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thewanga · 09-05-2008, 17:23

Hi, everyone.
I have a long term plan to make a website for people to upload and view videos. I want the site to include a favorites page so I would need the site to be able to keep a tally of views - I imagine more than HTML would be needed for these sort of scripts

If anyone could give me any info' on the best programs to use to create such a website on Mac it would be very greatly appreciated. I'm a complete beginner in this field but I would enjoy the challenge of creating this in my spare time. If anyone can help me on my journey with any tips or tutorials anything of the suchlike I would be extremely grateful

Thanks for your time.

K.Brown · 10-05-2008, 16:22

Coda. It is the best by far. panic.com
CSSEdit 2.6. Great for styling. macrabbit.com

Paddy · 10-05-2008, 17:20

For a decent video site you're probably going to need to know how to do video in Flash, how to use XML, PHP, how to code in XHTML and how to style with CSS.

Start by learning the XHTML and CSS. Use Coda or TextEdit/TextMate for your code, and Photoshop and Illustrator for your images and layout.

However, you might consider going into a less saturated market. Video sites are everywhere.

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
Google Video
Vimeo, Video Sharing For You

The idea has been done to death, and done well. Maybe you would be better to focus your efforts on a more original project.

K.Brown · 10-05-2008, 23:16

Woops. Sorry, I didn't read the part about being a complete beginner.
If you are a total beginner, you'll definitely want to start with something simpler. I had a similar ambition for my first site: I got completely bogged down in the scripting and gave up. Believe me--you'll want to start out learning the basics of HTML and CSS and the basis of good design.

Is that a better response?

thewanga · 11-05-2008, 10:19

Thanks for the replys, guys

I fear you may be correct - my original project is probably way too ambitious considering I hardly know the basics! I've got myself CSSEdit and it seems to be a very user friendly program so I will be playing about in that and see what I can come up with. I do have another question though, I've read in the beginners thread that "what you see is what you get " programs should not be trusted - is this a general rule for all programs: Can I trust CSSEdit ?

thanks again!

Hunch · 11-05-2008, 11:26

CSSEdit is about as good as you'll get. It uses Webkit for rendering the page, so basically you're seeing it in Safari. It only takes a click to fire it up in a browser anyway, so it's not that big a deal.

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thewanga Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2	Web design plan for mac Hi, everyone. I have a long term plan to make a website for people to upload and view videos. I want the site to include a favorites page so I would need the site to be able to keep a tally of views - I imagine more than HTML would be needed for these sort of scripts If anyone could give me any info' on the best programs to use to create such a website on Mac it would be very greatly appreciated. I'm a complete beginner in this field but I would enjoy the challenge of creating this in my spare time. If anyone can help me on my journey with any tips or tutorials anything of the suchlike I would be extremely grateful Thanks for your time.

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Paddy Grammar Deputy Join Date: May 2005 Location: Béal Feirste Posts: 763	For a decent video site you're probably going to need to know how to do video in Flash, how to use XML, PHP, how to code in XHTML and how to style with CSS. Start by learning the XHTML and CSS. Use Coda or TextEdit/TextMate for your code, and Photoshop and Illustrator for your images and layout. However, you might consider going into a less saturated market. Video sites are everywhere. YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Google Video Vimeo, Video Sharing For You The idea has been done to death, and done well. Maybe you would be better to focus your efforts on a more original project. __________________ Electronic Music?

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10-05-2008, 16:22	#2 (permalink)
K.Brown Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 8	Coda. It is the best by far. panic.com CSSEdit 2.6. Great for styling. macrabbit.com

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K.Brown Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 8	Woops. Sorry, I didn't read the part about being a complete beginner. If you are a total beginner, you'll definitely want to start with something simpler. I had a similar ambition for my first site: I got completely bogged down in the scripting and gave up. Believe me--you'll want to start out learning the basics of HTML and CSS and the basis of good design. Is that a better response?

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thewanga Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2	Thanks for the replys, guys I fear you may be correct - my original project is probably way too ambitious considering I hardly know the basics! I've got myself CSSEdit and it seems to be a very user friendly program so I will be playing about in that and see what I can come up with. I do have another question though, I've read in the beginners thread that "what you see is what you get " programs should not be trusted - is this a general rule for all programs: Can I trust CSSEdit ? thanks again!

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Hunch Grumpy old man Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North Japan Posts: 1,128	CSSEdit is about as good as you'll get. It uses Webkit for rendering the page, so basically you're seeing it in Safari. It only takes a click to fire it up in a browser anyway, so it's not that big a deal.

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