What website software for the novice?

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:28:02 GMT, "Paul Drake" wrote:

Hello All

I am a photojournalist and would like to create my own website featuring my photos. I am NOT a web developer. Is there website creation software anybody here can recommend for the non-developer? I spend most of my time shooting.

Thanks.

Paul

Obviously, you are also not experienced on Internet as well, otherwise you would have simply typed ‘web album’ ‘web page creation’ ‘web builder download’ or something to this effect on any search machine. There are many to be downloaded – free and for sale. Taste vary but samples are available on Internet.

Dave

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:28:02 GMT, "Paul Drake" scribbled:

Hello All

I am a photojournalist and would like to create my own website featuring my photos. I am NOT a web developer. Is there website creation software anybody here can recommend for the non-developer? I spend most of my time shooting.

If you want to create clickable index pages for your site nothing I’ve found is better than ImageWalker http://www.imagewalker.com/ nicely customizable, easy to use interface, free/nagware. For making web pages, Notepad is all you’ll ever need.

"Paul Drake" wrote in message

Hello All

I am a photojournalist and would like to create my own website featuring my photos. I am NOT a web developer. Is there website creation software anybody here can recommend for the non-developer? I spend most of my time shooting.

Thanks.

Paul

www.thebigpicturelibrary.com

makes you a nice website
it’s free

most hosts give you a web design program online
lunar pages and coffee cup for example

make a page in PS with the automate website feature and post it to your server

(you will need to know how to upload a page)

"Dave" wrote in message

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:28:02 GMT, "Paul Drake" wrote:

Hello All
I am a photojournalist and would like to create my own website featuring my
photos. I am NOT a web developer. Is there website creation software anybody here can recommend for the non-developer? I spend most of my time shooting.
Thanks.
Paul

Obviously, you are also not experienced on Internet as well, otherwise you would have simply typed ‘web album’ ‘web page creation’ ‘web builder download’ or something to this effect on any search machine. There are many to be downloaded – free and for sale. Taste vary but samples are available on Internet.

Or… he’s quite experienced on the internet and knows that there are hundreds of programs available, all promising to be the best of the best. IMHO it’s always best to get feedback from people whose opinions are respected to you.

I would not recommend downloading a variety of free software off the internet for try-out purposes. Tends to clog up your hard drive after a while, even after you’ve un-installed and removed all visible parts of these programs.

Waterspider

"Paul Drake" wrote in message

Hello All

I am a photojournalist and would like to create my own website featuring my photos. I am NOT a web developer. Is there website creation software anybody here can recommend for the non-developer? I spend most of my time shooting.
Thanks.
Paul

I have been using NetObjects Fusion for years now and really like the program. It’s WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) and does not require a knowledge of html or web development. On the other hand, as you learn more about web authoring, and you will by using this intuitive program, it allows you to use as much of your own code as you like. If you’re going to be offering your work for sale, you might be interested in the Shopping Cart feature, which makes it easy to set up online ordering and payment.

There is a trial version available for free download, but the full-version program is not cheap. What you want to spend of course depends on your budget and what you want your website to accomplish.

netobjects.fusion10.gen-discussion is a newsgroup from news.netobjects.com, and you might be interested to know that group concensus is that photographers and graphic designers *always* have the best websites! Most web developers are technogeeks with no clue about attractive layouts and user interfaces, and this is often apparent in their designs.

A final suggestion… spend time looking at other photography websites. You’ll get ideas for what you want yours to look like, and you’ll discover what doesn’t work too.

Waterspider

Guess a link would be helpful…
http://www.netobjects.com/index.html

"Paul Drake" wrote:

Hello All

I am a photojournalist and would like to create my own website featuring my photos. I am NOT a web developer. Is there website creation software anybody here can recommend for the non-developer? I spend most of my time shooting.

Thanks.

Paul

I don’t think you need anything than.

– Using free photo hosting

– Or spending $30-50/years to pay someone to host your photos. I go this way because I don’t think it’s worth for me to limit myself to 20MB free space from my ISP. The photo hosting I subscribed offering unlimited storage, and I now have around 16GB on my site.

Don’t know if this helps but I wrote a long article on websites for photographers:
http://www.dimagemaker.com/article.php?articleID=1034

Cheers,

Wayne

Wayne J. Cosshall
Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/ Blog http://www.digitalimagemakerworld.com/
Publisher, Experimental Digital Photography
http://www.experimentaldigitalphotography.com
Personal art site http://www.cosshall.com/

Waterspider wrote:

"Dave" wrote in message

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:28:02 GMT, "Paul Drake" wrote:

Hello All
I am a photojournalist and would like to create my own website featuring my
photos. I am NOT a web developer. Is there website creation software anybody here can recommend for the non-developer? I spend most of my time shooting.
Thanks.
Paul

Obviously, you are also not experienced on Internet as well, otherwise you would have simply typed ‘web album’ ‘web page creation’ ‘web builder download’ or something to this effect on any search machine. There are many to be downloaded – free and for sale. Taste vary but samples are available on Internet.

Or… he’s quite experienced on the internet and knows that there are hundreds of programs available, all promising to be the best of the best. IMHO it’s always best to get feedback from people whose opinions are respected to you.

I would not recommend downloading a variety of free software off the internet for try-out purposes. Tends to clog up your hard drive after a while, even after you’ve un-installed and removed all visible parts of these programs.

Waterspider

"Wayne J. Cosshall" wrote in message

Don’t know if this helps but I wrote a long article on websites for photographers:
http://www.dimagemaker.com/article.php?articleID=1034

Cheers,

Some good info, Wayne, but I disagree that Dreamweaver is the industry standard. Also, I wouldn’t recommend Front Page to anyone.

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:50:26 -0700, "Waterspider" scribbled:

"Wayne J. Cosshall" wrote in message

Don’t know if this helps but I wrote a long article on websites for photographers:
http://www.dimagemaker.com/article.php?articleID=1034

Cheers,

Some good info, Wayne, but I disagree that Dreamweaver is the industry standard. Also, I wouldn’t recommend Front Page to anyone.

I would… if I didn’t like them and wanted them to make a horribly coded site 🙂

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:03:09 -0500, "andycat" scribbled:

So, if in your opinion, Dreamweaver is not the industry standard, then what is?

Why does there have to be one?

So, if in your opinion, Dreamweaver is not the industry standard, then what is? Certainly not Front Page! And while I like to code in notepad, I don’t think that’s the industry standard either.

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Some good info, Wayne, but I disagree that Dreamweaver is the industry standard. Also, I wouldn’t recommend Front Page to anyone.

"andycat" wrote in message

I believe the correct definition of an industry standard is the method approved by an authority or by general consent, or, minimally, the method that is considered the most usual or common of its kind. So, unless all methods are considered equal, there is an industry standard. This does not mean that it is a good one. It does not necessarily even mean it is the best of all possible choices. But I think it’s safe to say that, in this case, Dreamweaver IS the industry standard. But I’m not really interested in arguing semantics — if you disagree, that’s okay. Nor am I arguing the merits of Dreamweaver (although I will gladly do so if the only other choice is FrontPage). I was simply wondering you had some other application or method in mind.

I think you are misinterpreting my original post to you in this discussion you’re having with Voivod.
It’s not a choice between Dreamweaver and Front Page; those were the two you recommended on your website.
The only development standard constant in "the industry" is change. This isn’t about semantics.

Waterspider

I didn’t recommend Frontpage (or I didn’t think I did), unless I hated them 🙂

Cheers,

Wayne

Wayne J. Cosshall
Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/ Blog http://www.digitalimagemakerworld.com/
Publisher, Experimental Digital Photography
http://www.experimentaldigitalphotography.com
Personal art site http://www.cosshall.com/

Waterspider wrote:

"Wayne J. Cosshall" wrote in message

Don’t know if this helps but I wrote a long article on websites for photographers:
http://www.dimagemaker.com/article.php?articleID=1034

Cheers,

Some good info, Wayne, but I disagree that Dreamweaver is the industry standard. Also, I wouldn’t recommend Front Page to anyone.

Perhaps I should have said defacto industry standard. I do believe it is. If you look at ads for website designers, for example, you usually find Dreamweaver specified, often along with Flash, but rarely anything else.

Cheers,

Wayne

Wayne J. Cosshall
Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/ Blog http://www.digitalimagemakerworld.com/
Publisher, Experimental Digital Photography
http://www.experimentaldigitalphotography.com
Personal art site http://www.cosshall.com/

Waterspider wrote:

"andycat" wrote in message

I believe the correct definition of an industry standard is the method approved by an authority or by general consent, or, minimally, the method that is considered the most usual or common of its kind. So, unless all methods are considered equal, there is an industry standard. This does not mean that it is a good one. It does not necessarily even mean it is the best of all possible choices. But I think it’s safe to say that, in this case, Dreamweaver IS the industry standard. But I’m not really interested in arguing semantics — if you disagree, that’s okay. Nor am I arguing the merits of Dreamweaver (although I will gladly do so if the only other choice is FrontPage). I was simply wondering you had some other application or method in mind.

I think you are misinterpreting my original post to you in this discussion you’re having with Voivod.
It’s not a choice between Dreamweaver and Front Page; those were the two you recommended on your website.
The only development standard constant in "the industry" is change. This isn’t about semantics.

Waterspider

I believe the correct definition of an industry standard is the method approved by an authority or by general consent, or, minimally, the method that is considered the most usual or common of its kind. So, unless all methods are considered equal, there is an industry standard. This does not mean that it is a good one. It does not necessarily even mean it is the best of all possible choices. But I think it’s safe to say that, in this case, Dreamweaver IS the industry standard. But I’m not really interested in arguing semantics — if you disagree, that’s okay. Nor am I arguing the merits of Dreamweaver (although I will gladly do so if the only other choice is FrontPage). I was simply wondering you had some other application or method in mind.

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"Voivod" wrote in message

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:03:09 -0500, "andycat" scribbled:

So, if in your opinion, Dreamweaver is not the industry standard, then what
is?

Why does there have to be one?

who do you use Joel?? tnx kk

"Joel" wrote in message
"Paul Drake" wrote:

Hello All

I am a photojournalist and would like to create my own website featuring my
photos. I am NOT a web developer. Is there website creation software anybody here can recommend for the non-developer? I spend most of my time shooting.

Thanks.

Paul

I don’t think you need anything than.

– Using free photo hosting

– Or spending $30-50/years to pay someone to host your photos. I go this way because I don’t think it’s worth for me to limit myself to 20MB free space from my ISP. The photo hosting I subscribed offering unlimited storage, and I now have around 16GB on my site.

On Jun 27, 6:28 pm, "Paul Drake" wrote:

Hello All

I am a photojournalist and would like to create my own website featuring my photos. I am NOT a web developer. Is there website creation software anybody here can recommend for the non-developer? I spend most of my time shooting.

Thanks.

Paul

WordPress, with ZenPhoto plug in. You dont ever have to touch *any* HTML. Many millions of people run WordPress blogs, but you can also create pages. Zen lets you manage photos and publish them directly to your WordPress site. WordPress can be installed on pretty much any web space that has PHP and a database of some sort.

"Paul Drake" wrote in message

Hello All

I am a photojournalist and would like to create my own website featuring my photos. I am NOT a web developer. Is there website creation software anybody here can recommend for the non-developer? I spend most of my time shooting.

Thanks.

Paul

There is a program called "Jalbum" which basically means Java Album that you choose the photos you want to use and the program does everything else. You’ll have to use an "ftp" program to upload the finished files to a web site but that’s it!

Another alternative is that many ‘hosts’ – those companies who provide web hosting for a fee, also offer an add on photo gallery called "Gallery". All you need to do with this is upload one or one hundred image files and it working out of the box.

Photoshop also allows you to create an "album" which you can upload to a web site.

Out of all of these, I’d choose a host like "godaddy.com" or "mydomain.com" to register a $10 domain name and take advantage of their ‘free hosting’ for domain name owners. That’s the cheapest deal. I might suggest spending $3 a month and getting an advertising free site!.

Cheers,
JJ

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