Learning how to create a website is not rocket science! It's just like learning anything else in life, that is to say, that if we don't understand something, then it is totally alien to us.
A website consists of several pages that are connected by clickable links. A web page is like a blank sheet of paper that you can write on and fill with your content.
We can use web editors such as MS Frontpage and Macromedia DreamWeaver and the like to create our web pages. If you alraedy have MicroSoft Office, then Frontpage should normally be included in that package.
The web editors that I use, such as Frontpage are also known as WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get). That means we can type in what we expect to see on our web pages and it will look exactly the same when it is published on the internet.
It is possible to download free web editors by carrying out a simple web search. There are numerous free ones out there! There are also many free tutorial websites on the internet that you can learn from. They really are very excellent.
To start off with, you can either create a web page of your own design or simply choose from a vast array of ready made templates, which also are available for free on the internet. Frontpage has many ready made templates to choose from.
It isn't necessary that you should understand the website programing language HTML (Hyper Text Mark-up Language). There are however, a few lines of code that you may wish to use in order for your web page to be found on the search engines. These are known as Meta Tags. I haven't given you an example here as it may not be seen in the published article.
You may choose to use a free web host just to get you started. There are several good free web hosts available. Again, just do a quick search and you'll find plenty!
Using a ready made web page template is a great way to learn. I myself used to learn by re-editing the content as well as changing things such as fonts, font size, text colour, inserting images, background colour etc.
When you get quite confident at creating web pages (and that won't take long) you can then progress further by adding additional web pages and linking them to your home page to form a web site. Believe me, it's a very simple process and you will get proficient in no time at all!
If you would like more information on how to create a free website, you can visit: http://members.lycos.co.uk/websites4free
There is also a fantastic ebook on Search Engine Optimization that you can download absolutely free - straight off the home page. It is called "Search engine Optimization MADE EASY", written by SEO expert Brad Callen. It will certainly help you later on when you become more advanced.
May I wish you every success with your new website ventures.
Warm regards.
Anthony Marquis
