There's always emacs and straight up html ;-J Seriously, you might look into a VPS (~= $10/mnth) running Apache and just build the pages out of html. They won't be pretty and interactive, but they will be small, simple, and a good learning experience. There's lots of text and even html editors so he wouldn't have to use emacs (but he could use it to write in ConTeXt or LaTeX to export to html). You could make the website about and for your entire family with your grandson responsible for his pages.
Speaking of emacs, I don't think I shared this on this list - <http://www.dadhacker.com/blog/?p=2357> Alternately, you might suggest to your grandson that he build a page about his interest on Wikipedia (if it doesn't already exist). I was recently reading the Wikipedia page about amphibians of New Mexico <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amphibians_of_New_Mexico> (I was looking for a description and picture of the Woodhouse toads that dine under our redneck entertainment center). Ray Parks Consilient Heuristician/IDART Old-Timer V: 505-844-4024 M: 505-238-9359 P: 505-951-6084 NIPR: [email protected] SIPR: [email protected] (send NIPR reminder) JWICS: [email protected] (send NIPR reminder) On Sep 11, 2015, at 6:36 AM, Gary Schiltz wrote: > If the website is the goal, rather than a tool for learning web development, > then one of the sites like wix.com have drag-and-drop editors built in. The > site mentioned is hosted on weebly.com, so would be an obvious choice. > > On Thursday, September 10, 2015, Nick Thompson <[email protected]> > wrote: > Dear Friammers, > > > > My grandson was inspired by this website, > > > > http://www.reptilesofcolorado.com/amphibians-of-colorado.html > > > > to want to do a website of his own, and asked for my help. I have done three > Websites in my time, the most recent a few years ago using Google Sites. I > found it adequate for my needs, but Google has the attention span of a gnat, > and I assume they have not changed it and that a lot has changed in the > environment since I last used it. > > > > So, I am asking if anybody out there recommends a simple website development > tool, preferably free but not necessarily free, on which I could help him > develop a site. For his age (12) he is remarkable nature artist and a pretty > good photographer, so it cannot be a kiddie thing. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > N > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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