5 Tips for Launching Your Personal Website

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kevin34 — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:55:26 GMT

First of all thanks a lot for the great and informative entry. I have to admit that I am very interested in all advices related with websites launching so reading this your post I have noticed some new information related with this sphere. Well I have just started to work in the web development company that's why I am very interested in it. Well Your advices are really great and I think that it is suitable for all people. There are the main thing if we want to have a great website. Thanks a lot one more time for the useful information and I will be waiting for more good news from you in the nearest future.

Regards, Kevin Patton from <a href="www.azoft.com/">web application development</a>

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Sharon@356 — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:53:40 GMT

WOW! I just got thru reading the bulf of the entries on this forum. How interesting. I have taken a lot of notes and I have a lot to check on. I have been wanted to set up my own website and had no idea where to start. Thanks to everyones help I now have some much needed information. This blogging is fairly new to me. I have been missing out on a lot! Thanks for all the great info.

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Jubeadilation — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:42:11 GMT

This has been the most interesting forum. I am going to investigate a few of the things mentioned. My website was developed and hosted for free with www.synthasite.com. The free development tool works like publishing software. All you do is click and drag text and/or picture elements to where you want them. Fantastically easy to use. You can see my result at www.jubeadilation.synthasite.com

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KarenC@129 — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:02:28 GMT

I believe that having your own site is important. Not just for selling - I got a book contract and a few interviews because of my site. My background is computer science, although at this point I'm retired and spend my time beading! I have a page on the web to describe my opinion on how to get better ranking in the search engines. Check it out at: http://www.kcenamels.com/HTML_Info Also, if you have someone else do the site for you, take note of two problems you have to be aware of: 1) if they register a domain name for you, BE SURE they register the name under YOU, not them. some people are not too ethical 2) Be sure to sign a contract that YOU own the design and pages that they develop, not them. And part of the deal should be that after the site is up and running, that they give you a CD with all the files for the site - both the site itself and the source code files for the graphics that were developed. The source code files are important incase you need updates. For example: if you have fancy navigation buttons, suppose you need a new one. if you don't have the source code files, then the design has to be reconstructed which will cost you more money, if it can even be reproduced. hope this helps

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Hannah@44 — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:35:01 GMT

What a wonderful article! Having put up my own website while knowing nothing about web design, I can tell you that a little bit of HTML knowledge goes a long way. There are also plenty of open source (read "free") shopping carts out there that make building a site really easy. Zen-cart is a great one; OS-Commerce is bigger and more powerful. There are also plenty of free scripts out there to help you create slideshows, hit counters, fancy cursors and the like. Just do a search for them on your favorite engine. All you have to do is copy and paste. The site you use to find your scripts will tell you exactly what to do. If you want to see a few of the possiblities, go to my website: www.anbeadsjewelry.com. There's all sorts of little things that I picked up and incorporated- especially on my front page.

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MaureenR@12 — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:44:53 GMT

My business website was built using templates. One thing I would suggest is , if you want to try to use yourself, look around for a service that offers a lot of flexible packages. We started with a package that cost $3.00 a month and as the business has grown, we have changed packages. We now pay $10.00 a month. but this is like 4 packages later. We use oneandone.com. It was suggested by a developer friend. I am not a programmer but was able to use the templates. Our goal is to eventually use a web developer, but this gave us something we could use and that wouldn't bankrupt us. This is a link to our website. www.rrcreationsjewelry.com . It's not real slick, but it does the job.

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JulianaT — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:39:32 GMT

I have been meaning to update my website for a very long time. After I read this I decided to finally do it. My site is hosted on Yahoo and they have incredible software for you to make your own website. In two hours I had completely done over my site to look way better than the old one, all by myself, and for free. Take a look at www.julianacreations.com

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splendorintheglass.net — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:21:37 GMT

Great article ! I have one little piece of advice regarding updating. Save your potential customers and yourself a whole lot of aggravation by deleting sold out items. Unless there's a good reason to keep them on the site, I suggest removing them. You'll just frustrate customers by showing them what they can't have. In fact, I better take my own advice and get back to work ! Best regards, Ellen DiGiovanni Splendor In The Glass www.splendorintheglass.net

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Sue Green — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:55:34 GMT

How interesting to read all these comments from people going through this experience. I started with my own website exactly a year ago, put it together myself with hosted web space, and was quite happy with it. 6 months on however I needed bigger and better and took the plunge to get it redone by professionals. It did of course cost money but I reckon that it still cost less than say getting a professional brochure printed, and it is my little shop front, and I love it. I'm in the UK and I used W3 website design, Lee Ann there understood my business needs really well. And my website is www.suegreenjewellery.co.uk - have a look and let me know what you think! Sue

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lindalton — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:16:28 GMT

Hi! My son designs and hosts websites, and specializes in helping artists/small businesses develop a look and feel that showcases their unique talents. His content management system is magically easy to use - no need to learn any code or anything - so you can keep everything fresh and current all by yourself (any time of day or night). Check it out at: aimedia.biz Here's to a beautiful website in 2009!

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MonikaP@6 — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:16:27 GMT

Have you ever heard about Joomla (http://www.joomla.org)? It is open-source CMS, which can be learn on-line for free and it is really easy. I have manage to start building my own website www.extrano.pl after a few hours of on-line learning. I'm not professional, programist or so. There are a lot of templates, useful extentions. I cvan also agree with the first advice: do your homework before you start creating the website. It makes the whole process faster and more fruitful. Extrano

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RomaJane — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:45:55 GMT

Thank you Jean, Becky and evreyone for all the information post today. It has been great read all comments posted. I found the site, thank you Becky; for now I am going to research the site and see about starting classes in the spring or summer. I will mention you name! Roma

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moonpii@cox.net — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:06:26 GMT

http://www.lvsassociates.com/register/index.php?cPath=5_28 I am so sorry Roma and Natashja copy and paste this link. It will take you to the menu for the css classes you need to start with Build 1. There are 4 total all done online. The most up to date web coding at a very nominal price. At the end of Build 1 you can build a very nice website and as you progress through each class you can add to it. There are 6 lessons in each course and you have 6 weeks to complete them. It is not really that hard there is just a lot of memorization but there is also lots and lots of help. There is a Teacher/monitor and a bulletin board to post question. Good Luck to all of you! Please post your homework assignments so we can see how your doing. Please tell them Becky Sladky sent you so I can get credit on my next class. Also they work with Corel and many other computer program companies and you can get a significant student discount on lots and lots of programs. If you have any questions email them they are very friendly and helpful and Vicki is great! Sign up for their emails and they will tell you when the next class starts. I'm babbling now I'm so excited for your new adventure. This will help you grow significantly and in the end help your business grow also. And in the end that's what it's all about isn't it! Hugs to all, good luck Living and Breathing Jewelry Becky S

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moonpii@cox.net — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:55:21 GMT

http://www.lvsassociates.com/register/index.php?cPath=5_28 I'm so sorry it's lvsonline.com copy and paste the link above and it will take you to the course menu for your css classes. You need to start with Build 1. It's really fairly easy there are 6 lessons and 6 weeks to complete them. It's all online. Sign up for the emails and they will send you a message every 6 weeks or email them and Vicki will help you. It's so much fun to build your own site when you can code it by hand and you will take such pride in it and what you have accomplished. Follow all the way through the 4 classes and you will be a professional web builder at the end of all 4. Thank you for your interest in my post and good luck. Don't forget have fun with it! Because LVS is the best, cheapest most up to date place to learn coding for web pages. Let me know how it went and post your links to your homework here so we can see them. Many Hugs Becky

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RomaJane — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:24:21 GMT

Thank you Becky, this is what I need. I'm not ready for a web site and this time but I hope in the future I would be. I just tried that site and nothing came up, can you give me more info on the site so I can research? Thanks Roma