[ConservativeMan55]

BTTT!!!

[evolved_rage]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1078094/posts

might help you find talent

[Wheee The People]

Frontpage.

[PetroniusMaximus]

For goodness sake, if you want to push information check out POSTNUKE!!! http://news.postnuke.com/

It's a variant of PHPNuke http://www.phpnuke.com

It is the coolest thing... very modular... little technical knowlege required... tons of features that would take months to do in HTML (like public calendars, message boards, galleries, newsfeeds etc...

Best of all, it's dynamic - so your content stays fresh and can be updated by lowly moderators from the web.

Even better... it's free.

Freepmail me if you want more info (it's not my product, I'm just a 4 month+ user)

[wireplay]

Just a suggestion. Consider using an HTML tool to help you write the HTML code. Look at FrontPage or Dreamweaver. Your school may have available copies. Much better way to build sites.

When you are ready to go to the next level look at server-side code such as ASP.NET, PHP, J2EE, etc. I prefer ASP.NET but there are lots to choose from. Server-side is used by most commercial sites for a lot of reasons.

[PokeyJoe]

I suggest that you get a cms (content management system) - perhaps mambo (GPL (free) and fast php code) and customize it (pick a theme, customize the graphics, and the css, and the "content".)

That way - you can pass the torch when you graduate, and decentralize content creation. Even freshman will be able to maintain the website, and items can be publish WHILE you are on spring break.

I really think you'll be pleased with Mambo

Other CMS systems exist - some better, some worse. Mambo is one of the better free packages out there, easy to setup, easy to maintain, and easy to customize.

[Spiff]

Go to www.gopweb.com and sign up. It costs about $16 per month. They'll set you up with a basic Republican organization website that requires little if any HTML skills. But if you do know HTML, PHP, and MYSQL you can customize the site to be whatever you want it to be.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

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[MaryFromMichigan]

Like JavaScripts?

Check out JavaScript Kit
I picked up some great scripts there!
Fun! Fun! Fun! :)

[realpatriot71]

I paid my way through my first two years of college designing websites with HTML, and if you have an specific questions you can FReepmail me.

A few considerations for every website is (1) amt. of host space (2) amt. of traffic, and whos probably going to see it (3) keep the size of pics and graphics to a minimum - can be done with photoshop, probably others.

IMHO it was always better to keep the background one flat HTML color or simple an fast loading graphic. Link "buttons" people like to click buttons more than "activcated" text for links.

My $0.02 off the top of my head.

[FReepaholic]

>>... I am leaning towards The Auburn College Republicans Web site theme and look....<<

I think there's some poetic justice in that the Republican Party's mascot is the same as 'Bama's.
Auburn's gotta hate that.

Roll Tide!

[El Gran Salseron]

http://www.htmlgoodies.com was a good learning experience for me. Step-by-step instructions with explanations. Maybe you are past that point.

[RightField]

well, since I just took on a high school alumni site, better bone up on this stuff ... bumparoonie!

[PAR35]

Get whoever is listed as the president of the club on the university's records to write to the university and request a password re-set. If you have a new president, get him or her to first update the university records, then request the re-set.

[jbstrick]

I'd be glad to help. I 'dabble' in web development myself, and pretend to be a freelance photographer.

mail me if you would like assistance.

[Hot Tabasco]

We believe the old Webmaster became a Democrat. Anyways, if anybody here has any HTML tips, and or tricks please let me know.

Me, I would take a walk over to his house, ring his doorbell and when he answers the door grab him by the throat and kindly ask him for the password......

What, did I say something wrong? Being nice to stupid for over 30 years never worked for me so now it's time to change my methods.........

[Cacique]

L8R

[DeFault User]

The Auburn page looks good, but I would suggest more links to Conservative sites, such as FR, NRO, JWR, etc.

[eyespysomething]

No guru, but here's a webpage to check out:

The UGA College Republicans is the largest College Republican organization in the United States, nearly doubling the next largest organization.

[Nick Danger]

FrontPage is a reasonable choice for you, because the server they have you on is running Microsoft IIS. Such a setup makes things easy for you. The downside is that about 15% of your visitors won't see what you think they will, because FrontPage does a fair number of fun things that depend on the Browser being IE.

Before you get all excited about ASP or PHP pages, find out whether the University IT guys will let you have access to those things, and whether you can have access to a database server. There are some wonderful things you can do with scripting languages and a database, but when you don't control your server environment, you may not get to play with any of it.

If you have any hope of actually learning anything by doing this, consider the venerable Notepad.exe as your HTML editor. It won't do squat for you, which means you'll have to learn how to do everything "by hand." That is a Good Thing. The world is full of FrontPage and DreamWeaver types who haven't the slightest idea how to fix anything that goes wrong.

Now for the reality shower: the reason your old site never got updated, and the reason the Rats' site never got updated either, is that many people who get stuck with your job think that the task is to "create a web site." It's not. The task is to figure out a way to hook other people into helping with the content. If it's "all you, all the time," it won't be 90 days before your site starts going stale, and a year from now the next guy will be saying, "Our old site was never updated."

So consider one of the many canned "blogware" apps. "Moveable Type" is probably the best-of-breed right now, but Zope, Geeklog, and many others are just fine. What these things let you do is appoint "deputy admins" with their own logins who can update different sections of the content themselves. They can post articles, pictures, etc. without knowing one word of HTML. If it all has to go through you for coding into HTML, you'll be sorry, so seriously consider one of these things. You will have to give up some flexibility in terms of look-and-feel, but in return you get an easy way to spread the real workload (which is always keeping the content updated after the site is built).

Moveable Type will run on a Windows server, but you'll need the IT guys' help because Moveable Type is one of those "wonderful things you can do with a scripting language (cgi in the case of MoveType) and a database." This kind of approval is generally easier to get for a canned app that is already running in lots of places. That's a much lower level of "scare factor" than giving you permission to write and debug your own scripts on their server.

Good luck whichever way you choose to go.