what program can i use to make a social network website without all the coding?

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what program can i use to make a social network website without all the coding?

Answer 1

Nice answers above: they are telling you that, whatever you do, you will have to do DEEP into coding.

If you try to use any WYSIWYG software, you will hit a definitive wall: you have absolutely no chance of success.

If you try to adapt these "off-the-shelf" scripts, you will STILL have to ge through the code to make it. Since (I assume) you do not know much about coding, you will realise, as soon as you open ANY of these scripts, that they are written in "chinese"... and you will wonder why! So you will try to "adapt them", adding a line code, removing another... Guarantee: what was meant to work will stop working!

CMS's? Nice as well, but, unfortunately, NEVER adapted to your needs.

Conclusion: of-the-shelf, WYSIWYG, "already-made for you" are a total waste of time, unless you are a proficient coder.

BUT... if you are a proficient coder, you KNOW that you can code the lot, yourself, faster than adapting others work...

Answer 2

The only way to get around the coding, is to use some sort of CMS system, i have never heard about systems that offer users to sign-up, or emulate myspace or the like.



Nevertheless you may want to try out http://www.joomla.org/ you can use phpbb http://www.phpbb.com/ if you want a forum. If all you want is your own blog, then something like wordpress - http://wordpress.org/ might be worth to try out.





But anyone speculating in WYSIWYG editors and ways to get around the coding are just wasting their time. You will need to learn some server-side programming such as PHP, and it would really be preferred if you learned HTML + CSS as well, optionally JavaScript/AJAX to enhance the GUI.



It would also be worth to mention, that the only "program" which is needed, for just about any project, is a copy of notepad. Some web designers, use tools which include features such as autocomplete, syntax highlighting, and tabbed editing. Other then that, most of us copy and paste code from older projects a lot.

Answer 3

Hi, Robby.



Actually there are a few, based on what exactly you are trying to do.



#1 Blog

If you want to post simple updates on what is going on and allow other people to contribute, then your best solution is to install a blog application. Please see http://wordpress.com/ for more info on installing one.



#2 Forum

If you would like to provide a communication website for the people on your site to be able to post and get replies, you might want to install a forum system.

Good systems out there are:

Simple Machine Forums: http://www.simplemachines.org/

of PHPBB forum: http://www.phpbb.com/



#3 OTHER

When you are just not satisfied with what #1 and #2 has to offer, you need a CMS (content management system) or something along the lines.

One of the easiest CMS systems is Drupal (http://drupal.org/) or WordPress (www.wordpress.com)



Please note that any of the systems mentioned above will need your web host to support PHP (web scripting language) and MySQL (database system)



Cheers.

Answer 4

Unless you're talking about a forum, blog, or some commonly available version of those, you can't.