Help knowledge of creating websites is not good

[Oliver_FF]

i feel that i leat him down as when i was in the USA on some my health issues he helped me and my mom as she doesn't speak english. i'm crying right now as i was unable to help him when he needed. i can't explane how I feel I let him down. i feel like a jeark or an asshole.

I wouldn't get too upset over it - I'm sure that he can understand if you're not in a position to help him. Look at it this way - if you had said Yes and done your best you might have helped, but the chances are you may not have done... In which case he would have just missed a deadline and look like a fool, and you will regret it even more for letting him down when it really mattered.

 

[mtosev]

Me again.

Hi . he said to me that if I can try to do it.

he needs something like this: imastonline.com.

?

 

[DaedalusHelios]

Me again.

Hi . he said to me that if I can try to do it.

he needs something like this: imastonline.com.

?

Thats a design that looks like it might take a beginner a while, but it is definately not complicated atleast.

Give it a shot!

Read a guide on HTML.

 

[mtosev]

Thats a design that looks like it might take a beginner a while

What do you mean by that?

 

[DaedalusHelios]

What do you mean by that?

I mean that if you haven't made a website before that you generally start with something a little less complicated. But you could definately do it. Just not in an evening probably.

 

[P4-630]

You could download adobe dreamweaver, you can use it free for 30 days..


Good luck if you still do it..

 

[Kreij]

@mtosev : Here are a couple of comments.

You said that this person helped you and that you feel that you are letting him down.
Don't feel that way. No one can expect another to help with something they know nothing, or very little about. Perhaps there will be something you can help him with in the future that is more in your area of expertise.

You said that you do some programming. What kind? HTML is not hard to learn, but some of the things that he asked for are pretty advanced and may require more than just straight-up HTML knowledge.

We WILL help you if you need it. If you try this, tell him that you cannot give him a definite date when it will be done, and that you will do your best, but there are no gaurantees. He will appreciate your honesty. If he needs it done quick, do a little research and suggest a company that can fulfill his requirements. He will appreciate this also. Either way, in the end you will be helping him.

 

[mtosev]

Visual Basic

 

[Kreij]

What you could try, mtosev, is download the express (free) editions of Microsoft's VB and Web Dev. You could develop the site using the Web Dev IDE without having to know much HTML and you could write some of the advanced functionallity in VB. Web Dev integrates seamlessly with all of the MS languages (C#, C++, VB, etc.)

If you do try it, post your code so we can all learn from what you do