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Hi,

I just bought a domain and am trying to find a software that doesn't need html or other coding knowledge. something similar to what is provided by wix. I tried searching for whether or not I could buy the software from wix and upload my website on the domain host i've already bought from. What I found so far is that you can build your website in wix but can only host it through their website. Is there anything similar? I know a little flash and have adobe flash but I need a fast and very very easy software to use alongside... Any recommendations is greatly appreciated!! (link)
First things first, learn some HTML. Even if you're using software like dreamweaver it'll be handy to at least know some basic HTML. http://www.w3schools.com/ is the best place for this. You don't need to go through the whole site, you can probably get by with the HTML baics and maybe a little CSS.

As for software, Dreamweaver is a good (but expensive) option. There might be a free version, but if you're serious about doing websites then at some point you'll probably want the full, paid version.
If you don't want Dreamweaver then KompoZer is another good option. It's free, but it's got less features than Dreamweaver so you might end up needing to play with the HTML a bit more.

NEVER NEVER NEVER use Frontpage. Microsoft has stopped updating it, and they did that for a reason. Your web host needs Frontpage extensions enabled for you to use it, and that can cost more. Also, it produces horrible, non standard HTML code that only Internet Explorer can understand properly. It was Microsoft's attempt to force us all to use Internet Explorer and the result was a twisted mess of a web design product. Use anyting, ANYTHING, else.


facebook's picture uploader will not work for me. i read to wait a few minutes and the downlaod box should pop up, but nothing happens. i have IE7, and usually the prompt at the top of the screen will pop up and ask "do you want to download _____?" even that doesn't come up. i can use the simple uploader, but it would take forever to upload all the pictures i want on there.

i know i need "active x control", so i went to download it myself, but i couldn't really figure out which one i needed.

any help here? (link)
There should be a yellow bar that appears at the top of IE whenever it wants an activex control. Click on that and allow it to install and it should work.

If that doesn't help then you might want to try another browser. I'd recommend firefox. Get it from:
www.getfirefox.com


16/F What are some sites with basic knowledge? Nothing too complex. I just want to know a little about many topics. Thanks! (link)
You posted this under web design so i'm going to assume you're looking for information on web design. www.w3schools.com has that sort of information.
If i'm wrong, and it's not web design stuff you're looking for then let me know and i'll try to be more help.

Sorry I took so long to respond to your feedback, I don't check advicenators much.

You've got me a bit stumped with this one. www.wikipedia.org has information about pretty much everything, but it's not always accurate. Other than that you could use google, but you'd need to be a bit more specific about you want to know.

I'll post more sites if I think of any.


i tried everything, i used anonymizers, free proxy servers, and i can get to internet options cause they blocked that feature on IE along with command prompt and RUN, and i cant get to manage:mycomputer. cause they blocked that also on the actual computer so idk what to do, i just like playing games but i cant get to any, could someone else please tell me something i may be forgetting?? (link)
First of all, you shouldn't be trying to get around your school's internet filters. They're there for a reason, and bypassing them could get you in a fair bit of trouble.

Now that that's out of the way let's get to the good stuff. When I was in college I put portable firefox (found at http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable) on a USB stick. It let me do all the stuff that they blocked under IE.

A word of warning: I never got in trouble for doing this, but your school sounds like it knows what it's doing when it comes to IT (unlike my college). It is possible for them to catch you doing this and I can't be held responsible if they do.


how do you get rid of adware.qoolaid w/o downloading any other programs? I have Norton Antivirus which did show the Qoolaid thing but I heard even that doesn't pick up on everything. (link)
If you're getting rid of spyware you're better off getting a program that does it for you. I've used adaware before and would recommend it. Spybot, search and destroy's supposed to be good too.


does anyone know a good site like photoshop
but you dont have to go buy anything or pay for it
just like to download it
so you can do kool stuff with pictures
kida like paint but better??
thanxx!
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GIMP. I've never used it but it's supposed to be a program similar to photoshop. It's completely free too. The download page is here http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html.


whenever i want to play a game on my computer that requires macromedia shockwave player, it doesnt go on at first, but then a screen comes up saying it is downloading it. after a few seconds though, a thing comes up that says "network error. please check your internet connection and try again" and then i can never play the game. my internet is working though, so i dont know why it says i have no internet connection. it has also said i have no internet connection with some other stuff that i have tried to download off of the internet. i don't know why it's saying this, because i am on internet explorer. is there any way to fix this? thanks. (link)
It sounds like there's a problem with your internet connection. Post the exact error message and I'll try to help you more.


I have a question on MSN i removed the newer version of msn off my computer and then i thought it was all said and done and then someone said hey to me on the older version of msn and I can't find the icon or toolbar for MSN anywhere on my computer. Its not on the add or remove programs list either. Has anyone else had this problem or can someone help me please? The 2 guys (the symbol of msn) is on top of my internet explorer) and i no longer want this. I just want the new version. Thats it.
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By the older version I assume you mean windows messenger. I don't think you can remove it but you can stop it from running. Find windows messenger on the start menu. Open it up, click on your name then click personal settings. On the preferences tab unckeck the "Run windows messenger when windows starts" box. click ok, sign out and you're done.

Let me know if you have any more problems.


What does cached mean? Like what does it do? You know when you search for something on Yahoo and next the the link of whatever your searching it says cache. I just wanna know what does it do and it is good or bad (link)
in computer terms a cache is a type of temporary storage. Your computer's cache stores information about whatever program you're running. Cache memory usually runs at a higher speed than a hard disk so that this information can be accessed quickly.

Yahoo's cache is a copy of the web page stored on yahoo's server. It's useful if the page doesn't work as you can still access yahoo's copy.


I have comcast internet. Now i Was looking at porn picturres and watching these movies on the computer, and im not really supposed to but I wanted to get horny.

Can comcast know what im watching? Cause i dont want my parents to know. Do they know what sites i have been to? I cleaned history cookies, ect


ty

~Jess~ (link)
Tut tut.

Comcast could probably look at their logs and know what sites you were on. But they won't tell anyone unless you went on something illegal.


My dad wants me to start making him a website for his buisness. I know HTML, but not enough to make a whole website from scratch. So I need to know, what web-hosts practically have the website done for you? Just so that I can do limited html and all I have to do is add in some text/pictures and I'm done. It's okay if they cost money. Thanks to anyone who answers =) (link)
The only one that I know about is yahoo. You don't need much html knowlege to use it. Alternatively you could try using a program like frontpage or dreamweaver to make the site. These programs are a bit pricey though.


Is there a site on the internet (like cdzinc.com) that provides free listening music to everyone? I don't mean one of those illegal downloading sites, just a site where you can listen to the music but not download it. (link)
www.mtv.com has a lot of free music videos. When I want music I use www.espew.com but i'm not sure how legal it is.




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