I did it entirely from the msn groups site. I got my brother to sign me in
and set up the website - I am always goofy ahout signing into things,
passwords etc terrify me - and then I just laboured away.

You need to know a little bit of HTML, that is using those funny little
signs <> to mark up text for bold, sizing etc. I didnt know it when I began
this so I dont know where I got it from -  But I also needed a lot of time
to work it all out, write it in accessible web-friendly language etc and
then put it up in such a way that it can be updated without taking up all of
my time. 

I wrote straight into the pages as I went along and this slowed things down
but gave me a much better idea of what was developing.

I still dont know how to put a photo in the text,(there are special photo
pages for it) but I reckon its a bit more HTML code and I expect I will find
out more as I go along. But I havent any more time at present to spend long
hours on it. but have to catch up my other work.

In the last two weeks I have done little else. and I am quite surprised that
I have actually managed it...but I am glad I did it myself. I then started
worrying about the content etc, (I just went on in gay abandon while I was
trying to put it up) so it is very reassuring to hear now from people who
have enjoyed looking round it.

it is a very unsophisticated system. It might be just as easy or the result
better looking to use a computer web page maker, but this cost nothing at
all, and is probably as good a way as any to make a start.

Poetry Scotland website is managed by Colin Will, but I must have learnt a
lot from writing items for that site over several years. Colin offered to
make me a simple personal website and that is when I realised I must do
something about it off my own bat.

cheers
SallyE





on 14/1/06 10:42 pm, Matt Merritt at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Hi Sally,
> I have no technical knowledge at all but it looks good to me. I intended to
> have a quick look and have just spent 45 minutes following various links and
> browsing it.
> Did you teach yourself web design? I keep vaguely thinking about having a go
> at it and then chickening out.
> Regards,
> Matt
> 
> 
> 
>> From: sally evans <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Sallye's Desktop
>> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 23:36:17 +0000
>> 
>> I have been making a website!
>> Please take a look at it and please feel free to comment,
>> though its no good assuming I have much technical knowledge.
>> I have been holed up with it since Christmas and I am now blinkng in the
>> light
>> 
>> here it is
>> 
>> http://groups.msn.com/desktopsallye
>> 
>> cheers
>> SallyE
>> --
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>