Starting a Website Starting a website, whether it's a personal or business website, doesn't require that you to spend huge sums of money. You don't need to start by purchasing expensive web design software packages or web server space. Tools and skills for Starting your own Website: Recommended Approach There are many aspects to building a website and it is easy to feel overwhelmed by all of the technology and the offers which you probably don't really understand anyway. Start slowly and don't expect to be an expert after a week. Don't buy all the ebooks or books and spend the next 6 months reading. Begin by starting with the basics and build step by step. There is no need to start learning the details of website promotion until you have a website to promote! There is no need to start learning about PHP or JavaScript unless you are going to write them! Only learn what you need to learn to progress on to the next step. After 3 months you will be amazed at what you have learned. Many websites recommend that you purchase a domain name, and web space very quickly. Most people who do this then go on to abandon their project as they struggle to get to grips with HTML, Web page editing etc. My recommended approach is for you to build the necessary technical knowledge and skills as you need them and only purchase what you need when you are ready to proceed. Before you actually start you need a basic understanding of the common terms so you are able to distinguish a website from a web server. This is covered in Website Basics . Once you are happy with that you can start creating web pages and linking them together etc by following the make your own website course (available to newsletter subscribers). The course is intended to cover the technical aspects involved with building a basic website. How Much Technical Knowledge do You Need? It's very easy to go overboard learning the latest web technologies, just as easy as it is to be totally put off by them. The reality is that you need very little technical knowledge and certainly no more than the average person can grasp. Did I write this page in HTML? No of course not! Could I? Probably but it would take me days and not minutes. As an analogy you don't need to be an electrician to learn how to wire a plug or a seamstress to sow on a button. That is the the technical level you need to be able to use HTML and other web technologies. Persistence Starting a website isn't difficult, but it does require time, effort and above all perseverance. You can't make your website in day, not even a week. You will definitely take many months. Related Articles and Resources:
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Starting a Website
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