So i am creating a website, but i am new and do not have a lot of knowledge. I want to create a site where i would ad new product content on the main page everyday. I do not want my page to be thousands of pixels in height. What type of script or software could i use to have it when my page gets so much content, a new page is created with a link at the bottom saying "next" or "page 2" What is this called? Archiving? I have no idea. I just want something very simple with no fancy addons. I have looked into e-commerce software but is way more detailed than i need. I do not plan to sell products. I just want to display the best deals from my affiliates in a list format with the newest additions up top. E-commerce software seemed too restrictive and hard to manage SEO. I do not need shopping-carts, check-out, shipping, etc. Thanks
It's called pagination (at least I think it is!). You might want to consider using Wordpress. You could simply add a new post (e.g product) whenever you want. Your index page will list the latest additions, and will have a Previous and Next button on the bottom of the page. You also get the advantage of being able to group your products into categories if you want. Wordpress can also set the number of posts (products) that you display on the front page. So you can limit it to 1, or 3, or whatever.
I have never used wordpress and i do not know much about them, How would i get started to begin setting something like that up? It seems like they want you to create stuff on there site. Can i download and setup on my on server and website? Is there a nice tutorial for setting up my own wordpress site that can be customized?
There's two sides to the Wordpress coin: www.wordpress.com and www.wordpress.org Wordpress.com offers a 'free hosted' version of Wordpress, which is useless for anything except a personal blog. BUT, on the other hand... you can download your own copy of Wordpress (from www.wordpress.org) and install it on your own server. This then enables you to install all sorts of themes, plugins, and widgets - or if you know a bit of PHP, you can hack it to do whatever you want. It's really simple to install. Just download the lastest version, and read the documentation. Wordpress.org has a TON of info about installation, tweaking, trouble shooting etc...
wordpress/joomla/drupal any relatively simple CMs will do what you want plus a lot of the other technical stuff for you