Best 'How to Build a Website' Books

By: admin - April 2nd, 2011  Filed under: Design, Getting Started, HTML/CSS, Publishing/Publicizing, Top Lists Add Comment
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Building a website with no experience can be difficult, but we’ve all got to start somewhere. The best way to begin this endeavor is with a book. Books can provide more images and professional insight into web design. We’ve picked out a few that we think are the best books for beginners and for specific niche help. After lots of research and analysis, here they are with their descriptions and links.

NOTE: Most of the information in these books can be found here at BeginnerWebs.com, but some people like to have a hard copy in front of them, and that’s okay. Continue reading “Best 'How to Build a Website' Books” »

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CMS: Content Management Systems

By: admin - February 2nd, 2011  Filed under: Advanced, Design, Hosting, HTML/CSS, Publishing/Publicizing 2 Comments

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So what is a Content Management System?

A Content Management Systems (or CMS) is software that indexes and keeps track of files on a website. CMS is usually used for running larger websites with many pages. Its content can be anything and everything from text, videos, music, and other files. CMS is like having a whole team of webmasters working to organize your content so you don’t have to. As an example; this website runs using a Content Management System. Continue reading “CMS: Content Management Systems” »

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What’s a WYSIWYG?

By: admin - January 31st, 2011  Filed under: Design, Getting Started Add Comment

WYSIWYG actually means What You See Is What You Get. A WYSIWYG web design program is software made for creating and editing websites without any knowledge of HTML code at all. How you create it on the screen is how you’ll see it on the web. It’s just like creating something in a word document; what you see on the screen is the same as what prints out. Continue reading “What’s a WYSIWYG?” »

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Do you own your website?

By: admin - January 27th, 2011  Filed under: Design, Hosting, Publishing/Publicizing, Top Lists Add Comment

Do you own your website?

Here are some important tips for you to remember and some questions that the design of your website or business development. If you do not understand the problems of “ownership” when you are buying a web site design or web applications based on this material should be read for you! Not get caught paying twice.

I recently interviewed a new client who was looking to add the functionality of a database to your existing site. His current webmaster had completed a company logo and designed the initial interface for the site. The clients asked their webmaster for a quote to add functionality to the site and returned a price that far exceeded the budget of customers. Continue reading “Do you own your website?” »

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Use Beginner Web Design Tips to Get Online

By: admin - January 19th, 2011  Filed under: Design, Getting Started Add Comment

Beginner web design tips seem to be available at every corner of the Internet. All you have to do is search in Google for a term like beginner web design, software or tutorials, and the search box will render millions of results. Why? Web development is the key to getting a new website online, whether its purpose is to sell a product, service or idea…or to set up a personal presence without trying to sell anything. Continue reading “Use Beginner Web Design Tips to Get Online” »

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Top 5 WYSIWYG Web Design Programs

By: admin - January 18th, 2011  Filed under: Design, Getting Started, Publishing/Publicizing, Top Lists Add Comment

Here are our top five WYSIWYG web builder programs. WYSIWYG interface makes it ideal for beginners and novices, but you must be careful as to which program you choose. Remember, as your skills become better (and they will), you’re going to want more features and some of these programs won’t allow you to do what you want. It is also important to know that WYSIWYG and other programs are not always ideal for creating larger content based sites like blogs or this site (BeginnerWebs.com); for that you should look at Content Management Systems (or CMS).  For more on WYSIWYG software, see What’s a WYSIWYG. Some of the sites we’ve linked to below will allow you to test out their software for free. It’s always good to “try before you buy!” Continue reading “Top 5 WYSIWYG Web Design Programs” »

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Richer Content for Better Search Engine Optimization

By: admin - January 8th, 2011  Filed under: Advanced, Design, HTML/CSS, Publishing/Publicizing, SEO Add Comment

In order for your website get higher ranking positions in search engines, it must be rich in content above all. If you don’t know what SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is, then check out SEO and META Information for more help and for terms used in this article.

Keywords

Search Engine Optimization is exactly what you’d think it is; it’s the optimization of your web pages for higher rankings on search engine results. In other words, the better optimized your website is, the higher up your pages will show when someone makes a search query in a search engine. Optimizing your website doesn’t just mean adding “title” and “description” tags (though that is very important…). It also means making sure that your page content is rich in information and keywords. Continue reading “Richer Content for Better Search Engine Optimization” »

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Design Basics for E-Commerce

By: admin - December 30th, 2010  Filed under: Advanced, Design, Making Money Add Comment

As with all websites; simplicity is essential. With E-Commerce sites, this rule is even more important. An E-Commerce website is like running a “brick and mortar” business, the key is keeping the customer happy. If your site makes your customers jump through hoops to buy your product(s), then they probably won’t buy your products. Think about other sites you’ve been to. Think about good experiences and bad ones. Now put yourself in the customers’ shoes and “walk around your store”. Would you buy from your own site? Here are some tips to improve that…

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How to Easily Design an Ecommerce Website

By: admin - December 30th, 2010  Filed under: Advanced, Design, Making Money 1 Comment

As with all websites; simplicity is essential. With E-Commerce sites, this rule is even more important. An E-Commerce website is like running a “brick and mortar” business, the key is keeping the customer happy. If your site makes your customers jump through hoops to buy your product(s), then they probably won’t buy your products. Think about other sites you’ve been to. Think about good experiences and bad ones. Now put yourself in the customers’ shoes and “walk around your store”. Would you buy from your own site? Here are some tips to improve that…

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Why You’re Not Making Money…

By: admin - November 26th, 2010  Filed under: Advanced, Design, Making Money, Publishing/Publicizing, SEO Add Comment

An article about where your focus should be at the start and further down the road.

Intro

Ever wondered why your visitors aren’t coming back or why your site isn’t producing any income (or not what it could be producing)? Whether you run a website or haven’t started yet, these tips will surely prove to be invaluable. By changing your focus, you’ll see an increase in return visitors and revenue.

Where Your Focus Should Be

Your focus is the most important factor for success in any size website. Believe it or not, if your focus is making money from the “get go”, then you won’t get too far. You should be focusing on the content first. Just like a Brick and Mortar business, your site should put the customer first. If your site doesn’t sell directly then you should be even more focused on content. Good content attracts happy visitors, and happy visitors will boost you affiliate and cost-per-click ad revenue.

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