Step 3 of our Online Small Business Tutorial
"You can learn web site design and build your own web site if you choose to."
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- First you will need some good tutorials about writing HTMLand it would be great if you mix in some time for CSS.I have included links to a couple of the best web sites that I've found , just click on the one you want to start with.
- Next you will need some software. I have found the best place for free software on the internet and you can find that wonderful place here.Just click on "Freeware" then look at the section called "Web Authoring" and there you will find some good "HTML editors" just check out a couple and see which one you like the best. I bought my software before I knew about all the great free stuff out there."Live and learn" as they say.
- The next thing you will want to do is find somewhere to "host" your web site.A web host is where all your files including text and pictures , or graphics are stored. There are many free places to do this but they put advertisements at the top of every page that really slows everything down and is kind of annoying but hey, it's free! The two I used when I first got started were "Tripod" and "Yahoo Geocities".Now that I do this for a living I use paid web hosting that gives me the power I need and the "uptime" that I must have. Some web hosts are bad about not loading your web page when someone tries to click on it...that's called "downtime".You always want to be available when someone wants you so uptime is very important.
- After you have done all of the above it is time to learn about SEO (search engine optimization).Probably the most important part of getting your small business web site online because without knowing this you will just be floating around with all the billions of web sites out there. This is an art in itself and I have included a good starting point to learn more about SEO here.
- If you really decide you want to learn all you can there are some great books available that will get you going. One of my favorites is "HTML for the World Wide Web" by Elizabeth Castro.
- If you decide you don't really want to wait to get your small business or church on the internet we have a way to get you online very fast! This form you fill out will be enough to get us started doing your web site design right away. When you are finished and submit the form you will be taken to a secure place known as Pay-Pal where you can make a small deposit and we will get busy! Our contract will be there and if you don't have a printer just email it to yourself and keep it for your records. We are here to stay though and we know this for sure; word of mouth is the best advertising any small business can ever have! So once you become our client we intend to keep you happy and hope you send your small business friends or church you attend our way so that we can design a web site for them too.This form is only for our "Brochure package deal" (you can view all of our "Package Deals" here this is the least expensive way to get you online fast and the deposit is only $129.00 with the balance of $120.00 due only upon your complete satisfaction.
Let's see if a domain name you like is available.