Should
I Make A Website - I Don't Know
HTML
by: Vincent Parker
Professional looking websites,
it's easy to get nervous about creating
your own. Especially if you don't
know anything about how to build
a web page. Thanks to organizations
and people everywhere, you don't
have to let that stop you.
Do a search, on any search engine,
about HTML. For instance, you could
use "HTML for beginners"
or "learn HTML free".
Both of those searches return great
sites. Browse a few until you find
one that is suitable for someone
like you.
Be sure to take your time and mimic
what you see the author doing. A
great thing about building webpages
is the ability to slowly work them
up. A webpage is anything found
within an opening HTML tag and a
closing HTML tag. Put those on a
page and presto, you have a webpage.
Now you can learn how to put stuff
in between those HTML tags.
A great way to learn how to build
an awesome page is by learning from
the experts. Those that already
have pages you might admire. You
can do this by "spying"
on the code in their web site. To
do this go to their webpage, right
click on the background of the site,
and click on view source. You can
also click on "view" in
your browser and click on page source
that way as well. Now, look for
keywords in their site. If you like
the color of a specific word, you
can search for that word on the
page and see what color code it
has.
Bookmark a few websites designed
to teach web development. As you
work on your new page it is always
nice to have a quick reference for
tags you don't use every day. If
you don't even know what you are
looking for, turn to the search
engine again. I find "HTML
code email" works great for
finding out how to offer your email
on a page. Have fun, it's your own
page, be creative. You can change
anything you like, nothing is permanent,
except the address.
That brings us to this next point.
There are many sites that offer
free web hosting. Those sites are
great, great because they are free.
However, a good portion of them,
in return for offering your site
a new home, place advertisements
on it. There might also be restrictions
on content, or how you can operate
your website.
Another great alternative is buying
your own domain name. Generally
these are fairly inexpensive, twenty
dollars or less. They offer the
same great things as free web hosting
sites, such as site building tools.
However, they have no advertisements,
no restrictions on content and you
get to pick the address name. As
an added plus, many offer things
such as a specified number of email
addresses. Some even offer affiliate
programs so you could potentially
have a free domain name and webpage
for referring some people to the
service.
So, do not feel like you could
not make a good looking webpage.
Thanks to the many dozens of resources
on the internet today, you could
make a site that will truly impress
your peers. Pay attention to your
new page. Make sure it works. As
you grow in your own life, so will
your web page. It can reflect who
you are, who you were, and where
you might be going.