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 2012” »
Top 5 Best Joomla! Books for Beginners and Advanced Users
Joomla! – as a content management system – is so complicated and overwhelming when you first log-on that most give-up. It has thousands of features and can be extended far beyond that of WordPress. These are some of the reasons why we don’t even use it. However; if you decide to run anything but a content site, you’ll need to use it. There are plenty of helpful articles on Joomla! but they’re often wordy and complicated in themselves. Sometimes the best thing to do is to read an organized book full of knowledge that you can understand. Having the pages in front of you helps out a lot – we get it. So, we’ve gone ahead and compiled a list of Joomla! help books, their descriptions, and some commentary as well for absolute beginners and for more advanced users. Continue reading “Top 5 Best Joomla! Books for Beginners and Advanced Users” »
BW Special Report: The Top 10 Secrets of Google Page-Ranking You Need To Know
We all know that Big ‘G’ (Google) is the most dominant search engine service out there… Period. So it would be in your benefit to master the right SEO techniques, right? Well the main keyword to focus on is Authority. Google measures your pages’ importance and usefulness to a search by looking for how much of an authority your website has over others. Google loves to look at this, especially branding. This guide/report is designed to help you figure out the best way to develop your site according to how Google looks at it. As a visitor of BeginnerWebs.com, you are granted exclusive access to this special report (because everything here is free). Continue reading “BW Special Report: The Top 10 Secrets of Google Page-Ranking You Need To Know” »
Best 'How to Build a Website' Books
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” »
Do you own your website?
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?” »
5 Reasons Why You Need A Website For Your Small Business in 2011
Most, if not all, small businesses would benefit greatly from having a simple website. But many small business owners, sole traders and partnerships are losing out badly because they have not yet embraced the opportunities presented by a presence on the internet.
5 great reasons for ensuring that you don’t miss out include: Continue reading “5 Reasons Why You Need A Website For Your Small Business in 2011” »
Top 5 Widgets for Your Site
Before we take a look at the best widgets and add-on’s for your website, let’s discuss what a widget is. Widgets are usually interactive and contain third party content. They can be information portals to enhance your content or they can be fun and entertaining. We use the term widget but we really mean any kind of add-on (extra content) for your website. We’ll list our top five picks and give some analysis as well. Tell us what you think.
Our Top 10 Adsense Alternatives
As we’ve discussed before, Adsense by Google can become sketchy with small publishers. Well actually they’ve either been banned or aren’t making enough. We’ll save the scam part for another post and we’ll spare you the endless stories of disabled accounts here.
Maybe you’ve been banned, worried about being banned, or maybe you just want to see what else is out there. That’s what this post is all about. We know you want to make money from your content, so here they are…
Hosting 101
About Web Hosting
Choosing a hosting provider is among the basic, if not the most basic, of requirements for a website. Web Hosting allows you to put your site’s files on a server so that they can be viewed by the whole world.
