Creating a Website
Back in the early days of the Internet, only a select few were able to, or could be bothered with, creating a website. The thing was that the Internet was still clunky and slow, and was the domain of nerds and real programmers who had the knowledge to make a website. These people understood HTML.
Dreamweaver had not been invented yet, so building websites took a huge amount of time and effort. It was not something to be entered into lightly as it it was a very challenging for the inexperienced.
Thankfully those days are well and truly over. Nowadays pretty much anyone can create a website, and for those who wish to publish or market on the internet it is a neccessity. Blogging is a phenomenon that is growing by thousands daily.
If you have not learned to make your own website, you have some catching up to do. After all, sites such as My Space and Live Journal make it so easy that people who are complete novices on the Internet are doing it.
I built my first website just a few months ago. I kept telling people that I was to busy to waste my time messing around on my computer. Truth be told, I thought I wasn’t capable of producing a website as good as some of the others that I’d seen.
I was far below the level of most of my friends were at. I knew nothing about building a professional website. At best, I could make something stripped down and basic to display my content. Never the less, I decided it was worth a try.
When I got into my stride, I realised it wasn’t that dificult after all. There is plenty of free web hosting out there if you look properly. I used a WYSIWYG web builder program which meant I didn’t need HTML knowledge. It took about 30 mins to create a pretty good example with articles , blogs and pictures on it.
If you are interested in making a website with a more professional layout, it will take longer, but it is still nothing for you to worry about. Best of all, you will feel more included by your online friends, and you might just make new friends as well!
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