{"id":7415,"date":"2009-10-16T11:16:03","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T15:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=7415"},"modified":"2021-06-28T13:30:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T17:30:25","slug":"start","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/websites\/www\/non-wordpress\/start\/","title":{"rendered":"Before You Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before creating a static content (non-WordPress) website, it is important that you understand the basics of HTML and CSS, as the two essential technologies used on all websites.<\/p>\n<p>Information Services &amp; Technology does not offer trainings or support for custom HTML and CSS, but many tutorials and classes are available online. For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/computing\/computer-programming\/html-css\">Khan Academy&#8217;s Intro to HTML\/CSS<\/a> covers basic usage with interactive exercises.<\/p>\n<p>If you are not comfortable working with HTML and CSS, we strongly recommend that you use <a href=\"\/tech\/services\/cccs\/websites\/www\/wordpress\/\">WordPress<\/a> for your website. WordPress automates much of the HTML creation, and IS&amp;T is available to support you in creating your content.<\/p>\n<p>You can create a static content site using any software you&#8217;re comfortable using. IS&amp;T recommends using <a href=\"\/tech\/services\/cccs\/websites\/www\/non-wordpress\/start\/dreamweaver\/\">Adobe Dreamweaver<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before creating a static content (non-WordPress) website, it is important that you understand the basics of HTML and CSS, as the two essential technologies used on all websites. Information Services &amp; Technology does not offer trainings or support for custom HTML and CSS, but many tutorials and classes are available online. For example, Khan Academy&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1303,"featured_media":0,"parent":242,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7415"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135832,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7415\/revisions\/135832"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}