't need any php or mysql.
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gallery?

get ye started with HTML and CSS. get yourself some good basic skills, then start reading any tutorial you can get your grubby mitts on to do with either asp.NET or php. personally, i prefer php but it's all preference.

also, i wouldn't feel comfortable with people looking at pictures of my girlfriend in full glory :D

(the most important thing about learning web design as a hobby is keep it fun. don't take it too seriously, and don't jump in at the deep end :))
 
Don't forget Javascript/DOM Scripting too! It's the piece that holds together the three-legged stool of modern web standards - CSS, HTML and Accessibility (yeah, weird one that, but he puts a good argument forward for it).

HTML for structure, CSS for presentation and Javascript for behaviour; all three are absolutely essential skills for today's developer.

I'd leave getting into the server-side programming until a later date; there are plenty of prebuilt applications available for things like forums and photo-galleries that require no prior knowledge for the time being.
 
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