Build Your Own Website?

Thinking of building your own small business website?

If you’re a novice, first time builder, you’ll have a number of options available.

Website hosting is another matter entirely. It is really best, if you don’t already have your site complete, have a very good idea of what the finished site will be before shopping for hosting.

In this article, I’ll focus on the various ways you can create a web site.  Here are a few of the most common aids you may find useful or interesting.

Do-It-Yourself - Website Design Software

There are 2 kinds of “do-it-yourself” options, design programs and online site builders. Design programs vary widely in both scope and complexity.For a simple, static site, an easy-to-use editor with a limited feature set might be best to begin with.

More complicated sites may require more complex,  more expensive solutions. Personal preference is the most common factor in choosing a web design program, so it’s difficult to say that there’s an industry standard design package. You’ll have software that will help you  design websites,  including Dreamweaver from Macromedia/Adobe, and FrontPage, from Microsoft.

Dreamweaver is a powerful, complex software with a pretty steep learning curve.  FrontPage is more of a beginner level design software, but it  compromises a great deal of quality. codewise, to keep it simple.

Also, quite a number of web design programs can be found on the web as “freeware” and “shareware”.

Search through the various file repositories such as “download.com” and you’ll find a wealth of alternate choices, far too many to list here. If possible, test them out first before buying, because you may find one you enjoy using and are more comfortable using.

If you’d like to go the extra mile and learn HTML code, your design software options may include something simple like a text editor. You can use programs like Notepad to design your websites.

Learning HTML may be a bit more daunting than learning a simple web design program, but the benefitsare huge, even if you still choose to use a more advanced, graphical editor. Having an understanding of basic html will make your design work much easier.

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