Work-at-home-Building
Websites 
Building
your website will take up a large amount of your
allocated time when you are a work at home executive.
You need to be realistic and recognize your technical
ability, you may choose to see building websites
as a worth while skill to learn...or opt for an
easy website building tool that does the work for
you. Depending on what you are trying to achieve,
we would recommend taking some time researching
the tools available to you.
Easy
Website Tools When
building your first website, or for sites
that do not require any fancy trickery pre-programmed
website building tools can be very useful
and cost effective. When looking at domain
names and hosting packages, see if the company
also offer these fully integrated tools.
1and1 amongst many others offer vast catalogues
of useful tools to help get your website
up and running as effortlessly as possible.
Normally there will be a selection of customizable
templates available to you, you choose the
color, font, pictures ect...but everything
is done in an automated environment where
you don't need to worry about html or any
other web language. The parameters are pre-set
and leave you to be creative with your content.
These will often be pre-programmed with online
catalog and payment software availability...very
useful for the work at home executive wanting
to concentrate on developing business, not
websites...
Website
Templates (html, xhtml & flash) You
don't have to design your website from scratch.
There are many companies offering pre-designed
templates that are made in open html, xhtml
or flash. This means you can download an
empty, yet fully
functional and scripted website that can
be modified in an html or flash editor such
as Dreamweaver, Coffeecup or adobe flash.
These can be free,
or relatively
inexpensive given the overall high standard
of design from professional web developers.
Your work at home website may not be unique
(until you customize the template) but it
will take
a large portion
of the developement off your shoulders. Companies
such as elegant web templates offer large
catalogs of free or paid templates.
Website
Development Using
your favourite html editor such as Dreamweaver
or Coffeecup, the sky is the limit and your
imagination the key. Developing websites
from scratch requires much technical knowledge
but is a very useful skill to learn when
you work from home. Visiting your programs
homepage will guide you through tutorials
on how to get started. You will need your
domain name and ftp details to integrate
the offline site with your chosen host company.
The very best way to learn html or flash
design, is to download your editor of choice
and simply play around with the software,
using the online tutorials as a guide if
you get stuck.
Learning
basic html skills will fast forward your website
into the 21st century. Utilizing the manufacturers
help forums and tutorials, with a little patience
and IT knowledge you can become a competant work
at home webmaster within as little as a couple
of weeks.
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" TOP-TIP when
learning html...make full use of the template
function in any html editor! Once
you have designed your basic page and layout, saving
it as a template will ensure continuity as all
future pages will be created from this template...saving
time and frustration. The main feature of using
the template function is that when you edit the
template at a later date, all pages made from this
template will automatically change accordingly.
Learn the difference between editable and non-editable
regions (repeating) and you will build that first
website from scratch in no time! " |
Before
you research any of the above methods, having an
understanding of SEO is very useful...critical even!
We would recommend downloading our Work
at home Website Checklist quick
guide to highlight the areas you need to grasp. Search
Engine Optimization (SEO) is very simply...THE
CORRECT METHOD OF BUILDING WEBSITES! It is
not a mystical art cheated by the very best programmers,
if your website follows the guidelines and is built
correctly in the first place...your website will
already be Search Engine friendly!
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