Newbie needs info

[Linda]

Is there any manual that explains everything. What everything is in the control pannel. What CGi does etc. Can subdomains be set up using Front Page.

[Early Out]

How about the meaning of life, the universe, and everything?

[AfroJoJo]

How about the meaning of life, the universe, and everything?
That was mildy amusing. Thanks.

[silentcollision]

Is there any manual that explains everything. What everything is in the control pannel. What CGi does etc. Can subdomains be set up using Front Page.

I think the sarcasm arose because you couldn't/didn't search, and maybe because you use frontpage.

Try the Help Centre (http://www.bluehost.com/help_center.html).

I don't know why you'd set up subdomains in frontpage, or if you can - but it can be done easily through your cpanel. (yourdomain.com/cpanel).

[icedancer]

Is there any manual that explains everything. What everything is in the control pannel. What CGi does etc. Can subdomains be set up using Front Page.


Try "Documentation" at the bottom of your Control Panel - or "Getting Started" under "Preferences" in Control Panel.

[Linda]

Thanks for the information. I was going to the help center. I didn't realize that documentation had all that information. What should I be using instead of frontpage?

[betiryan]

I'm as guilty as you...I still use Frontpage:rolleyes: . It serves me because I don't upload through it. The great new Web Disk or any FTP program is the way I upload and download files between my computer and the server here.

I am looking at new software to take the place of FrontPage (yes yes yes, it bloats the code!) I agree its time has passed, but have you seen the price of Dreamweaver, or MSWebExpressions? OUCH! Cute has a free html editor when you buy the basic CuteFTP program and it's not hard at all to learn.:cool:

First and basic is to learn some entry level HTML code, some CSS code and where the HELP is!
http://www.htmlhelp.com/
http://www.catb.org/~esr/html-hell.html
http://www.lissaexplains.com/ (great with javascript too)
http://www.w3schools.com/html/

And last, and definitely least, is me! If you can't find what you need, buzz me on YIM -> betiryan - I may not know the answer, but we can stumble through together. I'm not a bad tutor :p

[charlesp]

I like Dreamweaver. It's much better than FrontPage and after the initial outlay the upgrades are very reasonable. I hoping that next month I'll be able to get CS3 Web Premium. No I'm not hoping, I am planning on it.:D

[Early Out]

If you want "free," take a look at Nvu (http://www.nvu.com).

[silentcollision]

I am looking at new software to take the place of FrontPage (yes yes yes, it bloats the code!) I agree its time has passed, but have you seen the price of Dreamweaver, or MSWebExpressions? OUCH! Cute has a free html editor when you buy the basic CuteFTP program and it's not hard at all to learn.:cool:

This isn't really the thread for it, but if you're developing in PHP jEdit (http://www.jedit.org/) is a nice free application. I wouldn't recommend Frontpage purely because it provides bad code, and from there you get problems as different users interact with it in different ways.

Simply the best way is to write your own code.