Hi Timothy,

The simple answer to your question is, nope. You can't just design your website 
on cards and have it convert to a website-- wouldn't that be cool if you could!

Websites are typically created from HTML, CSS, and sometimes serverside 
scripting which helps fill in the dynamic portions of the website. Sometimes 
database calls also need to be made as well.

You can use LC for the serverside scripting, but you'll still need to do the 
HTML and CSS for the look and feel for your website. If this is all a bit 
complicated, you may want to try some of the self serve website builders 
available out there. Many of them require no previous knowledge of HTML, CSS, 
or scripting whatsoever

Chipp Walters
CEO, Shafer Walters Group, Inc

On Aug 26, 2011, at 8:54 PM, Timothy Miller <gand...@doctortimothymiller.com> 
wrote:

> Hi Kee,
> 
> I probably don't understand your reply. You overestimated my intelligence ;-)
> 
> Maybe it's LiveCode Server I want to know about.
> 
> I don't know how to set up and maintain my own server. Probably a bad idea to 
> try to learn. Will others do this for me for a fee?
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 26, 2011, at 6:47 PM, Kee Nethery wrote:
> 
>> There is a stack from Andre that is a web server. You can hit it with a get 
>> or a post and it will process whatever you have scripted and then return a 
>> result. I run in on a port other than 80 because I don't want to disable 
>> Apache (remember it is it's own web server). The big disadvantage is that it 
>> is one user at a time. Command comes in and gets replied to before the next 
>> command can come in and get processed. The big advantage is that I can run 
>> it in the IDE and step through the code. 
>> 
>> I'm attempting to learn LiveCode Server specifically because it is more like 
>> a "normal" CGI. The commands come into Apache and Apache handles the 
>> juggling of all the connections. More mainstream, more industrial, but way 
>> less documentation and examples.
>> 
>> Kee Nethery
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 26, 2011, at 6:09 PM, Timothy Miller wrote:
>> 
>>> Greetings,
>>> 
>>> I have a vague notion that it's possible to write LC stacks in such a way 
>>> that they function as websites. If I'm not mistaken, one or more Internet 
>>> Service Providers support this functionality. I think there's a name for 
>>> it, but I can't remember.
>>> 
>>> Is this true?
>>> 
>>> I've got a shabby looking professional website I put together using a 
>>> primitive HTML editor in some ancient version of HTML. It needs upgrading.
>>> 
>>> I do know how to use LiveCode moderately well. Without much effort, I could 
>>> make a LiveCode stack that would look and act in the way I want my website 
>>> to look and act. I suppose it might be possible to make it all shiny like a 
>>> WordPress template, though I don't know how at the moment.
>>> 
>>> Is it really so easy as that? Is it reasonable to suppose that this is the 
>>> simplest and most cost-effective way for me to upgrade my website?
>>> 
>>> I've looked at alternatives -- professional website designers, WordPress 
>>> templates, drag and drop software. All present problems.
>>> 
>>> What does hosting cost? Any important limitations or gotchas? What are the 
>>> chances the LiveCode method will still be supported five years from now?
>>> 
>>> Where do I learn more?
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Tim
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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