Creating a website is something anyone can do today with the
advent of many application or website generators available
today. But, creating a appreciable and good looking website
needs a lot of thought process and skills. The following would
help:
1. Think of a theme or idea for the website.
What does your site speak about or what do you want the site to
speak about? Put yourself in the shoes of the visitor and think
why you should visit this particular site and not one of the
numerous others? Always try to offer something extra that a
visitor needs or wants. After you close your thought process on
this, proceed to point no. 2.
2. Now that you have the idea ready, what else do you need?
An idea itself is not enough to create the website. Give a
thought to web design. Design is a process of visualizing the
idea by finalizing the layout, colors and more importantly the
content. Colors and their combinations are very essential, since
if you end up using the wrong ones, the visitor may have
difficulty in reading the content which is the most important
part of the site. The visitor will leave, never to come back. It
is important to visualize the web site design on paper or a
image file to get a proper preview.
3. Finding a web-host.
You can host your site for free; there are many sites which
offer this in lieu of placing an advertisement on your site. If
you are running a business, it is advisable that you get your
own web host. It is not very expensive to do so.
4. Start off with web development.
Now that your web design has been finalized after numerous
changes, it is time to develop the site as per the design
specification. Knowledge of basic HTML becomes essential to
create a quality site. There is no need to get into the tags and
formats but it is necessary to know what HTML is and how it
works. There are numerous HTML development engines available
which work on the WYSIWYG guidelines, a basic knowledge of HTML
will help you create a better website. This knowledge will come
handy when you try to fix the errors on your site.
5. View your handiwork.
While viewing your webpage do not forget the important factors:
1. Loading speed - Is it fast? 2. Is it easily navigable? 3. Is
the content error free? 4. Is there anything that visitors would
need or find useful?
This is only the tip of the iceberg. These factors are extremely
important and most people seem to ignore them resulting in a
poor preventability. The idiom "First impression is the last
impression" holds good while you try to publicize your site.
6. Create the rest of the pages.
Create the rest of your pages with the above points in mind.
Follow the hierarchy and don't get confused.
7. Make your site go live.
Preview your pages and after being satisfied, upload it to your
web host. The next step is to promote your site. Promoting is
required to inform others about the presence and content of your
site.
The process of web design and development is a cycle. To make
people visit your site again and again, it is important to
update your site at least every two weeks with good and latest
content available to you. Make sure the updates are interesting.
For more information and tips on creating a good looking and
functional web site, please visit
http://www.cobbwebdesign.com>http://www.cobbwebdesign.com.
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