kodewrita:

just to correct you, there is no need to install iis to access port 80. Just install wamp and open your firewall settings. Open exceptions and allow the wamp service to send and receive traffic on port 80. That's all

kodewrita:

just to correct you, there is no need to install iis to access port 80. Just install wamp and open your firewall settings. Open exceptions and allow the wamp service to send and receive traffic on port 80. That's all

tried dt on vista, bt it didnt work,

.wisepluto:

@Alaribe, tnx 4 that piece, but whilst using joomla, i'd need to install a local server(wamp), am getting chocked there,

what os are you using? If you r using windows, what version? The general method for windows is this: First, install iis, this is the default server for windows, , then install firefox. Installing iis makes the computer open its localhost port, after this, you can uninstall the iis and install wamp, dont forget to select firefox as your default wamp browser, And note that even after uninstalling iis, the inetpub folder in the c directory remains, Please ask questions if you need more help.

you should try using the msi installers, you could go back to source when you get advanced. I recomend that u use A byte of python by Swaroop C. H. It is currently the best python tutorial on the web for biginners, and is actually recomended by the python comunity. It is available at www.swaroopch.com/notes/python. Please feel free to ask questions

Dreamweaver is a WYSIWYG(what you see is what you get) software while joomla is an open source content management program, If you are new in web development, and not ready to hard code a dynamic website, i would advise you to use joomla, which would help you in you php, database management, and even give you access to already created samples, plus it is free, But if you are experienced, and want the fun of hard coding the whole site yourself, dreamweaver or even the basic notepad++ would be ideal for you

it all depends on what you want to do in the tech world, but i'd advice you to start with programming, A language lyk python, would be best for you as a beginner, The advantage of learning programming first is that even networking relies on programming, and with time you could even know a lot about networking when you start programming serial and com ports.
I'm a freelancer and scripter, majoring in php,javascript,python,c++,vbasic and css. The pay in the field is ok when u have experience, but dont forget that there is more to life than your pay check, I program an webdesign for fullfilment. The fullfilment comes when you've succeeded in beating a challenge you made against yourself