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The trick to create a web page very quickly

I'm under a lot of pressure to complete the development of a basic company website.

Are there any tips and tricks to help me finish quickly?

I don't know if some people use any specific software to do this very quickly or maybe keyboard shortcuts or different design standards or maybe some css / html templates? I really don't know what the answer is.

Please help me.

thanks

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Website builders are fast, easy, and beautiful (and free):

Wix , Weebly , Synthasite .

Google has something called sites , but it's limited in what it can do and is not that easy to use.
Yahoo has a downloadable tool called Sitebuilder , but the last time I checked it, it can only be used on Yahoo hosted sites (unchanged). Difficult to use.
I think MS also has a tool, no experience there (shudder).

If you want to host your own tool / CMS that will do all of this for you, Concrete5 is best at this point (although I haven't checked out Bildy yet ).
You will be in the know.

Don't waste time on Joomla / Drupal - you will spend as much time learning as learning a new programming language.



Siteroller should launch soon (right now its only some ipsum lorum pages - but there is a lot of stuff - leg) When it does, it will be the best solution in any round - no one else - so come back if you have the same requirements later.

Balsamic has been mentioned before - tools like these are great for getting ideas on paper, but don't actually work like websites. I recommend Pencil as best for the task (although it does require installation).

If you want to create your own, start with a template. oswd.org is a waste of time, but take a look at free-css and Exchange Templates

Luck

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If you are not a training designer and do not need something completely unique, you can also get an existing design as a starting point.



For some examples see oswd.org .

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Use a content management system like Drupal or DotNetNuke if you don't want to start from scratch.

Those will give you professional looking results in no time and provide all the content management infrastructure out of the box. Therefore, you don't have to be a web admin.

At the same time, these structures are flexible enough to allow any stylistic changes to suit your needs.

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This is what will give you the best odds for the dollar. Rest is preferred by users.

EDIT to add.

Check out this article on css grid frameworks.

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Follow this formula:

  • Find a few sites that you like.
  • Draw the wireframe on paper or use something like balsamiq.com
  • Show others and get feedback

  • Use Dreamweaver or something similar to create your HTML (everyone will hate me for this, but it often helps to "borrow" someone else's code and cut and paste until you get something similar to what you want )

    • Then you're done.

Remember, you can get 30-day trials of things like Dreamweaver and Photoshop, and there are many tutorials to get you started using them in an hour or so.

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The Expression Engine works great if you're building a slightly larger site. Checkout EE Embed . This saves hours of development.

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You can give Office Live a try: http://www.officelive.com/

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Depending on what you're trying to achieve, the Expression Engine is fine for a small site, while Joomla is pretty good for a small to medium site. There are tons of templates to choose from.

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The fastest way to create a website is to use a host service like Weebly . You can literally create a website in minutes by clicking a few templates. Many ISPs also host pages, check with your ISP.

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I will also need to replace the CMS solution. With a content management solution, you'll worry more about the presentation layout first and then the second. As stated, there are several content management solutions available including Sharepoint, Wordpress, Drupal, DotNetNuke, and Sitecore.

You design how the pages should be laid out by creating templates, and then add those templates with content. You will have a very scalable site that is easy to create.

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