Programming for thickos

[cumulusjames]

Do any of you have some advice for a daft person like me with little or no life who wants to build and develop his own website?

The closest I ever got was years ago when myspace was still cool and I managed some basic html commands, mostly from cutting and pasting! I see thse software packages which are meant to be idiot proof but I dont really trust them. I dont have the time, money or desire to go to university either. Could make a good hobby though?

 

[cumulusjames]

It sounds like you have more serious problems than learning how to program. Don't get me wrong, programming is a great skill to have and enjoy but YOU need to find an interest which other people can relate to and one that builds your self esteem.

Unless of course you are happy with being a thicko with no life, then go ahead, take up programming...

How old are you? Stop sounding so hopeless and have some ******** aspirations man.

Please fully star swearies.

I am 29. I just thought running a little website about stuff that intersts me would be a good thing to do.

 

[cumulusjames]

So basically you want to run a blog like site? In that case you want something much more dynamic, something like wordpress would be perfect. You would have a product to use straight away and you'll be able to learn some html etc along the way too.

If you want to learn HTML + CSS, it is very very easy learn on its own, read up on tutorials from websites like tizag.com and htmldog.com, use the w3schools for reference, download some html+css templates and play around with it to understand how it all works and comes together, then piece together a simple webpage, there are even tutorials out there to help you with that.

No not a blog, I am not someone who would assume people want to hear what I have to say. I mean a site that could grow and develop and others could join in with, such as conumer activism (I cant move for tescos in this town. Every little gap that becomes available and a new tescos store spings up, not very good for competition is it). Or alternative music or something, many alternative music sites but few for the dark, melancholy or wierd stuff I like.

 

[cumulusjames]

I'm going to second what lemonade's saying - from your latter posts, it sounds more like you just want a place to stick your "content" onto. For this, do not go down the "code my own website" route. It's not ten years ago, it's zero years ago, and these days platforms like Wordpress are perfectly suited to what you want to do. You can even delve in and start learning some HTML by customising a template.

If you *do* decide that techie dabbling is your thing, then it might encourage you to know that it's entirely possible to teach yourself all of this, in your own time, if you've a logical enough mind. View Source is your new best friend.

I dont mind a a bit of techie dabbling, infact I quite enjoy it when I can manage it. It's just I have a funny mind, for examle I like cosmology, quantum theory and general relativity. I can grasp those subjects, but i could never hope to understand or do the calculations. I feel its a bit like that here. I can grasp ideas in programming, but I am unsure I could ever actually program. Thats not to say I would be adverse to trying. But as there are these programs you guys have mentioned and being as I am a bit thick, I think I will go down that route for the time being.

I think its when my website starts taking shape I will think of thinge I want to tweak, change or make better, it will be easier then because I can learn how to do that specific thing and begin to build up knowledge from there.

Wordpress here I come!