subject: The Primary Keys On How To Build A Website For Free [print this page] Are you planning to build a website for free, but having a problem on where to start? Getting started to build a website for free could really be challenges on your part especially if you are a beginner who haven't try to do it before. Before we proceed to this discussion, I will share to you the basic elements or the primary keys that you have to consider in making a website. The first on the line is an HTML editor, second is a hosting account, third is an FTP client, and fourth is a merchant account and the last but not the least is a marketing strategy.
We can simply compare these five elements into a simple retail store in a mall; the HTML editor can create the furnishings of your store, your fixtures and the inventory. The Hosting account is the retail space that you are renting, while the FTP client is the moving company. Your store's cash register is your Merchant account and the way on how you will get paying customers to your store is what we called as your Marketing strategy. These elements are the most important things to consider if an individual want to build a website for free on his own.
However, you can do hire a professional website developer that could build a website for free, but practically who wants to spend money on something that you can have for free? One disadvantage on hiring someone to do the website for you is that you really don't know what they are doing and worse is by the time they finished it they will give to you without telling you what things you have to do in order to maintain the support for the website. Nowadays, there are a lot of available books, written materials as well as college level courses that teaches and explains these elements, so as a start we will briefly discuss these elements one by one.
The most important one is the HTML editor. HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language, this is the primary language that most of the websites are written. For an individual to learn HTML, he or she must need to undergo some college level classes. On the other hand, because of the birth of the WYSIWYG or the What You See Is What You Get Editors, to learn HTML is no longer that necessary to create an attractive and a functional website. There is already available software out there that helps you build a website for free. These are the free website builders that create the website on your behalf.
Among all the free website builders out there that promises to help you build a website for free the best is MyFreeWebsiteBuilder. This free website builder has an awesome set of instructions and tutorials that can guide you all the way on how you could make a website of your own. You don't have to worry on following these instructions because they are all easy to understand, they have all the special features that makes the entire task easy for you. This free website builder is pack with all the features and functions, all of them will come on handy for you but I am not allowed to go deeper about their features and functions as they are all covered by detail in the tutorials.
Now that you know about this software that would help you build a website for free, now is the time to find a downloadable version of it on the internet. After you have download it, you can now proceed on reading the tutorials and following the instructions, it is also the time to decide on what you want for your website and on what is the best look for your website. The purpose and the design of your website are very important. Planning is required if you want to build a website, there is no single building that is built without having any set of plans.
Before you build a website for free, you have to decide on how many pages your website will have, the names for each pages as well as the order you want them to be. You should also decide on the logo you want to use if there is any. There is a need to decide on the purpose of your website, is it going to be an online shopping website or just a personal website? In planning you need to sit down along with your pen and a piece of paper, list down all the necessary things that are needed. You can also sketch the look that you want your website to have.
For you make the planning easy on how you could build a website for free, here are some hints for you to ponder on. The very first to consider is KISS that stand for Keep It Stupid Simple, you have to be aware that your prospect site visitors don't want to click many times before they could find the thing that they want in your site. Second is to take advantage of the Golden Triangle, you need to consider this because most of the site visitors refers to click on the top left part of their screen than on the bottom right.
Another thing to consider is your contact details, you should see to it that you will make it easy for those people who want to contact you, provide them with your contact info that will obviously appear on every page of your website. To build a website for free that will look pretty should not be the top of your priority because not all pretty website out there translates to more sales, nevertheless, a plain simple website will outsell most of the times. To be simple is the best policy when it comes to website building, you don't have to make things complicated for you and for your future customers.
Right after deciding on what would be the best look for your website, now is the time to start and build a website for free. The first step is to find a template that has all the features that you want, even though there are a lot of templates in the free website builder that you have, there are some instances that you still might not find the one that you are looking for, so if this happens to you then you can search on the internet for the best website templates. There are some websites that offers a vast amount of free templates; you will now have a bigger chance to see the one that you are looking for. Truly, to build a website for free is that easy, however, it is not also that tough to accomplish all you have to do is to be patient and be focused.
