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I found the following steps to building a website from scratch:

Start with a book like "HTML for dummies" or "How to build a web site in 21 days".

I recommend the following path:

1. Basic HTML
2. Basic Javascript
3. Basic image processing
4. Advanced HTML (stylesheets+dynamic html creation)
5. Advanced Javascript
6. Basic server side scripting with php or asp
7. Web server setup

depending on whether you have something specific in mind, items 4 to 7 can be reordered, and you may want to learn flash, silverlight, java, python, perl, C#, SQL, and much much more

Would I be better off doing the long route, or is Sitesell legit?
Forgot to ask, what is "basic image processing". Thanks in advance.

I want a Trendy Kool looking website that i can make for my persional use

I am ready to pay to have a good website built, that will showcase my videomaking hobby. I have read that it is best to hire a freelancer who builds website vrs. paying a company to build it. I already have a trusty host, but where do I go to find these trusty freelancers?

Please point me to website builders who have portfolios so I can research them, even if you want to plug your own website. Thanks!

I’m looking to build a website for a band. I’ve searched for free website templates and I’m able to find them. The problem is I’m not sure how to use them. What’s up with the zip files? When I was younger all I had to do was copy and paste the HTML code and then work with it from there. How am I supposed to work with these "download and unzip" templates?

I learned (by myself) Dreamweaver8 and I can design basic website with links, ads, CSS, layers, tables, library items, photos, metatags, navigation bar etc…
I used the Gimp 2.2 for the title and buttons.

What do I need to learn next to be a professional developer and improve my sites ?
How do I go to the next level, what are the important things to learn?
Thanks !

I am Web developer and I have to spend lot of my time for search engine optimization please help out technically.

Do i need database? What kind? and what for?
what Software they used to build the web pages?
How complicated is it to build website just like criagslist? are there any place where i can get scripts, codes,etc
where can i find ready criagslist code?
thank you

I created a website and would like some traffic to it other than one a day and was wondering how exactly seo works.. Can anyone give me any tips on how to make my site ranked high in search engines using seo and explain search engine optimization in general??

Thanks

Do search engines take the names of DOM elements like divs and tables into account. So for example would a div called "some keyword" be better than one called "body"?