I would like to design my own website(s) for a couple different businesses I have and be able to accept money via credit cards. Flash animation would be nice, but I think all I really need is something fairly simple. Thanks.
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Designing and coding websites isn’t as easy as you might think, especially if you want animation and electronic fund transfer. It’s very complicated and takes a good year of study and practice to be able to produce anything of decent quality. I think you’re gonna find that it’s worth your time (and sanity) to hire a designer.
Okay, setting aside credit cards for a moment.
Websites, at the bare minimum require HTML.
Nothing else.
For HTML Start here:
A larger concern for a website is the layout and look and feel. This is best done with CSS. Get the book entitled: “The Zen of CSS Design” by Shea / Holzschlag.
This book will help you understand how layouts can be mastered using CSS. The book is an accompaniment to the following website:
The site has submittals to change the CSS for the site to change the look and feel. For example this site: has the same HTML as the previous site. Only the CSS has changed.
The book explains how the CSS to several of the submissions were accomplished.
Then you need to interact with the user. Validate forms, provide feedback, etc. This is commonly done with JavaScript.
For JavaScript start here:
Lastly, credit cards. Do not take this lightly. There are certain standards you need to follow for the payment card industry. This requires server side scripting, SSL certifications, and privacy act concerns. Since you do not appear to have the basics for HTML/CSS/JavaScript. This is a topic best left for later. I do not mind providing you insight to how credit card processing works (I’ve done it). You can email me with further questions:
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