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getting going

Tips on Web Design services

  • Pick a company local to you so you can talk to them (at least in same country!)
  • Get a variety of quotes
  • Using templates can make it cheaper (less design work)
designers

Some web Design Companies in UK and USA linked to us

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Tips on web editors

  • Start with an easy to use one like FrontPage
  • Stay away from HTML editors until you have experience
  • You can get tuition on the most popular editors
  • Some editors have built in FTP to upload to the web
  • You will need an art program such as Fireworks, Paintshop Pro or Paint.net
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Tips on Getting Online

  • Many hosting companies will sell you domain name. This makes it easier
  • Get a hosting company with good online control panel
  • Telephone support is expensive and not available on cheaper packages

 

What you will need to get going

If you want your own site you have two choices. Either choice means you do NOT have to learn HTML code from which pages are built!

  • Get somebody to build it for you. You will need to find a web designer.
  • Build it yourself - you can do this online with help or use a web editor offline

 

 

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Web Building Services

There are a huge number of web design companies who will charge you for you site. Typically you will pay in UK about £100 a page or more from large companies, much less from smaller outfits.


You can find these companies from computer mags or by doing a simple search for 'web design' in a search engine.

Look at our web design service Webdevonline.co.uk

 

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Build it yourself - Sites and Resources

There are some sites that give you help and advice to help you  to build sites online

There are good resources in magazines and articles about web building.

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Programs for Web Builders

There are numerous programs available for building web pages. See details of some of these programs for you to use on your site.

  Most programs are WISIWYG and you do not need to learn the HTML that codes the pages. You do however need to understand how to construct pages.


Have a look at our specialist web building site. This site concentrates on the two most commonly used web editors Dreamweaver and FrontPage.
Here you can learn how to build effective pages from scratch.   Webdevonline.org

 

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Getting your site online

You will need the following things to get your web site online.
  • A domain name (www.mysite....)
  • A hosting company - you will need to pay a company to store your web site on their servers
  • An FTP program - a File Transfer Program to move your web pages to the hosting server
See information on Uploading your site to the Internet
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