EggXpert

I'm trying to have my first website. I kind of know what I am going to put on it as far as topical content, but I need some suggestions on an easy program to help me set the site up. linking to articles, putting on graphics(gifs and regular pictures, audio, video, overall background art and such. I don't mind doing some basic HTML if need be and all that, but I am looking for quick and easy because I don't want to spend the next 5 years just trying to get something going. I'd like to have something up in a month or less.

I'm also looking for a free webhost that will let me have Google Adsense and stuff like that. So I would like some recommendations from anyone here who has a website on a free host as well.

The hard part is going to be getting traffic I think, but that's a whole other issue I'll have to deal with once I'm up and running.

 Thank you.

Check out W3Schools and learn HTML. 

You can try FreeWebs.com for a free website where you literaly just put images where you want and other simple things. But it is very limited in what you can do.

To place and image in a web page using HTML you just need to use this code :

<img src="yourpicture.jpg" mce_src="yourpicture.jpg" width="" height="" alt=""/>

Ofcourse you need to add the height and width and the ALT is pretty much just the name of your image. If you want to link your image then add <a href="http://www.example.com> to the start of the code and place a closing tag at the very end </a>

Maybe suggest downloading notepad++ for free for writing code.

Getting lots of traffic is a whole other story and if can boogle your mind. I work in web development and traffic is of prime concern for our clients. Try doing a google search for info about Meta tags and so forth. 

As said, there are a few websites like freewebs that allow you to add to already existing templates. They are not great and are limited, but they are free and I think google have a web site package also, where you get hosting, domain name and a template builder. I think google has that.

Thanks for your reply. Not quite what I was looking for, but info none the less.

I know very basic HTML, but not enough to be confident, quick and do everything. I actually don't have time to spend years or even months learning more code writing. I'm going to be an affiliate in less than a month and need to get a website up and running by then.

As for free website hosting, there are a number of them out there and I'm looking for ones that allow use of something other than their very limited template or what have you. I'd like to find one that has a pretty decent template system or whatever. I also need the free host to allow things like Adsense and such. That I can find, you would be suprised how many of them allow that.

If things go well, later on I will be able to maybe afford a small monthly fee for a host that offers a bit more bang for the buck.

If the website you're making is going to consist nothing other than static pages, you really should look into learning HTML, because it's a lot easier than it looks at first glance. 

As far as free webhosts go... it's really probably better to avoid that and just find a really cheap webhost (ones that cost less then $5 a month, and yes, there are plenty).

If its looking at getting content up on the site.. and being able to dab into little html or other code ONLY if needed (like adding your AdSense code).. you may want to look at some kind of open source CMS (Content Management System). It does require a small initial setup..  but its based on your hosting you choose. If the hosting is Linux/PHP you can install a blog/page site .. very simple like WordPress or get into the larger full web site CMS like Drupal, Joomla ..  initial setup consists of 1) uploading the files onto the hosting 2) create admin account 3) setup database (provided hopefully by hosting company) 4) start adding pages and pick a theme! Most of the CMS come included with templates.. or a gallery to choose from.

Some hosting companies do include what is called "one-click installs" where they have preloaded applications or packages that you can click.. and the hostign server will auto install and configure the basic setup for you.

Hopefully that is what you were trying to get at.. and start fairly quick getting your site up