Blind Melon
November 2nd, 2008, 06:37 PM
Alright, I really have no experience in creating a webpage, but I do know that a lot of webpages can be created using HTML coding, but I really have no clue how to go about doing such a thing... I know there are places out there that let you create your own webpage, but I have a feeling that most professional webpages are created on a server, and then hosted through that? I'm not really sure... like Google, that's got to be on their own servers since they have so many webpages/databasing that goes on.
My questions are... if I wanted to create a website like Wikipedia, where users can add to articles/create their own articles: would HTML be the best way to go; could I make this on my own computer, rather than having to go through a company and paying them?
Like I said, I really am completely lost as to how it all works... I've never touched something like this in college before, other than Java, but we didn't deal with creating webpages. I would just like to know how complicated something like Wikipedia or Google would be. Correct me if I'm wrong on anything.
My questions are... if I wanted to create a website like Wikipedia, where users can add to articles/create their own articles: would HTML be the best way to go; could I make this on my own computer, rather than having to go through a company and paying them?
Like I said, I really am completely lost as to how it all works... I've never touched something like this in college before, other than Java, but we didn't deal with creating webpages. I would just like to know how complicated something like Wikipedia or Google would be. Correct me if I'm wrong on anything.