Getting Started: Web Pages
This is a guide to help you get started with web pages and how to make sure your web page becomes what you intended it to be. Web page design and development today is a far cry from what it used to be even a few years ago. Now it is easier than ever to buy a domain, get a host, and you can even point and click your way to a web page in very little time, but you might not end up with what you started out to create. The choices of software, templates, languages, techniques, etc. out there are near limitless if you have the time and desire to pursue them. This guide is intended to help you figure out how to navigate such a flood of choices so that you can get to the end with the results truly representing your original plan
The first step toward a successful web page is identifying your reason for wanting to build a web page. This will give you the ability to chose where to start your information gathering and will help you decide what you need to know to build the web page of your dreams. Knowing why you want a web page will give you an idea of what kind of functionality it will need, what kind of content you will be placing on your page, what types of software can be used, along with what types of things you will need to learn or at least get a working knowledge of to best accomplish your goal. More...
Web Site Development: Advanced Considerations
This is a guide to help you get started with advanced development considerations for your web sites and help to make sure your web site becomes what you intended it to be. Web site design and development today is a far cry from what it used to be even a few years ago. Today when you create a web site you have to consider several factors that will influence how your pages will be viewed by your target audience. It has also become a necessity to consider the search engine as part of your target audience especially if you don't have the money to afford advertising. This guide will give you a basic idea of S.E.O.(aka - Search Engine Optimization ) and how it works.
After you have built your web page and included all sorts of information, services, or what ever else you wish to present to the world you aren't done. The old saying "if you build it they will come" doesn't hold much truth anymore. The search engines have changed that because of the number of web sites on the internet today and the duplication of information. The number of sites like yours is probably close to a million, and then there are sites that are designed to "look" like they are about the same topic but really only have ads and no content. This leaves the search engines with the task of weeding out the bad and hopefully putting the relevant pages at the top for their users. More...
