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How To Build Your Own Website
The Fundamentals
- Tutorials To Build Your Own Website
January 2, 2011, 19:55
Building Your First Website
Although the tutorials on this page present information in a linear format, in reality, before you begin building…
- Site Building Tools
January 2, 2011, 19:58
CSS, XHTML and HTML Tools
If you plan to create your own website, you're going to need some tools to help you out. The following list will give…
- Using Website Templates
January 2, 2011, 20:03
If you plan to design your own website, but don't have a lot of experience doing so, then you need to start with a template. Templates are basically…
- Site Headers and Graphics
January 2, 2011, 20:02
One of the most important aspects of an attractive website is the visual impact created by graphics. Most sites make use of graphics in the header of…
- Download Tutorial
February 16, 2012, 12:31
The Beginner's Guide to Web Design
In this three-part series, you will not only learn how to create a website, but you'll use modern web technology…
- Site Map
January 30, 2011, 21:37
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Articles
- Category: Building Websites (9)
- Four CPanel Tasks Beginners Should Learn To Use by: nettech
February 22, 2011, 08:36
When you create your first site, there's a good chance you'll be hosting that site on a server that uses Cpanel as its control panel. CPanel is great but it…
- How To Create and Add A Favicon To Your Site by: nettech
February 14, 2011, 08:21
When designing your site, you probably spend a lot of time working on the logo, color scheme, and the overall look and feel to ensure that you project just the…
- SEO 101: The First Baby Steps In Learning SEO by: nettech
February 8, 2011, 08:30
Although learning all the nuances of search engine optimization (SEO) can take years of experience, the basics are really fairly simple to understand. For many…
- Custom Error Pages - Why You Should Customize and How To Do It by: nettech
February 7, 2011, 08:36
We've all landed on website error pages. Sometimes they don't say much more than 404 or 500, and other times they give us funny or useful information. Here's…
- Build A Site From Scratch Or Use A CMS? by: nettech
January 17, 2011, 08:13
This question often comes up: Should I build a website from scratch or just use a CMS instead? The answer is yes - to both. For many practical, real life…
- How To Edit A Web Template by: nettech
January 13, 2011, 15:43
Beginner website owners often create their first sites by downloading a free web template. Once downloaded and unzipped, they are sometimes left wondering what…
- Use These Website Elements To Establish Trust With Your Visitors by: nettech
January 5, 2011, 19:05
As in the brick and mortar world, legitimate business, product and information websites must fight for attention, not only from other legitimate sites, but…
- 10 Website Design DOs and DON'Ts by: nettech
January 4, 2011, 18:03
Many sites make some huge mistakes in their web design, and most site owners never even realize it. But these types of problems can be serious impediments to…
- Planning A Small Business Website by: nettech
January 2, 2011, 19:38
Before you jump into the design of your new small business website, you should first consider 3 vital questions.
Who is your target audience?
How…
- Category: Web Design (10)
- How Can I Create Nice Graphic Images If I'm Not An Artist? by: nettech
January 31, 2011, 09:55
For a moment, let's imagine that you wish you could create an image with a sky, some clouds, a few butterflies, maybe some flowers, and throw in some swirly…
- What Kind Of Impression Will Your Site Make In 5 Seconds? by: nettech
January 28, 2011, 10:18
Various studies over the years have determined that visitors to your site form an impression within 3-8 seconds, during which time they decide to stay or…
- How To Easily Use Cool Fonts On Your Site by: nettech
January 25, 2011, 18:44
For years, webmasters have been limited to using only a handful of "web safe" fonts for their websites. This was due to the fact that if users didn't have the…
- What Base Default Font Size Should I Use For My Site? by: nettech
January 24, 2011, 10:36
One of the first things you'll do when designing a site is consider what font to use, and what the default font size will be. Someone new to this usually wants…
- Save The Layers! by: nettech
January 20, 2011, 15:16
Although Photoshop is the gold standard in image editors, its high price is big deterrent to a lot of people who want to make their own sites. It's lower-priced…
- 7 Easy Ways To Speed Up Your Website by: nettech
January 18, 2011, 07:41
Images
1. Optimize your image file sizes. You don't even need to understand how. Yahoo! Smush.it is a big help here, because it will optimize all the images…
- How To Add Text To A Picture Using A Free Online Tool by: nettech
January 11, 2011, 16:20
You've downloaded a free photo and now you want to add text to it. If you aren't a web designer who owns Photoshop, you may be wondering how to do that.
Ther…
- Where To Download Free Photos and Clip Art Images To Use Without Attribution by: nettech
January 10, 2011, 16:14
Many new site owners and bloggers are unaware that they cannot simply use any image they like on the internet on their own sites, or in their own blog posts.…
- How To Remove Objects From Photos by: nettech
January 6, 2011, 17:05
How many times have you taken a photo of someone, only to realize later that it looks as though they have a telephone pole sticking out of the top of their…
- Choosing A Color Scheme For Your Website by: nettech
January 3, 2011, 15:28
If you are designing your own website, chances are pretty good that you don't have a degree in art or graphic design. You probably have never taken a course on…
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