Building a web site

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)

Some web Design Companies in UK and USA linked to us

Some Help Sites

Webbery & Nettery

coolsite101

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

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

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

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.

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

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