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

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