[Closed] Websites. How and erm... How.

Easiest option would be to register some space with a hosting company (e.g. GoDaddy or iPage) and get them to associate your domain(s) with the hosting space.

Then install something like Wordpress which has a very good set of documentation (or use something like Deamweaver if you want to get your hands properly dirty) to build your site(s)

Word press ok for half decent looking stuff? Not just a blog page.

Wordpress can be configured, or developed to look good. Check out themes and have a play around. Its pretty easy.

Stw is run off Wordpress. But run by proper web developers in house.

Check out Moonfruit. I built mine using their platform. Very easy and only costs £4 a month. My site's at www.wild-rides.co.uk.

Depends a bit on what you want to do. I you are showing off a lot of pictures to people all round the world you might want a different sort of site to just a simple description page for a local plumbing business. Describe a bit what you want and I'm sure the folks here will come up with some great suggestions.

Wordpress covers a lot of bases though and I usually find it may be worth buying some sort of beginners guide (remember those - paper books) as I often find a well written book way quicker than trying to wade through lots of random advice on the web

Depends a bit on what you want to do.

It's surprising just how many websites are built with WordPress. A member of my family runs a Web design company and most of their sites are built using it.

I'm currently learning it for an upcoming project.

You should maybe also look at Wix and Weebly if you just want to drag and drop stuff

Just looking for a contact presence and folio type page.

Wordpress is DEFINITELY the way to go because you can install widgets and add-ons to your website directly within the control panel to make it into whatever you want. Also it's *fairly* easy to make the site work 100% on mobile (but be aware some plugins screw up on mobile and will require trial and error). I've just finished putting this simple site together for a mate [url= http://pedalmonkeycycles.co.uk ]http://pedalmonkeycycles.co.uk[/url] (content is WIP.) I've made 2 wp websites before so I'm not brand new to it but it probably took about 8 hours from start to finish. Most of the time was ensuring everything worked perfectly on mobile. If you want to know what any of the plugins I used were just message me.

Download Tomcat and learn HTML....

But honestly, Wordpress is easy to use and you can quite literally get a website up and runnng in 5 minutes.

I'm computer literate but I know almost nothing about building and hosting a website. I own a handful of web addresses as a precaution but might need to construct a web presence. Where on earth do I start? What is the easiest software to build something simple? Mac or PC ( prefer mac). I've realised I really do know nothing about this subject.
Anyone care to enlighten me?

If it's your business, consider investing in someone to build it for you. Even if they just give you a leg up on a Wordpress or Joomla site, it'll save you a bit of bother and get you off on the right foot.

[url=www.wix.com]www.wix.com[/url]

I am barely computer literate yet because it is just click/drag etc (like using word really) I have been able to make this:
[url=www.sconetomongolia.com]www.sconetomongolia.com[/url]

Even with embeded videos and a live satellite tracker map!

It costs under a fiver a month on pay as you go hosting too