Topic: How do I create and design simple website? - page 5. (Read 2177 times)

You can have a look at WordPress or Joomla. The free templates that you can modify to your own taste are in hundreds and supported by the community and competent developers. There are also paid ones that enables you to contact the developer directly incase you face any issue. Nevertheless, you will learn a lot on the way if you can dedicate time and handle stuff by yourself

I suggest you learn to code a bit. If you learn how to use React you can make really nice websites for free and you are in full control. If you looking for a advance website building tool you can combine React with Material-ui. Happy coding 

If you have some money to spare you could check out Fiverr. There are a lot of people that offer their services just for what you are looking for and the prices vary so you can always find something on the lower end.

You could also check Udemy where they have a bunch of courses (not free but not a high price) that could help you learn how to do it yourself, or even Coursera that has some free courses on that subject.

Website design isn’t the best thing to save money on.
The cost of website design also depends on who will be working:
-Ready-made template
-Freelancer
-Agency

I agree WordPress is a go-to software when it comes to anything about creating content, it's evolved into something more than a blogging platform, we have a subscription-based site, directory site, and hundreds of niche covered by Wordpress and you don't have to be a professional designer to create a stunning site, everything here in Wordpress is drag and drop, and you have a big community to help.

Good for you that you are able to go for Wordpress, you can never go wrong with it and not to mention the community behind the Wordpress is big so if you have any questions, chances are you can get some answers, be careful with the Database part, make sure that it can handle expansion.

If you want to practice or maybe setup a website without all the hectic add ons of servers website domains costs so on and so forth. I would recommend infinityfree.net

So, as many have suggested, I decided to try the WordPress route. At first, I thought it was just another blogging platform, but now I see it's a lot more than that. I've never had any experience with the PHP language before, but I think I'm going to manage.

I've already set up a local server and a MySQL database, and everything works perfectly.

You are on a good start having a knowledge in HTML and CSS is a must for webmaster


You don't have to hire, you know basic HTML and CSS you can try the best site creator wordpress, check out the reasons why pick Wprdpress

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You can create a well-design website in just a week by reading Wordpress For Beginner

head over to coinmarketcap.com and go tothe tools tab. you will find widgets and API.

you can pull data from coinmarketcap in realtime just like the big boys do it. most website displaying crypto info are just pulling from an API.

the functionality of adding addresses and something similar to  crypto exchange , well that's another animal, this will require more coding and servers use as well as connecting to a blockchain for transactions.
good luck!

Since I don't know what kind of content are you putting in your website my advice is for you to try out a free website (which you can upgrade later) hosting service like Wordpress or Wix. The best thing about availing this one is you will have some of the basic features like their site builder, a free web hosting, and some free design templates to start customizing and designing your website other than that it gives you a freedom to change your domain name for a paid one and also unlock some features/plugins such as SEO tools and Google Analaytics integration which will allow you to increase website's traffic. For the e-commerce type of website they also have features where you can easily integrate a payment system for your website to be short if you have the time for it and you want to cut down some expenses for hiring a web developer I think going with these kinds of services is a good alternative for you.

I agree with this.

As examplens said, Wordpress is a Ok solution, but it won't look very professional and it won't be fully customizable for free.

Even if you are good at coding and decide to use bootstrap you will spend dozens, maybe even hundreds of hours creating your website. There aren't many shortcuts, and there are always small details that you will want to fix.

You have basically 3 options imo:
- Get a Ok website with wordpress, that probably won't fit all your needs, just the most basic of them.
- hire someone, which will cost money or BTC.
- learn bootstrap and create one, which will cost you hundreds of hours of work.

Assuming you are wanting to create a website that will have some functionality or some user interaction, just HTML and CSS will not cut it. You will want to learn some language that you can use on server side too. Such as C#, JavaScript, Java, Scala, Go, etc.

From their you will want to learn how to work with databases and APIs.

Below I will list the stack I use for most of my projects nowadays. You can learn each of them separately, or take some online course on Udemy that cover all the aspects.

Front end: React or Angular (both will require you to learn JavaScript).
Back end: NodeJS (with Express or Next.js). I also find ASP.NET and Go to be decent.
Database: MongoDB, Firestore, CosmosDB, DynamoDB.

GraphQL is also one of the techs I love to use, makes working with APIs much more fun.

If you have any specific questions on any of these, feel free to ask or shoot me a DM.

The problem with just trying is that at the first try, you are going to be discouraged. The problem with outsourcing your job is that your cut gets smaller as it trickles down the line. Years of practice and mastery is what makes this client pay for the website that you yourself created and I don't want OP to experience other freelance web developer experienced, OP has to know the inner workings before offering services. To OP, if you were to go the route of you creating your own website then you have to consider mentorship and being an assistant, experience is everything.

That is why I've suggested topic starter to try creating a website by himself, experience how hard it is (or maybe not, maybe he is a talented guy) and hire a pro to make it.

That is how I manage things IRL. Make a short research if I'm able to do it by myself. If it is easy to do - try and get experience. If there is a slight change to screw up - better save time, money, nerves, and hire a pro.

Wordpress is good but if you want to practice your coding skills, consider learning the basics and slowly go for the advance of web developing like HTML, CSS, PHP, Java, Javascript and Python. Learn at least 3 or 4 them so you can be in control of any website that you are developing, trust me that when I say that some of your clients will screw you over, trust me that they will, I have heard stories of web developer not getting paid for their services because when the project was finished, their client did them dirty, the only way for that to not happy is for you to have the access even though project is finished and the payment is not complete. My friend that was working the website scene said that advice, and it never changes, freelance developers are the most affected because they are not experienced in the in and outs.

Wordpress is the best option for you. It offer different free design templated. Try it, see how everything works. And most probably wont be satisfied with the result. As all the design templated there are somehow identical. Do you have an image how your website is going to look like? Share your ideas with a designer and listen to his tips and suggestions. And only then make decision, whether website created by yourself using design templated suits your, or the best solution will be to hire a pro. As you say, there is no deadline, so try every available option. Also you havent mentioned what is going to be content of your website. Will your own skill be enough to build a website that will allow an easy way to add new content to it or no.

If you are in need of a simple website then you can learn that with WordPress. I'm not an expert on it but I've watched a lot of tutorial videos on Youtube on how to create one. But of course, it's not free as you have to pay for your hosting and domain.

I suggest you watch the Youtube channel named 'Website Learners'. But if you're in doubt then just hire.

1. WordPress is not design software. It's a CMS (content management system). Yes it's free, but if they want something more quality, they need to pay for specific plugins or themes
2. Bootstrap is free (but it's not a design software), there they need to have some coding knowledge.
3. Wix it can be named as design tools, but it is the most unprofessional option.
4. Dreamweaver is a part of Adobe collection, it's not free. Also there they need some coding and design knowledge
5. Squarespace similar service to Wix, but it's not a free
6. Figma never use it, but also it's not free.
7. Sketch 3 it's not free.
8. Adobe XD never use it, but also it's not free
9. InVision Studio It can be useful, there are many tools for project managing, also for design.
10. Framer X library of prototyping some React scripts. It's more for experienced users to add some fancy animation on his pages.

OP, if you are not interested to learn website design I think it's much better to hire someone for this job. You as now there will probably spend more money on tools (ok we will not count your time) than how much you need to pay someone to create a website for you.
If you want something basic, WordPress is an OK solution for easy automated website. Also, if you understand HTML and CSS, maybe you can read something about Bootstrap, but you will still need some other tool of you want to have a little more advanced design.

You can make use of these paid or free design software for website creation.

1. WordPress
2. Bootstrap
3. Wix
4. Dreamweaver
5. Squarespace
6. Figma
7. Sketch 3
8. Adobe XD
9. InVision Studio
10. Framer X

Source: https://websitesetup.org/web-design-software/