There's lots
of options available. Some web hosts offer an online webpage creator. On the
computer there's programs such as Frontpage. Xsite Pro is becoming a favourite
of lots of for generating sites quickly & basically. From what I have seen,
while it seems to work it creates some ugly html code. I don't know if that is
causing any issues or not. Also check out a free program offered by nvu.com. Link
on the resource page.
Web design
is an ongoing process. For some it comes simpler than to others. I have been
working in web design for over 12 years & am still learning new things. I
have chiefly used Dreamweaver & Go Live for web design. But I am always looking
for an simpler & faster way to do it.
There's a
lot of application programs that will automatically generate pages & pages
of content for you. The issue with these programs is they generate hundreds if
not thousands of pages of duplicate content. They leave fingerprints that tell
the search engines this page was machine generated which make it simple for the
search engine to locate these pages & ban them.
For those
not well versed in web design you may be tempted to buy pre-made templates.
They can work but you still need to know to be able to go in & make changes
to personalize it to your site. Don't be fooled in to "push button web
design" One time you are locked in to someone else's design it makes it
harder to personalize it to your liking & all of a sudden your sites look
like a hundred of others. Spend some time getting to know at least the basics,
take apart other web pages to see how they are built. Every web designer has
completed this at time or another to learn new tricks & techniques.
Make sure
you web pages have correct meta tags, & titles. With out a title your page
won't get indexed & relevant AdSense ads won't be generated. There is much
theory as to relevance of meta tags, titles etc. There is a necessity for h1
tags & where they are placed. As search engines spider you site your most
important keywords ought to be set in h1 tags. These are the first steps to
search engine optimization. Web developmentMost
of my sites tend to be basic so they don't take hundreds of hours to generate.
I always start with generating graphics
for my site. I highly recommend Photoshop Elements for generating your
graphics. The higher priced version of Photoshop is an graphic industry
standard. Photoshop Elements gives you lots of of the same features for a much
lower cost.
One time you
have your net site created, you need to check the hell out of it. Make sure all
of your links are working. Make sure your forms & e-mail work the way you
need them to. Check it out in a couple different browsers to make sure it is as
cross platform compatible as feasible.
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