Building a Website Articles

Why Build a Website?
Websites are no longer just for computer geeks and fortune 500’s. Whether you are looking to market your company, share ideas with fellow enthusiasts, document your family happenings, or just store files, you can do so with a website.
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Non-Profit Sites
Web sites that are not considered a business or personal site are often called non-profit web sites. The most common visitors for non-profit websites are: education, governmental and religious institutions. For non-profits the internet can be a very valuable tool in spreading the word about their cause, and sharing ideas and info.
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Free Web Site Templates
When you begin planning a website the first thing you need is a page design and layout plan. Most people start with a logo or color-scheme as the minimum building blocks. Some people end up copying or duplicating something they have seen on the internet that they really liked. While you must be careful about violating copyright laws, there are very few original web design ideas on the web today. Often times you will see two websites with the exact same design including color schemes, layout and even company logos. Many times this is simply because they chose the same free website template as someone else did. It's hard to pass up a free website design.
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Business Websites
Whether you plan to sell products online or just want to tell customers about your business's services, you can do so with a business website. Mom and Pop operations, small businesses, and large corporations alike are promoting their businesses using the power of a website.
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Personal Websites
Personal websites are one of the most popular types of sites that people choose to build. First time webmasters are know for building a website about their hobbies interests complete with pictures and text. Another form of a personal website is the increasingly popular blog or weblog. Blogs are simply an online journal. Some use them for venting, others for sharing stories and even more just a place to pen their thoughts and feelings in cyber space.
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Building a Website
Every website needs three things: (1) a way to build and maintain the website content, (2) a domain name, and (3) a hosting service. This tutorial will give you a brief overview of these components and help get you up and running with your own website even if you have no previous web-building experience.
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HTML No More
Programming languages like HTML are beneficial in building web sites, but it is no longer necessary for everyone to know these complex languages.
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Content Management Systems - CMS
One of the keys to building a great web site is to have plenty of unique content. In the old days that would mean creating a new html page for every new page of content added to your site. With the use of mySQL databases and programming languages like PHP adding content became easier to do. But, their were still limitations for people that were not highly skilled programmers. That was until web-based content management systems came onto the online scene.
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Custom Web Design vs. Templates
Building an online presence with style and efficient web design is not an easy task. Many factors come in to play when designing a website aside from the actual fonts, graphics, and layouts. A good webmaster must also consider search engine friendly design strategy, website load time, and overall site effectiveness. For many webmasters wanting quality web design there is a big decision in order- should you do it yourself or hire a professional?
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