New site creation, beyond confused!

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Hey guys,

I am trying to build my own site without using wordpress stuff this time... Tough!

I am VERY new to any sort of html/php stuff so no idea where to start.

I have a welcome (well, site under construction) message to display saved in both html and php but when I go to the website I just can't for the life of me get it to display...

Fancy helping?

I am using 'DirectAdmin v1.37.0'.

Again, all I need to do is understand the file structure and where to base my site files... Any ideas?

Thanks

website in question is www.paulthepumpkin.co.uk
 
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Hmmm

You need to create an index page. This is called index.html (or index.php, index.aspx etc). This is the page that the server sends by default. Try putting your under construction message in a file called index.html and try again.
 
Tried that... Still nothing, can't even ping the site... Last time, wordpress did everything automatically for me so didn't get to see how it made the site live!

ags
 
well it gives the test page with bugger off on it...

right, where do I start. no doctype, bare minimum of html....is this what you were trying to achieve?
 
well it gives the test page with bugger off on it...

right, where do I start. no doctype, bare minimum of html....is this what you were trying to achieve?

Say what... I can't even ping it!

Server not found

Firefox can't find the server at paulthepumpkin.co.uk.


Thats what I am getting...

ags
 
well it works here. connection is BT I get the page titled "test page" and it has the text in the body of "bugger off!!"

why did you give up the wordpress route? it will save you hours of work....
 
well it works here. connection is BT I get the page titled "test page" and it has the text in the body of "bugger off!!"

why did you give up the wordpress route? it will save you hours of work....

Fancy learning how to build a sit, like to put my self in the deep end lol.

I am with virgin using ff and still nothing...

How odd!

ags

tried with ie as well... still nothing.
 
depends on how detailed you want it tbh.

A simple site would have a html file called index.html in the main folder on the server.

Then create a folder called images, another called CSS and then another called pages.

Images are where you put any images, you html will point to this folder for them. Link html files to CSS files in the CSS folder and the pages folder can hold any other pages, although you may want to just put these in the main area as well.

Then its just a case of writing the code, linking to images and style sheets etc.

A basic site is extremely easy.

However, once you start creating more detailed sites, using technology like PHP etc then things get a lot more complicated.

Lots of people will advise w3schools or html dog, however, I'd suggest getting "head first html" as its great for beginners :D

I can also see your site and have been told to bugger off. have you tried going to the webpage and hitting CTRL+F5 / clearing cache :)
 
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I think the 'quick fix' here is as Harvey suggested. Learn HTML. You'll have a basic understanding by Sunday.

It's all well and good getting stuck in with a site but get stuck in with an already made simple html site. I recommend going to oswd.org and downloading the most bland template you can find. Then change the HECK out of it. Make it unrecognisable from when you first downloaded it. That's the dirty fun way to learn.
 
Would love to do all the first, but my main issue right now is to see the site from my end without problems! lol.

The hosts suggest the nameservers are to blame, there are 2, 1st is named ns1.exoware.net and the second should be the same but with ns2 instead... But it is ptp2.exoware.net.

Everytime I try to change it and save, once the site refreshes it just goes back to ptp2...

No idea why :(

ags
 
Probably just your host's DNS servers are yet to be updated. Will probably work in the morn'.
 
Would love to do all the first, but my main issue right now is to see the site from my end without problems! lol.

The hosts suggest the nameservers are to blame, there are 2, 1st is named ns1.exoware.net and the second should be the same but with ns2 instead... But it is ptp2.exoware.net.

Everytime I try to change it and save, once the site refreshes it just goes back to ptp2...

No idea why :(

ags

REad about DNS caching, as changes are not instant.
 
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