just a little more help please

hi
i've almost finished my site and will be ready to publish. am i able to finish the last pages while the rest of my site is online -can i edit anything online?

Also do i have to wait till my site is online to be able to add a page of free downloads and a members login page?

many thanks

Yes. Well...depending on your hosting company's rules. But that would be just stupid of them not to allow you to edit your site once it's online. Just upload the new file over your old file.

No. You can always write the code. Putting it online only means that other people in the world can see it.

Okay just going to expand a bit on what Bennett said. Yes you can edit your website after it is online...all you need is a good FTP program like SmartFTP. You can also build you members login and downloads page without having a host. You need to download a web server that will allow you to use databases and PHP pages. I would recommend Xampp. Any Questions?

thankyou for your advice - i'm afraid i do have just a couple of more questions which might sound stupid - ok, i have found a site with a download on that is free and i want to offer it for my site, how exactly do i do this - i m using microsoft front page at the moment and have WS_FTP pro so can i do any of this with these programmes and how do i really do the downloads thing -

am download xampp npw if that is a help
many thanks again

What is the link to the site so I can tell you what to do.

hi jacob - thank you again, but i've somehow just managed to add my first down load to my site and am feeling very pleased with myself and a little excited.

i've still got to figure how to do a members section for my site so if you can offer advice or help with that again i would really apreciate that.

thankyou again

Now you're getting a little more complicated. A members section requires a knowledge of php and internet databases.

ok but is it difficult?

Not really but you still need to understand the language. Have a look at Joe2torials' PHP section ... there's a few good scripts in there as well as an Admin section one

I kinda like the Joe2tutorial site. It is nice, like his code very simple...I like it.