You want to get a presence online. You want to tell the world about yourself and your family, start an online business, promote your business or just for the fun of it! You do not want to spend a vast fortune on your online presence but you want to create a good looking website. The good news is that it is possible to create web pages with a real wow factor using just a free website builder. Find out how ...
You can start with just your computer!
You can get your website started using just your computer. To create a website in this way you will have to write your pages using HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language - but do not worry about that!). HTML is the standard way that web pages are coded for transmission to any computer in the world. Your web browser takes an HTML file and turns it into the image you see on the screen.
Learning and using HTML may sound pretty daunting at first - and there is a large learning curve to get started. But it's not impossible. Try this:
Open a text editor on your computer (eg Notepad or Wordpad if you're on a PC) and type in Hello - that's all you'll need. The trick is to save this file using "save as", select "all files" in the "save as type" box and save it as test.html. When you look at the folder where you've saved the file, you should see your file showing up as an HTML document. When you double click on this document, it will open in your web browser and display the word Hello on a white background - you're first webpage!
... Of course things get a bit more difficult when you want to create a good looking page with an attractive layout and lots of graphics!
Luckily there's a load of free resources on the internet - including several excellent HTML primers - that can help you to learn to do everything you want to do. Just set aside a good chunk of time for learning.
The benefits of learning HTML are:
* You will get a good understanding of how web pages really work
* There are time when being able to tweak a page directly is by far the fastest way to get the result you want!
Use A WYSWIG editor
Just like the word processor you use on your computer, there are What You See is What You Get (WYSWIG) editors for HTML documents. You may have been put off in the past by the high price tag of industrial strength products. The good news is that there are some excellent new products around that you can download for free from the internet.
While these free products do not have all the features of the expensive commercial products, I have test driven one or two of them and I have found that they are perfectly OK to create good quality websites. The benefits of a WSYWIG editor are
* You do not have to learn HTML if you do not want to.
* You can create good looking web pages quickly - I've put together pages literally in minutes!
* Some of the editors come with very helpful video tutorials that cover all the important stuff you need to know to create professional looking websites
* Good editors have facilities to help you manage an entire website
* If you do decide to familiarize yourself with HTML, good editors will include a facility that lets you look at the HTML you've created
Perhaps the only disadvantage of using a WYSWYG editor from day one of your online career is that you may never find out how to tweak a web page by editing the HTML - but that's a small price to pay for the overall convenience of using an editor!
Summary
You can create a good looking, professional website without having to spend a penny on expensive software to help you. It's possible to start with just your computer and a bit of determination, teach yourself HTML and build a website from the ground up.
If you do not relish the learning curve you'll need to get familiar with HTML, you can download a free WYSWIG editor and get started within minutes! I've tried both and I would recommend you start with a good WYSWIG editor such as My Free Website Builder [http://makemoneynowonline.fishfile.info/free-website-builder/]. You can use it to create your own high quality, professional looking website.
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