I started personally learning basic html from
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/ . Other people may suggest other tutorial sites.
For those mentioning tutorials connected to Dreamweaver, I think you need to mention it's the best but very expensive though, costing several hundred bucks, unless you have a free copy. For learning I would suggest free alternatives.
If by now
you have not done anything yet, following those suggestions,
spend some time learning some basic html. You lose nothing. Know how to make a simple page.
You will need a probably a free html editor to start with, like htmlkit from
http://www.chami.com/html-kit/ or one from
www.pspad.com
Install it.
Create a simple file, eg with such code:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1250">
<meta name="generator" content="">
<title>My first site</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>My first Home page under construction! </h1>
<h2>Content comes here</h2>
<p> : ) </p>
</body>
</html>
and save it as index.html as advised above.
Log in to your cpanel account, go to File manager, then public_html ...
Either upload that file your created into that using the available upload link OR create a new file using the buttons there .... paste that code there and save it as index.html
As said above, that will help the administrators to know you are working on your site & it does not stay redundant.
You can access that page at
http://www.yoursiteaddress.com or
http://www.yoursiteaddress.com/index.html & should see this content:
My first Home page under construction!
Content comes here
: )
You could create other files and give them different names, like "aboutme.html " ... & save them in public_html. The address for this for example would be
www.yoursiteaddress.com/aboutme.html
In the mean time, look at those really simple tutorials to get some basic knowledge of html & if you want u can delve deeper. Lots of tutorials around. You can learn how to make a simple site, or at least simple pages. It is fun! Later, you may consider other programming languages like php, which are necessary if you want a dynamic site.
You may also consider using a so called CMS or Content Management System which is crudely, a pre-packaged site with lots of customizable possibilities. Someone mentioned Joomla or Drupal above, which dont necessarily require the knowledge of html and other programming languages BUT cetainly someone willing to learn & experiment to install them & customize them to what you want them to be.
If you feel ready to try the latter option, in the control panel you will see the "Fantastico" link, go there & there. There are lots of scripts, including CMS. Select one like Drupal & follow the instructions for the automatic installation.
You can seek further guidance here, after you take some of these basic steps. Lots of helpful community members here will guide you. ;)
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