mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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how the fuck do I see / make my site, I cannot fathom this out for the life of me, google is no help either
I thought it was just gonna be like a power point type thing adding pictures and text and so on,
I have got my web disk in my network places. dont know what that means
also what the hell is a Cpanel
im utterly stumped
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Dom
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Should have kept this in your other thread as a few of us have posted how to go about it. Personally i would grab one of the CSS templates that daymoon link to and the open it up in something like Adobe Dreamweaver and then replace text/images as need be. Alternatively use could something like Googe Pages (think that's the name of it) editor to create something like Deano did a while ago for his old mans business (might be worth dropping him a U2U).
Sam/Paul (/others) have suggested Wordpress which is a Content Management System (CMS) which i think is overkill considering the content is rarely going to change. Plus it's far from easy for a beginner to install and get it running and templating it isn't easy either. Plus side is that once it's running, changing content is a piece of piss but i still stand that i think it's pointless and a static website is the best way to go about it.
As for cPanel, that's the control panel for your hosting. You can set up email address (mailboxes), look at logs, create mySQL databases etc etc
First thing i would do is create an email address, something like contact@mk-plumbing.co.uk - login into your cPanel account, click 'Email Addresses' then enter the details accordingly (email address, enter contact, password is the password, quota is the mailbox size and 50MB would be a good size and you can change it if need be). Once that's done, you then just need to set up your email client (outlook etc) and cPanel gives you the option of downloading a small file (under Configuration Mail Client) that will setup your client or use can login to the webmail via http://www.mk-plumbing.co.uk/webmail
[Edited on 18-08-2010 by Dom]
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mattk
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Damn Ive just deleted the old thread, didnt want 2 running 
I have set up info@mk-plumbing.co.uk.
Im going to download Dreamweaver now, this is not my kind of thing at all
Thanks alot Dom
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Dom
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Dreamweaver is really a piece of piss, just keep it in the 'Design' mode and you'll alright 
AS for design, keep it really simple. What Deano knocked up was pretty much spot on, ie: no bullshite straight to the point layout giving clear information of the services and contact information to the user. So try not to go for something like http://www.4templates.com/view/website-templates/0/AX0299GR , and head towards something like http://www.freecsstemplates.org/preview/economics/ - ie: replace Economics text with your logo, replace image with some swanky plumber image, have a few tabs on the menu bar (Home, Services, Previous Work), replace the left hand nav bar with a contact info box (and present this on all pages) and replace the Welcom to Economics with a few paragraphs about who you are, a summary of what you offer, how long you've been in the trade, qualifications etc - jobs a goodun'.
Edit - Obviously if you need help then one of us will no doubt give you a hand
[Edited on 18-08-2010 by Dom]
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mattk
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Not a fucking clue how to use dreamweaver either 
I have got my .css template into it but its all just code, I cant physicaly see any pictures 
Im gonna end up paying someone to do this
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Dan
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Dreamweaver made site is WAY over the top for this imo.
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Toby
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use google website builder thingy, you will need hours to learn how to use dreamweaver, its one thing getting it laid out another thing actuall coding it and linking bits together.
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pow
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Matt, would you like me to sit down and set up with you google apps? Email and a easy-to-use site builder, and it's all free 
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chr15barn3s
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It will be good to see if you find a good way to do this as I need to make one for work and can't figure it out at all 
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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Google Sites you can update really easily like you would in PowerPoint. Plus you don't need hosting - I haven't got any for dad's. Just paid £7.99 for his URL.
Definitely worth looking in to. Plus it's a piece of piss to set up Google Analytics and Webmaster tools.
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Dan
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Matt has his site setup in wordpress now. We sorted it late last night, and its looking better already!
www.mk-plumbing.co.uk
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Gsi_Ire
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That looks pretty clean. Nice site.
Just wondering, how come the Gas Safe Register image is a link to just a larger image of Gas Safe Register, just wondering in case its done by mistake and not by design.
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mattk
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Thanks a ton for your help last night Dan, Id have never figured that out in a milion years, gonna have a good tinker with it tonight
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Jamie-C
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This is my bosses website if your stuck for ideas
http://www.jbunting.com/J_bunting_plumbing_%26_Heating/Welcome.html
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harrisp
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Looks good but there are a few grammar mistakes.
Also you missed the "r" out of powerflushing.
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mattk
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yeah I had a late and stressful night last night, just sorted it all now, just need to add more text.
cant think of anything that wont sound like me just rambling on
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mattk
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quote:
Originally posted by Jamie-C
This is my bosses website if your stuck for ideas
http://www.jbunting.com/J_bunting_plumbing_%26_Heating/Welcome.html
I like the "emergency" page on there, I might have to copy that
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Sam
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Matt, it might be worthwhile getting a professional copywriter to sort you out with some decent text content on there.
I can get a quote off my copywriter for your site if you like, he doesn't charge silly money either.
Forgot to add: he's pretty competent with using WordPress as well so he can add the text in there for you to make sure everything looks right rather than just giving you a Word document to copy and paste text from.
[Edited on 20-08-2010 by Sam]
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VegasPhil
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http://www.portsmouthplasteringandartexing.co.uk/
This is the plasterer I used for my lounge etc. Very good site I thought. Might be worth grabbing some ideas for content from. Also, whatever gets the page to the top of google works wonders on this site. Search Fareham plasterer or any area locally and his site is top of the list!
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
http://www.portsmouthplasteringandartexing.co.uk/
This is the plasterer I used for my lounge etc. Very good site I thought. Might be worth grabbing some ideas for content from. Also, whatever gets the page to the top of google works wonders on this site. Search Fareham plasterer or any area locally and his site is top of the list!
Looks like a decent site, but what a domain name
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VegasPhil
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Haha yeah.
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DannyB
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Looks ok, does what you want it to. You need to put a space after your full stops though, and this bit too;
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Registered to ensure you recieve first class service from professional competent, heating engineers
Shouldn't the comma be after 'professional'?
I'm no grammar expert by any means, it just doesn't look right like that
[Edited on 20-08-2010 by DannyB]
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Andrew
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Have a word with Whittie Matt, he'll be able to sort you something out fairly cheap. IMO it's not worth spending months and months fucking around when you can make this money back off business generated from your own trade from the website in this time.
If your dedicated to doing your own website, have a look at WordPress. It has all the themes pre-build for you to use.
[Edited on 21-08-2010 by Andrew]
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