Well this is certainly original... Created 19 years ago2005-09-21 17:33:45 UTC by Soup Miner

Ok check this. Since I don't know how to write html and I wouldn't be willing to learn it any other way than a class at school I've decided to convert my website to a Visual BASIC program. You will download it from the front page of the web-website. Updates to the website will be done in the program, all you' need to do to see the update is click the updated link to the update website program. All web-related links such as downloads will work from the program. How cool is that?

Oh the wonders of downloading strange .exes off the web...

Um... don't see anything.

VB is not a substitute for you being too lazy to write (X)HTML... w3schools. Some good shi', ma homie.

Well I had a class in VB last year and have a second level class in it this year so i figured I might as well do something with it. And since templates are looked down upon... eh eh eh?

Strange downloadsof exes. Yeah it'll probably reduce my hits quite a bit but I'll put tons of messages telling people its a safe download. Even if people still don't trust me I like this new method of approach. I'm getting tired of using the web builder.

Really, though, make a real website.

That sounds like a bad idea.

..downloading strange .exes

I quite agree!

Personally, I'm gone when a site requires a program to install. You won't get my visit then.

The thing about a plain old html website is: everyone with a half-decent browser can view it. It isn't too hard to learn either. Once you get the hang of it, you don't need no templates anymore, either.
Steam, for example, pops up a news-window every now and then. Guess what? It's a html page... no matter how you program, you will still need some sort of markup language to get anywhere, unless you're satisfied with plain text and images.

Hey, why not write a html editor in VB if you want to do something with it anyway?

Is everyone understanding this correctly? Sounds like some of you misunderstand whats going to happen, you'll get it when you see it trust me. Your browser type will have nothing to do with viewing the website.

WORST IDEA EVER.

Your browser type will have nothing to do with viewing the website.

I understand, and I was pointing out that was one of the problems with your idea. Few people would download a new program just to view someone's site (let alone to view a program that tries to be a site) while they can visit other sites without having to download anything new as anyone already has a browser.
Why don't you just learn html and make use of that fact?