Website Creation Help

[ziloflow]

I was looking to build a website and had previously really liked the look of linustechtips.com but I was wondering how to make a website like this one. Any ideas??

[tp95112]

Squarespace or learn html

[ziloflow]

Just now, tp95112 said:

Squarespace or learn html

thanks bro, is this how this website was made???

[tp95112]

2 minutes ago, ziloflow said:

thanks bro, is this how this website was made???

I  believe they use VBulletin and built on it themselves

[minibois]

17 minutes ago, ziloflow said:

thanks bro, is this how this website was made???

14 minutes ago, tp95112 said:

I  believe they use VBulletin and built on it themselves

This website is actually built upon IPB(v4)/the IPS community suite. Hence the 'Community Software by Invision Power Services, Inc.' at the bottom of the page.

[tp95112]

Just now, Minibois said:

This website is actually built upon IPB(v4)/the IPS community suite. Hence the 'Community Software by Invision Power Services, Inc.' at the bottom of the page.

Oh right, they started with VBulletin and switched 

[maneksameer]

well, being a developer myself I can say that first thing you need is solid html, css and JS skills to create the UI

 

on that you might require a scripting and backend like JS, PHP, python, Java, etc

 

last you need to create a DB. you can use either of these: mysql or PGSql

 

if you want to make things more fancy, and scale the platform you may use redis to cache your DB query and results, mongoDB or other no-sql platforms backend caching or running as back-up while your original DB is under maintainance.

 

later you need a server to run the site on. I recommend Digital Ocean / AWS / Google cloud for VPS solution. but please go with a reliable VPS solution. Some other basic stuff to handle VPS would be :

 

1. should know how to operate on bash shell and linux

2. installing packages (its quite simple these days)

3. install configure your apache/nginx server

4. installing DB engine

5. installing backend services like PHP/Python/Ruby .. (depends on what you are using)

[LogicalDrm]

Like @Minibois said, this one uses IPB4 with lot of customization. Company site uses SquareSpace.