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EatOut
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5/08
Posted - Sep 10 2008 : 3:12PM
I'm going to be putting together my first website. I'm wondering if I'll need to know HTML and CSS in order to perform basic maintenance and editing. In order to help answer that question, I'll describe what the purpose of my website is:
I'm thinking about starting one or maybe two different sites. The first one will be a basic blog. I would like to be able to add videos and pictures to the blog whenever the need arises. The second site would be one where I sell a product or two, or an e-commerce site. I'll want to be able to add and remove images and videos, too.
I've heard a lot of good things about WordPress. People say that it's pretty easy to set up and maintain. In order to meet my objectives, would I need to learn HTML and CSS?

Edited by - EatOut on Sep 10 2008

Zoid
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Posted - Sep 10 2008 : 4:55PM
As far as I know, you don't necessarily need to know HTML/CSS to work with WordPress, but it sure as hell won't hurt if you had some basic understanding of it. Much of editing there can be done via admin panel, but you'll need html/css if you want to take it a step beyond. There is comprehensive documentation available at wordspace.org.
You can also create a free blog account at http://www.wordspace.com if you want to get a feel of it.
EatOut
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38 Posts
5/08
Posted - Sep 10 2008 : 5:07PM
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Edited by - EatOut on 9/10/2008 5:20:21 PM
EatOut
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38 Posts
5/08
Posted - Sep 10 2008 : 5:07PM
Someone else said,
"No, you don't need to know code, not really. It certainly doesn't hurt to know the basics, but as long as you can use FTP or hire somebody to use FTP for you then you'll be all set with Wordpress."
I don't know how true that statement is. And I don't know much about FTP, but I guess someday I'll find out.
Those links you provided are great. I've been thinking about rigging up a 'dummy' blog to practice on and play with. I've never owned a website so that might be the first baby step. Thanks for the help.
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Edited by - EatOut on 9/10/2008 5:19:48 PM
Zoid
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Posted - Sep 10 2008 : 5:48PM
FTP is just a protocol for transferring files. You'll need an FTP client (a program) to upload files to your web server in pretty much the same way you upload videos to YouTube, only not from the browser. Besides, all of that is covered in the documentation, including links to free FTP program.
 
OneLouder
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203 Posts
12/06
Posted - Sep 10 2008 : 6:02PM
For a standard blog: making posts, adding videos & photos you don't really "need" to know any HTML/XTML/CSS coding as Wordpress has an interface that will do most of the basic stuff for you. You may find you will start to learn some as you get deeper into it. There are plug-ins for Wordpress to do particular things you may want, to add meta tags for example. But don't worry about that for now.
Jump in, play around and you will learn.



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