CoolAdz.com : Do It Yourself (DIY) Web Site
Plan Your Website
What do you want to do with a website? Do you want to sell something, offer a
service, provide a resource, publish your work or join a community? A
purpose will help you focus on what you wish to accomplish.
You may want to try your hand at blogging or podcasting. Many blogs and blog hosting are free.
Blogging is a wonderful way to break into writing for your audience.
Podcasts appeal to auditory learners. If you do not like to write, you may
want to practice your speaking voice and online presentation skills with
podcasts.
Web Building Tips
AdlandPro offers a free website building tool and hosting. The
basic package is free, has limited features, and requires login access monthly
to keep active.
Site-Build-It ( SBI!)
includes all the website building tools you will need to get your site up fast.
If you have website design experience, you may create and upload your own
website elements that you have created in Dream Weaver or PhotoShop. SBI!
includes hosting, keyword research, site-map generation, search engine
submission, statistics and world-class support.
Locate and Register Your Domain Name
If you have decided you want a web site, you will need to find a domain name,
like CoolAdz.com. The dot com (.com) domains are expensive because
individuals have reserved the hot domain names and they sell these domains or
auction these off to the highest bidder.
 Select Your Hosting Service
Next, you will need to locate a web hosting service. The web-hosting
service will provide you with server space and tools for administering your
website. You may purchase a domain name and web-hosting services from the
same company.
Finding a reputable hosting service is important because you want your website up and
online 24/7. You also want to know that you have someone to call with
customer service issues, that you are able to add on services that you may
require the future.
Web Building Software
You are now ready to build your website. The easiest way to do this is
using design software that will enable you to design and build your website
without learning many different software products.
Free Blogging Platforms
Free is good. The following companies will provide a blog, hosting,
template and varying level of support. Some of the platforms will put
advertisements on your blog, other do not allow you to place advertisements or
to use scripts on your free blogs.
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Blogger
provides blog hosting and dashboard you use to create and maintain your blog at
yourname.blogspot.com.
- WordPress.com offers a free option,
unlike when you install Word Press on your own web host.
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Live Journal allows posting through
their website or software you may download.
- eBloggy gives you a selection of blog templates
and a subdomain (ebloggy.com/yourname).
- BlogDrive
provides you with a subdomain (yourname.blogdrive.com) and a selection of templates.
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tBLOG provides a subdomain, like
companyname.tblog.com, and a selection of blog templates.
Free blogging is a good place to start, but you will want to move to a hosted
blog to have total freedom. One paid solution is Blog
or Build It from Site-Sell. If you wish to know more about how to set
up a blog, just follow the steps under web building tips.
Validators
The code that you or your software generates should conform to guidelines
established for the various markup languages.
07/05/2010
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