Hello there,
Interesting story here to start.
Long time ago i was fortunate enough to meet some very famous singers, a band of 5 sisters who performed with big names like Frank Sinatra and Jerry Lewis and on the Ed Sullivan show and many other shows. I met them through one of their sons as we had a rock band going. I ended up meeting the whole family and they treated me like family. One of their daughters i knew grew up to be a famous Hollywood actress/singer and recently we started to touch base with each other again. It was an extraordinary experience for us, especially for me! There's a slight problem though, and that is that she misses her mother (one of the famous singers) as she passed away. It was some time ago but she still misses her a LOT and she appears to be very troubled over this.
So what she did was start making an album of old songs that her mom and the other sisters used to do with her performing all the songs, and also she wants to start a web site to keep her family legacy alive, and she asked me for help with this.
Not only was i honored that she asked, i'd like to be part of this project as i always wanted to do something for them but didnt know what.
There is just one problem and that is that i didnt program in HTML very much in the past. In fact, the last time i used HTML was probably 10 years ago. I've been programming in other areas like microcontrollers, Windows, ASM, etc. since the 1970's but very little HTML.
Also, i am not sure how long you can get a site to run for. Years? Decades? Centuries?
A side question is, if you had to compare HTML to another type of programming, what would be the closest match?
So the main questions are:
1. How hard would it be to set up a website like say Facebook at the most extreme end of the complexity?
2. How hard is it to learn the HTML required to do a GOOD site, even if not as advanced as Facebook?
3. How do we get a web site that could somehow run for a very very long time, like perhaps lets say 100 years to start?
This last one really has me stumped. I think you call it a 'legacy' web site, but searches dont seem to help with this question too much. As far as i know, web sites have to be paid for every month or something. If the web dues are paid in advance, how do we even know if the site will still exist once we ourselves pass away.
Thanks a LOT for any ideas/suggestions, and if the website gets up and running i would be happy to mention anyone that has given ideas about how to get it going and/or make it better right on the site.
Interesting story here to start.
Long time ago i was fortunate enough to meet some very famous singers, a band of 5 sisters who performed with big names like Frank Sinatra and Jerry Lewis and on the Ed Sullivan show and many other shows. I met them through one of their sons as we had a rock band going. I ended up meeting the whole family and they treated me like family. One of their daughters i knew grew up to be a famous Hollywood actress/singer and recently we started to touch base with each other again. It was an extraordinary experience for us, especially for me! There's a slight problem though, and that is that she misses her mother (one of the famous singers) as she passed away. It was some time ago but she still misses her a LOT and she appears to be very troubled over this.
So what she did was start making an album of old songs that her mom and the other sisters used to do with her performing all the songs, and also she wants to start a web site to keep her family legacy alive, and she asked me for help with this.
Not only was i honored that she asked, i'd like to be part of this project as i always wanted to do something for them but didnt know what.
There is just one problem and that is that i didnt program in HTML very much in the past. In fact, the last time i used HTML was probably 10 years ago. I've been programming in other areas like microcontrollers, Windows, ASM, etc. since the 1970's but very little HTML.
Also, i am not sure how long you can get a site to run for. Years? Decades? Centuries?
A side question is, if you had to compare HTML to another type of programming, what would be the closest match?
So the main questions are:
1. How hard would it be to set up a website like say Facebook at the most extreme end of the complexity?
2. How hard is it to learn the HTML required to do a GOOD site, even if not as advanced as Facebook?
3. How do we get a web site that could somehow run for a very very long time, like perhaps lets say 100 years to start?
This last one really has me stumped. I think you call it a 'legacy' web site, but searches dont seem to help with this question too much. As far as i know, web sites have to be paid for every month or something. If the web dues are paid in advance, how do we even know if the site will still exist once we ourselves pass away.
Thanks a LOT for any ideas/suggestions, and if the website gets up and running i would be happy to mention anyone that has given ideas about how to get it going and/or make it better right on the site.