Looking to get an idea of how to build a web site. HTML code is far from my vocabulary at the time being.

I would like to know what is a good starting point for a fresh green newbie to this newly found world of web site building.

Any pointers or suggestions as to where to start trying some of these out for comparison.

I know I won't get the results of HTML coding but I would like something easy and simple for the time being.

Thanks

You can try Adobe Dreamweaver, but it is not free

This is a question that many stuggle to come to grips with, and the best reply I can give you is to stay away from WYSIWYG Editors, and jump straight into the code itself as the WYSIWYG kind of learning curve teches you to be lazy and focus on the design rather than the structure.

I learnt my way by self learning via many online tutorials, and just simply opening up many free CSS templates easily found by googling. The majority of website design is straight forward once you know the syntax, this is the hurdle that many fall down on.

Dreamweaver is a very powerful tool that supports the programmer within their early days, but personally I find it to be bulky, slow loading and overall a bad waste of money. I would far recommend something like EditPlus, as it forces you to learn the syntax rather than have the application type it for you.

Dan

You can try webpage maker. Easy to use. But it is not free too :)

Adobe Dreamweaver or less sample: Microsoft Frontpage :)

But they are not free.

I agree with Replicada. It's not so difficult to learn HTML and CSS. I've tried many WYSIWYG editors, including FrontPage and DreamWeaver, and I've always been disappointed.

However, if you want a WYSIWYG editor, do a google search for list of html editors. There's a good list of HTML editors in Wikipedia.

Microsoft Frontpage is now known as Microsoft Web Expressions, and you can demo it out for 30 days for free to see if you like it. I enjoyed the updated feel of it from their past versions with Frontpage. Adobe Dreamweaver is still arguably the best HTML editor around.

Are you using windows, Mac or linux?

I would recommend Dreamweaver for windows, Coda or dreamweaver for mac, and Bluefish for linux.

It will take you like 2/3 weeks to pick up XHTML/CSS - it really isnt that difficult.

You should also check out w3schools.com, it wouldn't hurt to see how html and css works.