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A website is an incredibly easy thing to make. You can use generic hardware to host it, the code is, relatively, human readable and doesn’t require any special software to get started. Zero upstart cost, assuming you have a computer already, and easy to create; but to make a GOOD website takes the skill of a web designer. What I’d like to write in this article is not the skill but the actual nut and bolts, the easy part. The skill of a web designer can be gained along the way. But like everyone picking up a new skill, we much start with the basics. The basics of web design is creating a web page. This article will outline the first step, creating a web page. Future articles I’ll go deeper into web design. To start all we need is a text editor to write the HTML code that makes up the foundation of web pages. When I say text editor I mean a program that edits .txt files, like Notepad on Windows or Text Edit on Mac. (Note: If you do use Text Edit make sure to convert the document to plain text to remove hidden formatting.) Programs like Microsoft Word or OpenOffice are word processors that pack loads of hidden characters in a document making it impossible to use for creating HTML docs; which means don’t use them. Whatever text editor you choose, from the ones coming bundle with the OS, or free ones online that do more advanced features like syntax highlighting, doesn’t matter for this article. Pick one and let’s move onto the next step, actually creating a website. The first step on the journey to being a web designer is to design something! Since this is the first page the design will be very simple, only three lines of rendered text and no color. It isn’t a very good design, but for this article it will be enough. Before we start typing a couple of basic principles of coding in HTML. Future articles will dive deeper into HTML and how to make it do what you see in you head, this article will just briefly touch on it. The basis of a web page is the scripting language HTML. HTML is basically a series of tags that describe how the browser should render the text it surrounds. There are three different kind of tags: 1. Open tag: <tagname> 2. Close tag: </tagname> 3. Self-Terminating tag: <tagname/> If you use an open tag then you have to use a close tag. There are some tags, like <br/> or <img /> that don’t open or close because it isn’t changing text it surrounds, it just adds something into the text stream, like a return character or image. Another quick note about opening and closing tags, they should be closed in the same order as they are opened. For example, if I want the word “Hi” to be bold (<strong>) and and italicized (<em>) then this is how I would do it using HTML tags: <strong><em>Hi</em></strong>. I opened with bold then opened italics, followed by the text that will be styled, then closed italics followed by bold. I closed the tags in the order I opened them. It is important to do this or you start seeing weird things when the browser renders your page. Now that you understand the basics lets make a simple “Hello World” web page. Step 1. Open a new text document, and if prompted, call it “hello.html” Step 2. Type the following lines of code: <html> <head> <title>Simple Website</title> </head> <body> <h1>Hello World</h1> I’m a new web designer<br/> Though I still have a lot to learn! </body> </html> Step 3. Save your document, and name it if you haven’t yet. Step 4. Open a web browser, any will do, and use the Open file command and find the “hello.html” file and open it. Save your first website, fire up a web browser, and then open your masterpiece to see how it looks. Though you aren’t a web designer yet, this is the first step that all web designers went through as well, and now you are one step closer. It may not have been a minute to learn, but you now know the basics of making a web site and in future articles we’ll start the process of mastering this skill. Now start playing around and see what you can come up with. If you see something in your mind, but don’t know how to code it, a quick web search and you’ll find plenty of resources on how to do exactly what you want. In my next article we’ll dive deeper into HTML and how it works. Mykel Hawley started making websites when his friends in high school needed a website for an online game they were playing, over fifteen years ago and now works for a premiere web design firm called Superior Design. He is fueled by his love of online technologies and wants to share his knowledge with as many people as possible. For great examples, or inspiration, checkout Superior Design’s web designs. |
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Isn’t it interesting - most newcomers to Internet Marketing have no idea how to make a website. The funny part is, the so,the called Guru’s and experts tell us that it is not necessary to have your own website, then have us click on a link that takes us where? You guessed it a website. Don’t believe all that you hear, having your own website is vital to your business. Three important reasons to have your own website - Without a a website your visitors won’t find you? If your customers can’t find you, how will you make any money? You need to make money…to have a successful business. If you don’t have a website how will people find you? Today…most people use Google to find information on a product or service they are looking for.They use specific keywords or phrases to describe what they want and without a website you are difficult to find. If you don’t have a website how will you make money? You started an online business to make money…didn’t you? If you don’t have a web presence you won’t make any money Your website is your money in the bank. No website means, no money, which means no business. Are you beginning to see why you need at least a one page site? Making a website is not all that difficult, you really only need one page. Because it seems like such a daunting task, most beginners are terrified as they have no idea where to start. I have been where you are so I know exactly how you feel and… help is on the way. Save yourself a lot of time and money by building a website yourself. By learning this you will be learning a new skill which will give you the knowledge to make any necessary or updates changes. You will not have to depend on others to keep your site up to date. Start learning how to make your own website today. Once you learn the basic skills you will be so proud of yourself. In less than a day you will have designed and published your very first website. About the Author:
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