what program to use?

[Colbaker]

Hi all,

What would be a good website creation program for creating a shop website bit with an interactive animated front end.

Thanks

 

[JimAroo]

You need more than a program for this.

 

[Colbaker]

You need more than a program for this.

What would I need? Willing to learn, maybe dreamweaver and flash?

 

[Draeger]

Do not use Flash.

What understanding of the basics do you have atm? HTML, CSS?

 

[Colbaker]

Do not use Flash.

What understanding of the basics do you have atm? HTML, CSS?

No understanding really, kind of using this as a way of learning, I always find it better to learn something with a goal to reach

 

[Draeger]

From the brief outline of what you wish to achieve, WordPress would be my suggestion. Either use a template based around an ecommerce theme or use one of the many ecommerce plugins available.

Do you have hosting sorted out with a cPanel or Plesk? You should find within those automated scripts in Fantastico or Softaculous which will make installing WordPress a doddle. Then just drop your chosen template in and start from there. Trying to achieve an ecommerce based result using a WYSIWYG like Dreamweaver would be overly complex IMO. Without any working knowledge of HTML or CSS your learning curve is likely to be steep. Best of luck with it though, gotta start somewhere!

 

[Craig321]

Another vote for WordPress here, with something like WooCommerce (plugin) for the shop bit. You can make your own theme quite easily (or child theme which extends/modifies an existing theme - that's even easier) which would teach you a lot about HTML and CSS and maybe a bit of PHP depending on how much you play with it.

I would start somewhere easier though - design the site in CSS, HTML and jQuery and then you can eventually port that into WP quite easily.

[Edit]
As for a program, use Brackets for your HTML and CSS. It includes a live editor so you can immediately see the effect of your code.