Start a Website
Step
1 : Design a webpage
This
isn't as hard as it used to be these days as there are
many programs that will do all the difficult work for
you. Macromedia Dreamweaver is a recommended program for
doing this, there are other more affordable programs available
but we cannot guarantee how good they are. We don't recommend
FrontPage as it generates some very messy, non standard
HTML which often only works in IE and not other browsers.
Macromedia Website
Our
web design guide will show you how to use HTML to design a page either in
DreamWeaver or Raw HTML. Take the tour and give it a go.
Web design guide
Once
you have your site designed and ready with all the content
in place you may want to consider getting a template made
professionally for you. This is the most cost effective
way to get a great looking website without having to pay
a web designer to do everything for you. If you don't
take this option now, it's certainly worth looking at
later. It's the way we've always done it and we save an
absolute fortune. Programmers can code pages perfectly,
we just can't get them looking great without the help
from a designer. Take a look at the template design services
from CosmicSiteDesign.com, they are affordable and very
effective:-
Template web design
If
you are going to open a picture archive then creating
thumbnails is essential. Web
Thumbnail will create thumbnails in linked HTML pages
in no time. Do not trying doing this by yourself. You'll
be there for hours!
Step 2 : Get webspace to put your page on
If you don't have any money then start your site on free webspace, as this
means no overheads and pure profits. But be warned, as domain names and web
hosting are so cheap these days you'll be hard pushed to sell products off
a website that is hosted on free web space.
Free
web hosting
Accounts are very limited,
but you won't find any better.
Step
3 : Submit the site to the major search engines
These
should include Alta vista, Yahoo, Excite, Google etc.
The use of programs such as Web Position gold and Engenius
will improve your search engine rankings. Don't forget,
search engine traffic is the best you can get.
Click below to download
Web Position gold
Engenius
Submitting your site to the major search engines is best done manually. There
are submission services available that will submit your site to all the minor
engines.
Ineedhits submission services
Step
4 : Market, market, market!
You
could have the best site and service in the world but
if no one see's it your not going to make a penny. We
can help, from all our experience with our whole network
of sites we have collected the definitive guide to marketing
your site, including all the big and small touches that
can make it all happen.
Internet Marketing from CosmicMarketing.com
