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Old 07-17-2008, 12:54 AM   #9 (permalink)
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you started making websites for fun but not publishing? thats a bit strange, but come to think of it i should try making some just for a bit of practice, but problem is i have no skills, i could only add text hyperlinks and pictures and stuff - im trying to get some ebooks on scripts and coding and stuff at the moment
Hitman i was the same as you, 1 tip i will give you is play with CMS i.e Wordpress, drupal, joomla.

Learn by playing and teaching your self, you've got hosting so have a play and set some up on subdomains. As soon as you get used to knowing the usual names like MySql, local host , htaccess, mod rewrite and many more you will find you will know alot more than you think. I know its basic things but you dont need to be able to code or design to get some where as a webmaster, you can modify exciting templates to look like unique designs and everything. Once you start you'll learn the harder stuff.

I would actually recommend getting an old PHPbb2 forum script and get a bunch of mods, installing mod the old way and paying attention to the code while doing it will get you on the right tracking providing your a fast learner.

And as dvduval said the people you meet along the way will be the people that help you make it to the next level, i couldnt have done what i have with out people helping me along the way.
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