"How to Design a Website" - Webmasters Tutorial
Presented by: Rocketface® Graphics
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All the information you need to design a website in one place.
The Rocketface® Graphics webmasters tutorial "How to Design a Website" is a complete overview of the website design process. It was developed for those who may be new to the Internet and want to design their own website.
Every aspect of website design is covered, from selecting a target audience to visitor tracking, and each step is presented in simple to understand non technical language.
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Step-by-step website design tutorial
The heart of the "How to Design a Website" webmasters tutorial is a step-by-step outline that leads you through the various stages of website design. Beginning with designing a website this tutorial will take you through all of the phases of creating a serious website. |
"How to Design a Website" Webmasters Tutorial Outline
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Designing a website - Start
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An introduction to designing a website and the starting point of the webmasters tutorial, "How to Design a Website". |
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How to analyze a website.
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Target the people/audience you want to reach. The basics of demographics and website analysis. |
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How to organize a website.
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Organizing all of the elements of website design and presenting your ideas in the most effective manner. |
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How to develop a website.
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Build a custom designed website from scratch. The mechanics of creating a website and developing a professional site outline. |
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How to implement a website.
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Implementing and uploading your website to the internet. FTP and how it works to aid you in publishing your website. |
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How to maintain a website.
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Maintaining your website in a professional manner. Using optimization, website traffic analysis and marketing methods. |
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Additional Resources and Tutorials
The material presented here covers website design, writing HTML, effective email correspondence as well as many other website design related topics. |
MiniSite Design 101:
Researching, creating and marketing a mini website. It only takes a few pages of HTML to design a mini site. A great tool for niche marketing.
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PageTutor by: Joe Barta
This basic HTML tutorial is an excellent starting point for creating your first web pages.
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A Beginners Guide to Effective Email by: Kaitlin Duck Sherwood
How to write effective email correspondence for business or personal purposes.
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Webmasters Toolbox
A complete toolkit for the beginning webmaster. This suite of free software is all that you need to design your own custom website.
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Starting a Website
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How to Choose the Right Domain Name
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Your domain name will be your “Internet identity,” so it will be helpful if it closely matches the name of your business, product, or service. |
Registering Your Domain Name
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Registering a domain name is a quick process that often seems complex. It is far easier than most general web surfers suspect. You can quickly learn how to register a domain name with a little forethought. |
Young Entrepreneur Tools - Domain Names and Hosting
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When starting up in the real world, and when you are old enough to become self-dependent you need a house to live in as shelter and a subsequent address that comes with the property. |
What Do I Need in a Web Hosting Package?
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If you are buying web hosting for the first time, you may have some questions about what you need and what you don't. |
Got an Idea, Make it a Website
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Idea and passion is what it takes to kick off a website. Starting your own website is very lucrative way of working for yourself at your own convenience. |
Types of Websites
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There are several types of websites on the Internet each specializing in a particular service or use. |
Website Goals
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No matter how great the graphics might be or the navigation scheme or the flowery words, the success of your website will depend on how concisely, clearly and effectively you present your ideas. |
Designing Web Pages
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Designing good webpages begins with good webpage layout and good webpage layout is not rocket science. |
Don't Get Burned By Web Designers
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If you bring up the subject of web design with small business people, it wouldn't take long to find someone who has been burned by a web designer. |
Tips For Building Niche Websites
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The first step is to find a niche area. Once found that, the next important thing is to market the website so as to attract a good traffic to the website everyday. |
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Website Designing Advanced
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10 Tips To Design The Most Creative Website
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The craze of World Wide Web is continuously increasing currently. At present, the benefit of the website is realized by business. |
All About Design Principles and Elements
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A truly shocking number of web designers are unfamiliar with the basic principles and elements of design. Having never been through any formal design education, many just go with what they think 'looks good', with very mixed results. |
An Issue of Width - The Resolution Problem
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There is a problem that has plagued the web ever since graphical designs for web pages started to become common, and yet it's a problem that's never been solved. You see, different sized monitors can handle different widths of page, and yet HTML doesn't really let you take width into consideration when you're designing. |
Critical Web Design Rules
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Content is King! If you want a website to generate back-links and have quality content the search engines love, be sure to make it readable by both people and search engines. Search engines are working to give people quality results. Thus, they are looking for sites with quality content. |
An Easy Way to Choose Attractive Color Combinations
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Lots of people struggle to come up with attractive color combinations when designing logos, banners or web sites. So, here's an easy technique that only takes a few minutes. |
Designing your Homepage
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Believe me, you want your visitors to stay as long as possible. This is the only way your site is going to succeed. Your site must be interesting, persuading, and easy to navigate. |
Designing Your Website - The Top Ten Pages to Include
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There are 10 important items that need to be integrated into any website you design. |
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