How do you create a website? What is a good program that you would recommend for a begginer? Where do you start and is it easy to learn? Thanks.

First, you need webspace. Without that you can't put it online.

Once you've acquire that, most webspace providers will have the tools needed to create a page even without any knowledge of HTML. However, I strongly suggest you learn HTML. It's really not hard and it will help you to code your pages so that they look correct regardless of the browser. Some HTML editors don't code the pages correctly and it can cause "bugs" in how the page looks depending on the browser.

There are many online tutorials for learning HTML. You won't need any special software to write HTML, just a simple text editor. It's pretty easy to learn. It's just a matter of learning and using format tags. If you want to get more complex and start using Javascript then it gets a little more complicated, but nothing any beginner programmer can't handle.

I learned HTML from various online resources and publishings like "HTML for dummies" type of books. When I first started I was using Windows Notepad to build and save my webpages. This taught me the ins and outs of website design. Currently I use Macromedia Dreamweaver, which is pricey for a beginner, but it's an excellent program. As far as hosting goes you have to shop around to see who offers the best service. The two main things I can tell you to focus on between hosting services is disk space and data transfer. These two items you'll find in every service and the higher these two numbers are the more you probably will be paying for the service. These two numbers can be very critical if you are expecting to create large files like video clips or large photos, and if you expect to have a lot of visitors to the site.

This site wont have any videos but probably a lot of photos. Thanks for all the information so far.

If all you want to do is be able to put up a bunch of photos then there are free "photo album" sites such as Yahoo! Photos (http://photos.yahoo.com/) or Photobucket (http://www.photobucket.com/). You just upload the pictures and you don't have to code anything. You can keep the folders private or make them public.

If all you want to do is be able to put up a bunch of photos then there are free "photo album" sites such as Yahoo! Photos (http://photos.yahoo.com/) or Photobucket (http://www.photobucket.com/). You just upload the pictures and you don't have to code anything. You can keep the folders private or make them public.
And the benefit of this would be you don't have to worry about the design and look of the website, they will take care of that for you!

The web site will be full of information and its for a school project so it has to show effort. The site will be where I will put the interview transcripts if I can get one.

I second the recommendations that (1) you get a copy of "HTML for Dummies" and (2) you hand-code your HTML. Personally, my editor of choice for web pages is SimpleText on my Macintosh. But Windoze Notepad, EMACS, GEDIT, EDIT, or good old EDLIN (anybody else remember that one?) will do the job.

You will also need some sort of FTP client (or in some cases, a secure FTP client such as the one in SSH) to upload your content.

As far as web-space providers, you should probably look at your ISP first.

My own web site started out as a way to share a couple of pictures with various pen-pals on a list-server I've been a member of for many years. (Even when a list server permits attachments, it's considered rather rude on most lists to broadcast pictures as such).

Just watch this short instructional video (http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail51.html), and you'll be all set.

--Mo

my explorer had front page built inot it or it links to it somehow also netscape has an html editor in it. Both are very easy to use and good for beginners. I also will suggest you learn some html as well. If I want throw somthing up on the web quickly I do it in front page. When I want the page to look nicer I use dreamweaver..:)

If you have the patience to learn a new design interface, I would have
to second the comment about Dreamweaver from Macromedia. Our
graphic artists us it to generate very fast mockups of our (http://www.edmin.com) applications (http://inform.edmin.com)
for validation purposes, and then generate the code fragments for
the static areas of the actual sites.

On the other hand, if you want a VERY simple, fast loading page that
doesn't use any bells or whistles, any O'Reilly book on HTML and
Windows Notepad (or for Linux/Unix folks: 'vi') will be faster and
provide you with more knowledge of HTML (knowledge=good) than
any design package.

I acually use Visio and a self-written HTML generator for my
client work and simple Notepad (and it shows) for my personal (http://www.argendeli.com) sites

As suggested above, I'd check with your ISP provider first. Many of them come with free webspace and software to get everything done. I have Earthlink and it comes with the Trellix program. I recomend it.

If you click on my sig line below you can see the website I built using Trellix to get an idea of what it looks like. I know nothing about HTML, and set this site up on one Saturday.