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Basic Web Site Design
I have come across a lot of questions out there today, about what are the basic web site design steps a person needs to build a website?
So I wanted to talk about that today.
There are so many different ways to answer a question like this, you can learn html, get a free or paid template and just type what you want, hire a designer to build one for you, take courses at your local university, spend months or years learning all the HTML, CSS, PHP, and more. The list goes on and on…
but in actuality you don’t have to go through all these hoops just to put a website online.
In fact, you can have a nice professional looking website up and online by the end of the day just by following some very basic steps on web site design.
Now I’ve already written a lot about these steps in other posts and reports, so the first and most important step you need to take is ACTION!!!!
I’m not going to get into step by steps right now, I am working on that for everyone, right now though you need to not procrastinate any longer and just get the tools you need, the information you need, and just DO IT!!!
There is a right and wrong way to build a website, but you’ll never learn if you don’t take action today.
If you are looking to just build a simple website to share photos and stuff with family and friends, then I highly recommend my ebook Introduction to the Basics of Web Designing inside you’ll be taken by the hand with screenshots and easy to understand steps to have a website up and online.
If you are looking to make some money and start your own Internet business then I highly recommend Erik Stafford’s The Faster Webmaster I have found that Erik Stafford definitely knows what he is talking about when it comes to building a foundation to work on to build a professional business on the Internet.
And if you are interested in putting videos on your website, there is an outstanding product out there that will show you how in 10 minutes to put videos on your website easily, get your hands on The Video Web Wizard today.
Now I’ve given you 3 great options above to get started, now it’s up to you on which one best fits your skill level and needs.
So remember, there are only a few things that you must have in order to put a website up today!
And the right tutorial:
- For simple and easy to follow step by step tutorial get Introduction to the Basics of Web Design
- For simple and easy to follow step by step for building an Internet Business get The Faster Webmaster
- To put videos on your website in only 10 minutes get The Video Web Wizard
There all the information you need right now to get your website up and online today!
And of course this blog, where I’ll be posting up to date information for you to help with your website designing.
What is holding you back?
Let me know what your issues are below in the comments and I’ll be glad to address them here on the blog or in private.
Until next time,
Laura Miller
Lauras Basics to Web Designing
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5 Simple Steps to Build a Custom Website of Your Own
I see way too often folks just getting a free or paid template and adding some text to it
and stating they have a custom website. This is not true; they do no have a custom website.
To have a custom website you have to build it yourself or have a web designer build it for
you. Either way, it must be unique and fit your personality.
There are many things to take into consideration when you build a custom website; there are domain names, hosting, FTP software and more. Now these things are relatively cheap or no cost so don’t get caught up into that.
Here are some simple to follow steps to build a custom website:
#1 – Get your own domain name and make it unique to your website. Choose the right domain name to match what your website is about
#2 – Get good and reliable hosting. Too many times I come across folks so just don’t understand this and get any hosting then find themselves trying to switch. Check hosting companies out carefully. The number one thing you must be sure of is their support, if they have good reliable support you should be fine.
#3 – Your Graphics, now as much as you might hear that graphics will make your website more professional looking and better, this just isn’t always true any more. You do not need graphics on your website to make it work. Yes, you can have graphics on your website, but keep them simple, like the cover of your product if you are selling one, a picture of yourself, you can have a simple header at the top but it is not necessary. I have found that I get more subscribers without the header 
#4 – Your layout keep your layout simple and easy to use. Your navigation should be on the left hand side, as this is where most people look for it since it has always been there on all other websites or across the top. Don’t change what works! Make sure your categories are easy to understand for your visitors, don’t use fancy wording that they might not understand be clear to what each category is.
#5 – Content! This is the biggest part of your website and you have to be sure you are delivering quality content. Keep your content short and to the point. Make bullets to have the important parts stand out. Make short 3 or 4 sentence paragraphs. Have sub headlines in the middle of your pages there are a lot of people out there today that just scan webpages. Make sure you tell your visitors Exactly what you want them to do and how they can do it.
There you go 5 simple steps to build a custom website, put these to use and you can have your very own custom website in no time at all. Building websites today is easier than ever, since there aren’t many people anymore that care about graphics and fancy flash sites, they are more apt to leave your page with that stuff on it then actually read your site.
If you’d like to learn more about website designing I strongly recommend ‘Introduction to the Basics to Webdesign’ this ebook will walk you through step by step in building a website.
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