I want to build my first site

16 years ago

Hi Davey,
I was using 5gigsdotnet. It's a cpanel and they allowed me two websites for free. It worked well and did not seem to have any unwelcome bots. I would recommend against upgrading from them as it reverts to byethost.com. Their server is corrupted and even when I complained they were unwilling to do anything about it. Just two weeks ago I purchased three years webhosting from webhostingpaddotcom . It was a very good price. It's a cpanel. So far I have been very happy with it. It works as I expect it to. I have not encountered any problems. I'm not an affiliate. I'm just trying to help. Good Luck

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Orlando Web Design

16 years ago

Hi Davey

Depends how much your time is worth to you. Making nice websites that are relevant to your niche is no easy task. You may find your time is better spend doing marketing and promotions. You alternative is to buy a template and then adjust it to your needs. Problem with that is you may see lots of other websites that look like yours.

I always advise people to take on the tasks you are best at and leave the rest to people who do that for a living. Could the 40 hours you may spend learning to build a basic website be spent in better ways?

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muralinmk

16 years ago

Hi I am Freelance Designer. if you want i will design good site for your. contact me at muralinmk[at]yahoo[dot]com

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ebizmom

16 years ago

Hi Davey,

I guess it all depends on why you are building a website. Is it more out of personal interest and you want to learn how to build one or are you trying to start a website to make some money online? If it's to learn about web design and what is out there then you can always experiment and try out a few free website building sites.

If you don't have your own domain name you can always use wix.com to build a free one to get a taste for things or blogger if you want to start your own blog website.

If you have your own domain then you can try godaddy's free hosting and site builder but it is restricted as with most free hosting accounts and you have to purchase your domain through them. They do not use cpanel though and to be honest i believe cpanel would be the best to use so maybe find a free cpanel host.

If not, and you are really wanting to make money online then I would take Orlandos tips and get someone to do it for you so you can start making the money instead of playing around with your website design.

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BobJutsu

16 years ago

I always advise people to take on the tasks you are best at and leave the rest to people who do that for a living. Could the 40 hours you may spend learning to build a basic website be spent in better ways?

Couldn't agree more...

Learn how to do a thing or two here and there, but if marketing, promotion, traffic, whatever is your thing, worry about that and farm out the rest. The time lost in learning, or the money lost doing a poor job is not worth the headache.

However, if you really do want to do it yourself, I would personally recommend something like squarespace(.com). I haven't used them myself, but have heard lots of kick ass things about their site builder thingy, and their service from multiple sources. The last thing you want is to end up frustrated with no money because your site sucks, especially when a little planning could avoid the problems.

FYI: Webhostingpad blows like my wife used to. As cheap as it gets, and for good reason.

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RedMatrix

16 years ago

Learning HTML/Web Design is one thing, get a site up and running is another. I agree what has been said before me. Learn to make a website when your income is not impeded by your skill acquisition.

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Ivelin2008

16 years ago

I'd say don't build a static site. Use wordpress blog. If you have cpanel with fantastico it's very easy to install with 1 click basically. And there are many free good looking themes you can use or you can buy a premium one if you like.

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Davey T

16 years ago

Thanks to all for the advice. Yes, I am wanting to monetize the sites that I (or someone else builds).

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Davey T

16 years ago

I planned on going through HostGator for hosting. i was just curious if there tools are good enough or am I better off purchasing a piece of software to build a site. I plan on monetizing most and having a personal site just for fun and family.

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sarah-anne

16 years ago

Originally Posted by Davey T

I planned on going through HostGator for hosting. i was just curious if there tools are good enough or am I better off purchasing a piece of software to build a site. I plan on monetizing most and having a personal site just for fun and family.

HostGator is great, I am using it too.

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JaySantos

16 years ago

Originally Posted by Ivelin2008

I'd say don't build a static site. Use wordpress blog. If you have cpanel with fantastico it's very easy to install with 1 click basically. And there are many free good looking themes you can use or you can buy a premium one if you like.

I agree, you can use Wordpress as your webpage, not for blogging only. It's free, and supported by a lot of free plugins for whatever function you want your site to run. It also great in terms of SEO, Wordpress is search engines friendly.

For a starter, you can have your first site online in half an hour. It's that simple.

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successws

16 years ago

Originally Posted by Ivelin2008

I'd say don't build a static site. Use wordpress blog. If you have cpanel with fantastico it's very easy to install with 1 click basically. And there are many free good looking themes you can use or you can buy a premium one if you like.

I agree!

Wordpress allows you to change the look and feel of a site easily with hundreds/thousands of free themes, and plugins and allows you to get a site up and running quickly.

My host uses cpanel and this loads wordpress with an automated tool fantastico ...I think others have mentined this too

I have a favourite plugin - Affiliate Link Cloaker and URL Shortener for WordPress: Pretty Link Pro

I use the free version to send people to websites and pages quickly and easily while maintaining my URL - with really short easy to use/remember links

eg Affiliate Link Cloaker and URL Shortener for WordPress: Pretty Link Pro sends people to Affiliate Link Cloaker and URL Shortener for WordPress: Pretty Link Pro

I know next to nil html and technical stuff but I can blog easily and can control my sites, look, feel and content so easily!

My suggestion:
- buy a domain name you like
- get a host that is affordable (it seems a few earlier posters mentioned hostgator)
- add a blog to your domain (add themes and plugins that suit your web goals)
- start blogging about stuff that interests you
- read warrior forums ...I've learnt heaps just reading others questions

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ebizmom

16 years ago

if you are going with hostgator then they have plenty of features , templates and website builders for you to use

. I don't think you will need the extra software

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zainey 16 years ago

Hi Davey,

I would suggest an easy to use website builder. Feel free to check out the website url below.
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BMboyz

16 years ago

yes, everyone love to use wordpress nowadays. Why dont u just give it a try

The templates in wordpress are amazing and you may just change it a bit to make it like your own personal creation.

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donhendrick

16 years ago

Originally Posted by BMboyz

yes, everyone love to use wordpress nowadays. Why dont u just give it a try

The templates in wordpress are amazing and you may just change it a bit to make it like your own personal creation.

Yes I agree, WP is the way to go as it takes much of the technical web page building away and provides a nice interface to build what you want.

hostgator has this feature called fantastico, in that you can find WP just click a few buttons and you are off with a basic WP site installed for you.

Once you get in the WP world so to speak, you can google all sorts of tutorials and things you can do with it.

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16 years ago

Other thoughts...

Online businesses are exactly that...businesses!

If you don't plan on making this a serious business, don't start it because it is ALOT of work. Sure you may get lucky like the other 0.001% of online marketeers who actually make money online their first try, but chances are it will involve you putting in many months or hard work to make your online business work.

You wouldn't open a brick and mortar store with no shelves or a restaurant with no seats would you?

Online businesses are the same. Don't go at it half arsed. Invest the money if you think the business will work. If not, find a another business.

It always amazes me how people want to start online businesses with no monetary investment.

When I first started this, I was the same. It took me a long time to realize that if my websites didn't look right, or the sales text wasn't written well, the products wouldn't convert.

Once I realized to hand off the tasks that I wasn't absolutely brilliant at to others, my businesses began to flourish.

I just wish I could get all the time back that I wasted on trying to do tasks that were beyond me.

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kishorem

16 years ago

If you want to use a very user-friendly system to build a website of your own. I do recommend you to use Blog system, such as Wordpress.

It is so easy to edit & manage content, even much better than many Content Management System available nowadays.

If you are not from IT background, do not recommend you to learn HTML or photoshop design. because it is challenging for non-IT person.

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Earl Jeffery

16 years ago

As mentioned above, installing WP from your cpanel using Fantastico is good way to get started. WP has many plugins and themes available for free.

You may also check out XSitePro, which is optimized for web marketing and you have to pay for (lots of affiliate sites selling), or get a free piece of software like Kompozer.

Good luck!

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Davey T

16 years ago

OK, this is going to be an odd question. There is Wordpress the Blog and then ana application called wordpress, is this correct? If so, how do I install word press?

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markjacey 16 years ago

Most hosting providers (Bluehost, Hostgator etc) have this applications ready to one click install. All you have to do is login to your panel, find "Wordpress" and click install. And thats it.
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kittyd

16 years ago

Originally Posted by Davey T

OK, this is going to be an odd question. There is Wordpress the Blog and then ana application called wordpress, is this correct? If so, how do I install word press?

Wordpres aka "the blog platform" IS an aplication of the type called "content management sytem" that works as a software installend on your server (as oposed to being installend on your PC). So, it`s jus ONE wordpress.

Fantastico is another aplication/softaware already installed on your server by your host that knows how to install other application (think about it as the Windows Installer

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so.. hope it makes sense....

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16 years ago

Originally Posted by pr678

OK, this is going to be an odd question. There is Wordpress the Blog and then ana application called wordpress, is this correct? If so, how do I install word press?

The easiest way to install wordpress is to use a program called Fantastico. It should be located in your cpanel.

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ShaunJohnson 16 years ago

Hostgator has a good site builder demo, with some good templates - quite good service aswell
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bradtraversy

16 years ago

I think photoshop remains better for you to build a website. But I also say this thing that it is totally depends on you what a mind you have to create a site and what content you want to in this.

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Sheraton

16 years ago

Hi, our company use a pretty good website builder call coffee cup you can download the trail version for free and try it for thirty days. Here is one of the website we built using it.

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Howard008

16 years ago

I met the same problem while building my first site. Before that I only set up some blogs with WP. Anyone can tell the differences of building site and blog?

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Adara

16 years ago

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MIB

16 years ago

Hey Davey,

Check out Yola.com .. It's a great site where you can easily create a site free of charge. No technical skills required.

Hope this helps!

Dan

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hidedora 16 years ago

you could also use joomla for your first site. This cms has many features, but it depends from the type of site you want to create. if you want it to be like blog then use wordpress.
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the rider

16 years ago

Wordpress is so simple to built your website and if you need a website to be built for you then you can contact me.
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GMatthers

16 years ago

Main Points To get Started:

1- You should know what you are going to make.. Have some knowledge about the Niche
2- your site must be nice simple, to navigate and as well eye catchy
3- you must update your contents.. and try not to copy and paste the content as it is
4- you shud provide the info at the main page, so visitors can get what they are looking for.
5- create sitemap to help your visitors

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senderbot

16 years ago

Hi,

I would definately go with Wordpress. Get it free using the Fantastico self installer or use a host like www.lavabug.com where they install it on sign-up for you.

Then at least you now own your own domain and hosting and have a site set up. Then go search for Wordpress themes or wordpress designers on Google and get someone to design something for you.

That way you control the site and can update it as much as you need, but you can still get a professionally designed site if you want. Plus if you take the time to learn it well, you could design your own themes.

In fact take a look at www.artisteer.com. Its a program that will allow you to design your own themes from scratch.

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Banned 16 years ago

i had the same problems as discussed here... thanks all

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nadia712

16 years ago

It depends what sort of a site you want (i.e. blog/static) and what your OS is. If you've got a Mac and you want a static, custom-designed site, I'd say you should get RapidWeaver by RealMac Software. It's a great WYSIWYG designer, and it's really easy to use. If you want a blog, definitely go for a Wordpress self-hosted one, no matter which OS you use. Just my advice.

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webinsiders

16 years ago

I'd be happy to help you out and get you started. Wordpress is the way to go, best CMS/site management system out there. You can use it to blog, but also to set up beautiful looking corporate or marketing websites. PM me.

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the rider

16 years ago

I agree with you all that it is quiet easy to opt. for wordpress and one can get all the thing to be in a website.

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ndotnanda

16 years ago

You can develop website using wordpress or Joomla as CMS to develop very faster. can you plz give more details.

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16 years ago

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adrianclark

16 years ago

Use Dreamweaver to code the site, is a good idea :-)

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jobowen

16 years ago

Originally Posted by Davey T

I have never built a site before and wonder what you would recommend that is user friendly but also able to create a nice site. thank you in advance for your replies!

How easy is to build a blog header,
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snichols 16 years ago

I agree - Wordpress is the easiest piecce of bloggign software to install and use. You are still goign to have to get your hands dirty though, so gettign someone else to help would be a good idea.

Blogspot is also easy, but I don't think you get more search engine exposure, so your own domain would be better.

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- keveenjones 16 years ago
  
  You can download some free nice design look website templates. After download that templates you can select best design look template. And then you can editing in that template and make your web site as per your choice and as per your requirement. After completed when site you can host your web site in web server. In google there are a many of host server available who can give some free space for host client web site. So host web site in server and then check web site in server easily.
  
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- barbaragreer02 16 years ago
  
  Its nice you want to have your own site.,.,.
  I also planned to have my own site and I do get my site requirements first.
  I used Dreamweaver and photoshop to beautify my site and go on designing.
  I also got some ideas to a web designer and it's a great help consulting to someone who really know creating a website.
  You can also download free website templates.
  
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  webinsiders 16 years ago
  
  Buy a domain from namecheap.com (this month's coupon is APRILFUN to save 88 cents off your domain purchase), I prefer their clean interface and zero upselling, vs. godaddy. But GoDaddy is another option.
  
  Never buy hosting with the domain company, instead buy it from a separate company. This way you always have complete control if one goes down... (ie. if your host goes down, you can redirect your domain temporarily. And visa versa). Right now there is a super great 50% off deal happening at Fat Cow Hosting, a host that I recommend to all my clients. Reg $7.33/mo but this link gets it to you for only $3.67! (click the link to get to the deal page). Great support, unlimited everything (space and bandwidth) plus full CPANEL and extras.
  
  FatCow Hosting will send you an email with all your setup details. The important one you need to know is the NAMESERVERS (ns1.yourhosting.com). Copy those nameservers and store them somewhere, you'll need them for later.
  
  Login to your namecheap account and go to your newly purchased domain name. You'll then see on the left hand menu a link to change your nameservers for that domain. Click that, and type in your new hosting company's name servers. This LINKS your DOMAIN to your HOSTING SERVER.
  
  NameCheap is great because it's nameserver updating is really really fast, normally within seconds or minutes you'll be able to go to your domain and see the changes (your domain will now show a blank white page with /cgi-bin). That means it's ready to go! (Normally this process takes 24-48 hrs)
  
  Then download Wordpress from wordpress.org, unzip it, upload it to your host via an FTP client (if you use FireFox I recommend FireFTP.. great FTP client built into FireFox!) and upload all the files within the wordpress upload folder.
  
  Go to http://www.yourdomain.com/ and you'll now see the Wordpress installation system. If you don't, something wasn't done properly in the earlier steps.
  
  Before you can do the Wordpress install you need a MYSQL DATABASE. To set one up, you just go to www.yourdomain.com/cpanel, login, and you'll see an icon called Databases. Click it, create a new database, create a new username/password, and then link them together using the tool at the bottom of that page.
  
  Now go back to your Wordpress install and fill in the database info and install Wordpress and presto! You're up and running! Visit your Wordpress control panel at http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin and start by uploading a new theme and adding pages
  
  If anyone needs coaching on this, let me know via PM.
  
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- kdevarney 16 years ago
  
  I use Hostgator and i really like it alot when i install a new word press site i use fantastico
  then upload my theme and plugins using my ftp filezilla i got some great videos in the war showing how to do this. If you are not a member of the war room i suggest signing up now
  
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- pavithra 16 years ago
  
  Its better to use photo shop for designing layout or Template and use dream weaver for coding because its easy to handle the code by any level of programmers.
  
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Sam Fowler 16 years ago

I agree with the Wordpress idea - it's easier to set up, Google friendly, and though you'll still need to learn a few things for set up, will allow you to spend more time on the business end.

Creating a website from scratch goes deeper than just learning to code html.

Many IM'ers learn a little code and throw a site together with no idea of usability and design best practices, efficient code, etc that can greatly affect the conversion rate.
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16 years ago

This is what I did; I reviewed a lot of sites that I liked and a lot that I didn't. Since I needed it done quickly, I hired a person. We met and revised a few times. I agree that you need to delegate some of your tasks rather than try to learn all the aspects.

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jeffreysloe

16 years ago

Wordpress is a great way to build a site. I use it for several of my sites. If you need help setting it up, just ask.

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michaelromero63

16 years ago

While I have built a few wordpress blogs without help I had never built and published an actual website. I'm a self learner so I followed some tutorials that were way to techy and got the site up but the graphics wouldn't show. I remembered coming across a free e-book that claimed it could teach you and get you up and running by 3:45 this afternoon. I thought "Yeah Right!" I was desperate so I tried it and it delivered on its message.I have absolutely no tech background and that makes what I easily learned from this book amazing. What would you do to get your hands on this?
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riches4u2

16 years ago

I would go with purchasing a domain, use hostgater as your hosting company and use the wordpress platform so you have complete control over your website.

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We may change this pattern and make your site according to your choice and according to your requirement.so download free site looks good design patterns. After downloading the templates you can choose the best aspect of model design. In Google, there are a lot of data center availability, which can cause a free space to accommodate the customer's Web site.
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turntwo21

16 years ago

Joomla is decent. You can find some pretty nifty templates for free, or pay if you'd like something a little more elite.

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jacoben

16 years ago

Originally Posted by Davey T

I have never built a site before and wonder what you would recommend that is user friendly but also able to create a nice site. thank you in advance for your replies!

this is what i want now,lets do it.

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GDesigner

16 years ago

You can use template generators. there is a lot of them on the web. Some are free some are paid. You can invest one time fee into web generator to save money on design services that might cost you huge money.

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mdix

16 years ago

1.find your keyword and niche
2.buy domain name with your keyword
3.buy hosting like hostgator,godaddy,bluehost
4.install wordpress using fantastico in your cpanel
5.install wordpress plugin like all in one seo pack
6.SEO your website
7.submit your website to yahoo,google,msn
8.monetize your website

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EthanDenney

16 years ago

Originally Posted by Davey T

I have never built a site before and wonder what you would recommend that is user friendly but also able to create a nice site. thank you in advance for your replies!

Hi Davey,

I would highly recommend using wordpress to create your website. It's really easy and super user friendly. Not to mention you can create really nice, professional looking sites fast and because they're using wordpress, they're more easily indexed by the search engines.

I always use wordpress to create websites for my products, blogs, niche websites, membership websites, etc. It's highly versatile and can be modified easily.

I've got a free tutorial video on quickly setting up professional, high-impact websites using websites.

Click the link in my signature to check it out.

Hope you're able to get your site up soon. Let me know if my tutorial video helps any.

Best regards,

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limokiran

16 years ago

Yahoo web page builder also helpful in this regard.

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apoorv.parijat 16 years ago

Use free templates for your first site and then try to understand the way it is scripted.You will need little knowledge of HTML for this purpose.

Good luck.
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SirDello

16 years ago

I agree too-Wordpress is very easy and there is only a couple day learning curve. You may want to try Moonfruit.com That is a WYSIWYG editor and takes a little getting use to, but one of the best for non-technical users.

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David Louis Monk

16 years ago

I am coming in after a long list of replies. It depends what type of website you want to build. The suggested WordPress route is perhaps on of the best ways and will help you to get noticed by Google quicker and move you up the rankings compred to a basic non-WordPress site.

If you want to build affilate type websites for promoting products then I suggest a recently launched website builder that will make building your own websites a doddle.

It is subscription based but when you consider how many websites you can produce in a month using this software compared to having one built for you, it is a real steal.

Just click on the link in my signature to go the the website. As it says "Now you can build a website"

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Aare

15 years ago

my best and briliant website combination :
1. godaddy
2. wordpress
3. SEO
4. Forum Link Building
5. Socio Link Building

= #1 on any Search Enginee on the net!

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God bless us all!

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Mike129

15 years ago

If you want to do it in your own way, not spending money. You just go to a tutorial W3school can help you. HTML codes and a lot more to learn.

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Endoo

15 years ago

Would definitely put my vote on wordpress as well.

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sonarmark 15 years ago

Wordpress is very good, and relatively easy, but there is some learning curve.

If your page is simple enough, I would go with plain HTML. That way you'll learn all the basic HTML tags that you'll need also in WordPress. I believe everybody who makes web pages should know at least basic HTML formatting.

My first sites were plain html, now I use Wordpress.

As for hosting, I use Site5, Hostgator is also fine.
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Neil12

15 years ago

looks like this thread is kinda over, but i use kompzer to make my websites, including the one linked below. its really very easy to use and minimal html is needed. let em know what you think if any one is still around....

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