what's the best website/tool to use to make your own website?

[replicated]

as i see it, it's a great skill to have these days, even using word press. so learning it on my own would be good. just don't know when i'll find the time.

edit: I get it. So Wordpress IS a CMS. Or can be customized into one.

Yeah. It was initially a blogging platform, but people started hacking it to work as a CMS. The release of 3.0 is when Wordpress started catering to those looking to use it as a CMS.

 

[derek]

What's the site going to be?

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

my personal site for business

 

[derek]

What's the business?

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

read like 4 posts above, man. you're lazier than I am hah

 

[derek]

Sure am. I really missed that.

Where are you going to be teaching? Did you do any certificates?

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

im getting my celta shortly. i have a ba and an ma as well, which is pretty much what you need to get going.

looking at various locations. i left rome and am back in london but want to leave after my celta course. shortlisted places are istanbul, moscow, seol, uruguay, osaka and shanghai

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

i looked at prague too but the market is too saturated to deal with the low wages and the visa issues. when the blue card scheme gets going ill end up in paris (my dream)

 

[derek]

Yeah, I wouldn't consider Prague. I certainly would never consider going over there. It's odd insomuch as you can command FAR better working conditions outside of the capital.

What did you think of the Celta?

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

ill let you know. it starts one week from today.

 

[Liverslapper]

Well, Notepad is good for practice. If you are going to learn any HTML, that is the place to start.

I recommend Dreamweaver for those who want something clean and beneficial. Dreamweaver adds everything for you so you don't have to type in any of the HTML. The layout is very easy to use as well.

Also if you want to get a good lookin' webpage, I recommend learning some Photoshop. You can learn to create layouts of your own.

http://www.good-tutorials.com/

http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorials/photoshop/web-layouts

http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorials/html

Start here.


Good luck!

 

[derek]

ill let you know. it starts one week from today.

Well good luck. It's a pretty intensive 4 weeks, and I think how much you enjoy it all depends on the tutors. I hated mine. It's just a prerequisite and most of it falls by the wayside when you have to do it for real.

Good luck.

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

Yea thanks. I've read some pretty awful reviews but all the negativity has been directed towards the tutors and not really the course. May I ask where you studied for yours?

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

Derek are you an ESL teacher now?

 

[derek]

I did it in Edinburgh in 2008 (Randolph School).

I do ESL on the side, but I work for the British Council as an administrator/librarian. I did ESL for a year or so full time, though, before I moved to the Czech Republic.

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

ah. I looked at the BC for work, too. Apparently you (can) make good $ with them. One guy I know who teaches esl in China works for the BC and pulls in lots.

 

[derek]

Yeah, they do pay pretty well. I know they usually need a chunk of experience though. ESL can be a pain, but if you can go somewhere where the market is not saturated, you'll be fine. A lot of people come to Prague every year and are surprised how many teachers are already there. You need to have been here for 5 years plus to have a bit of a monopoly on the good jobs/a decent timetable.

I get paid a shed load to teach for the state language school here in Plzen and I live a very easy life. So easy in fact that I want to leave!