The Dummies' Guide On How To Build A Simple Webpage In 30 Minutes

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Learn How To Design Your Own Websites And Never Have To Rely On Me Again

Learning to create your own websites is one of the most satisfying things you can do, and I don't mean writing an entry in a blog...

Take the plunge and learn how to write your own sites, let your creativity loose!

The easiest way ever is here:

X-Site Pro Site Designer 

As a professional web designer I never thought that I would be singing the praises of this sort of program... But it is just so cool.

As an experiment I used X-Site Pro to create my latest membership site from scratch, and it took me about a fifth of the time that it would have taken with DreamWeaver!

See The Result Here  The best work is inside the protected members area (sorry)

The alternative is to take a deep breath and get stuck in to some serious learning with DreamWeaver or FrontPage. The latter is the easier of the two but not quite as proficient with the serious stuff.

There are thousands of templates available online that can be used with any of these programs to get you off to a good start .

Or be really lazy and hire me :-)

Great rates and prompt service, I also supply web hosting

Creative Web Hosting Services

 

Some Of The Web Design Options Available 

From Free To Commercial

There are several ways to make a website, but all of them cost either time or money or both.

You can either hire a professional designer (me)to create a site for you or build the site on your own and never depend on other people for making websites.

Here are the easy tips to get you started.

Take the quick and easy route

Use a site builder to create a web site from scratch.

Now, as a professional designer myself, I wouldn't normally touch a site builder with a bargepole (strange saying... wonder where it came from?), but then again, not all site builders are the same. It took me years to learn all I know about building websites, but you may not have that luxury. For someone just starting out, getting all the help you can is very important. So what you need are online website builders. You can get your hands on them easily.

There are several types of website builders:

Online Website Builders

There are tens of thousands of online site builders out there and all come packed with various features. Some of the ones I've come across are all-in-one web site builders that give you hosting, a domain name, and every other tool under the sun.

But there are lots of things you will notice if you try to compare most of them.

You can't complain about free website builders because they're free, but some of the commercial site makers I've seen would make you cringe.

They are complicated to use, redundant, most are not built to give a website a fighting chance, and are ultimately useless. Learning how to make a website with such a builder is frankly frustrating and not worth the trouble.

There are many commercial website makers out there that are half-way decent. But first, let's look at why you would pay for a builder to make a website.

If you need to create a simple website for your family and friends, then I suggest you look at free options such as creating a blog. However, if you plan to sell your products online or attract people to a web site about something you feel passionate about and make it wildly popular, then it's important to look at a website builder that can really help you achieve your goals.

Or you take the option of using one of the many commercially available web design programs such as DreamWeaver, FrontPage or X-Site Pro. Check out the links at the start of this lense for more info.

You don't really want to make a website that's forgotten about as quickly as it was made so choose your design program carefully, and then take the time to learn some of the techniques needed to make your sites sticky.... more on that in a later lens

Recommended Reading 

Whne You Need A Little More Help

The Principles of Beautiful Web Design

Amazon Price: $26.37 (as of 12/22/2009) Buy Now

Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics

Amazon Price: $29.69 (as of 12/22/2009) Buy Now

Neuro Web Design: What Makes Them Click?

Amazon Price: $16.49 (as of 12/22/2009) Buy Now

Web Design in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly))

Amazon Price: $23.09 (as of 12/22/2009) Buy Now

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