How To Find the Website Building Tools
This area seems to be frustrating to so many folks. Just how and where do you find the proper tools to build your website? There are soo many different answers to this question and I have found that it isn’t always on what are the proper tools, as much as what YOU feel the most comfortable with.
There are a lot of web designers out there that swear by Frontpage and/or Dreamweaver, and then there are others that build their websites completely in Notepad or with a simple HTML editor, so what is the best way to build your website?
This completely does depend on you and what level you are at.
I personally use a HTML editor called Kompozer I have used many others throughout the years, but I have found that I personally, perfer to see what I am doing while I am doing it and I don’t have this big budget to purchase things like Frontpage and/or Dreamweaver and have found that a simple no cost HTML editor such as Kompozer does the job just fine.
With any new type of software there is always a learning curve to go through, but I have found not only for myself but for some I have taught, that the simple HTML editors that you can download free, work just as good as anything else out there.
Now keep in mind, I’m discussing building a website, Not designing graphics or that stuff.
With these editors you do not have to know much at all about HTML or how things work, but it is highly recommended you at least know some basic HTML, which will not take you years or months to learn.
So for the tools that you need to have in place to build a website -
1. An HTML editor of some sort. I highly recommend you give Kompozer a try, it’s free and it’s easy to use
2. You will need an FTP program, so you can take what you saved to your hard drive and move it to your hosting account. For more information on FTP you can read my article at How to get your website online
3. You should also get an autoresponder so you can collect your prospects information to build that list! Now I’ve used free and paid companies, and have come to the conclusion that the paid way is the way to go! So if you need to get your hands on a good autoresponder I highly recommend Aweber!
4. Of course you will need hosting and there I recommend Hostgator
5. Then of course a domain name which you can get at Godaddy
There you go 5 important tools you need to have, at no cost to little cost to get your first website online and collecting information or sales for you.
Until next time Take Action!
Laura Miller
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Just What is the Difference between Hosting and a Server?
I’ve been asked recently by a few folks about just what is the difference between getting a hosting account and getting an actual server?
So I decided that there were probably others out there that probably would like to know too.
Okay, a hosting account is where you website will live, like your house that you live in. You get so much space to put your website content and you can usually get your own email address. Your hosting account space and bandwidth.
Well what is bandwidth:
- it is how much space is accessed by people going to your website
- how many times things are downloaded from your website
- and many other things as well
I suggest if you really need to know, you go a Google search to learn. I am not that techy inclined
But for the hosting verses server, most users only need a hosting account to get started. Hosting accounts are much easier to use and understand. You can get hosting packages that are unlimited domain names, bandwidth, space, etc… but keep in mind please, that nothing is unlimited!
For a server, you have a lot more to deal with, you can add your domain to the server yourself, and set up how much bandwidth and space that domain name gets. It is much more complicated for most beginners, but as time goes on, it might be something to look into.
There are benefits to having a server, which you do pay monthly for just like with a hosting account, when you purchase a new domain name and add it to your server, it is usually instant that your website will be live. While, with just a hosting account, when you purchase a new domain name and then get the hosting, it can take up to 48 hours before you website is online.
Over at Hostgator.com they have many packages available and are outstanding. They packages for the absolute newest person to the more advanced user. Their reseller package is very easy to set up and use, and you can have a lot of domain names there, once you get past the techy part of it, but the support at Hostgator will walk you through everything step by step.
Just remember one thing here, if you are pretty new to hosting and websites, and dns, and ftp things, keep to the hosting packages for now, it’s not worth the learning curve. Once your website is up and running and you’re doing good, then, and only then, would I look into getting a reseller account or as some call it, a shared server or dedicated server. Keep in mind, these are much more expensive too, so please do your research.
I hope this helps some of you understand the difference between hosting and server.
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Have a great day
Laura
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