Books on how to make your own website with dreamweaver

Even if you don’t know how to make your own website you will probably be aware that most websites consist of pages written in HTML the computer scripting language that web browsers need to display web pages correctly on any type of computer.

A few years ago, the only way to write a web page was to sit down and format your text and images by hand typing in the html tags manually.

Now there are numerous programs known as html editors which simplify the whole process. The most complete and most professional of these programs is Dreamweaver by Adobe. This has fast become an industry standard as far as web editing software goes.

If you are new do making websites, or indeed if you merely new to dreamweaver you will most certainly find it a little daunting as it seems to be really complicated and the manual and help file ore of little help at all.

his can be quite off putting and I myself when first confronted with dreamweaver, found it easier to code the pages by hand using straight html instead of learning how to use the program.  Now I know how to use the program I can make whole sites in a fraction of the time it would take me to do it by hand, I find its WYSIWYG editing style so helpful. WYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get, meaning that you can type in text, give it format and put in images too and the end result will be exactly as you see it on the screen.

I can’t speak highly enough about this program.

If you have this software, or if you are thinking of obtaining it then you should download one of the following guides to this software.

Dreamweaver Made Simple or Dreamweaver Exposed. Both have step by step guides and video tutorials and will have you building top quality websites in less than 5 hours.

If you are still wondering how to make your own website then these two books along with the dreamweaver software should help you no end.

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How to make a website for beginners

Check out this basic overview for beginners and newcomers to web design…. It only highlights the overall steps to be taken.

How to make a website for beginners

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How to make a website using your own domain

If you have decided to go for a more established web presence and want to know how to make a website with your own domain name, steering clear of free blogs and free webpages then you will need to know the correct order in which to do things so as not to run into problems later. In this article I will go over the process of setting up your own domain from start to finish.

Domain name
First of all purchase your own domain name. This should be done from a reputable domain name supplier such as ‘enom’ or ‘GoDaddy’. You should check that you will be able to change the NAMESERVERS at will and that you will be able to transfer to another domain name provider freely if needs be. Domain names are paid on an annual basis and you should not have to pay more than $15 (be wary of very cheap offers as there is almost always a catch). The average price is around the $10 mark.

Hosting
You will need a webhosting company to be able to host your domain name and to give you space to host your pages. You should be given a sizable amount of disc space, several (if not unlimited) email accounts at your own domain and a decent amount of bandwidth. You should be given instructions by your webhost as to how to configure your domain name. They will give you the names of their NAMESERVERs and you will then go to your domain name supplier and configure your domain name to ‘point to’ the NAMESERVER your hosting company has given you. This might take up to 24 hours to take effect though in some cases is immediate.

Two reputable web hosting companies you might want to consider are iPowerWeb.com and IX Web Hosting

Webpages
You can now go a head and design your website and upload your web pages and images to your new server. and
I recommend using either Dreamweaver or Xsite Pro. High Quality instructive tutorials for dreamweaver are available (see the article below on how to make a website).

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HTML Editing Software

There is a lot of different HTML editing software on the market today and there are many choices, there are however a few which stand out and have become what one say is industry standard. Adobe’s Dreamweaver is one of the major players with a very complete program. It is designed to manage multiple multi-paged web sites, allows you to easily use templates and has an internal ftp utility which is used to synchronise your webpages between your computer and your web server.

Deamweaver is the choice of many professionals and is extremely complete. It is however a little confusing at first and is quite difficult to learn. Fortunately there are a few books and video products available which really help you get started with this essential web-building tool and will have you building your own websites with little or no experience in a matter of hours.

Here are two of the more complete publications available:

DREAMWEAVER MADE SIMPLE	Now you can view onscreen interactive video tutorials that walk you through step-by-step everything you need to know. More Information
DREAMWEAVER EXPOSED	Over 2.5 Hours Of Dreamweaver Training! These Dreamweaver Tutorials work with Dreamweaver 8, Dreamweaver MX, and will cover many of the features of the new Adobe Dreamweaver CS3. More Information

XSite-Pro

Another popular web editing program is Xsite pro. This has a very easy to use interface with its own template format. The software comes with hundreds of ready-made templates you can use either as a starting point for your own pages or as they are. One of the main features of this software is its built in SEO functions. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimisation. The program comes with a built in SEO analyzer which will count occurrences of your keywords and give you reports on all of your pages as to how well they are optimised for the search engines.

This program is fairly simple to use but you are a little limited however when it comes to completely customising your work as you need to stay within the confines of the format. This disadvantage is completely outweighed by the other fantastic features that this editor has to offer.

It can help you create almost any kind of site imaginable. It doesn’t matter whether you want to create a simple one page sales letter, a complex affiliate site or a thousand page Google AdSense site. XSitePro is more than up to the job. HTML editing software at its best.

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How to make your own website - The Basics

How to make your own website is explained here in very basic terms… for those who are new to web site building and have little idea this is more or less the process.

• You design you pages and build them on your computer.
• You upload them to a web server.
• You view the pages by typing in the address of your webpages on the server.

Building the Pages:
The pages are built using a simple scripting language called html.

It is not necessary to know how to use html as there are many html editors available. A html editor allows you to create a web page as if you were creating a word document by typing in the text you want, formatting it and adding images.

Hosting the Pages:
You will need some sort of web hosting to be able to put your webpages on a web server. Most low budget web hosting gives you space for your webpages and images and allows you to host your own domain name. The most common way to make your own website is to buy a domain name and register it so it points to your web host’s server that way your site can be found by typing in www.yoursite.com in any browser.

Uploading the Pages:
The way that files are uploaded from your computer to the server is normally via a process known as FTP (file transfer protocol). There are special programs available that do just this but most of the html editor software has ftp features included so you can upload to your server as you create the pages.

HTML Editors:
Two of the most widely used editors are Adobe’s Dreamweaver and Xsite-Pro. X-site Pro is easy to use and includes routines for checking the seo (search engine optimization) of your pages to make them 100% search engine friendly
Dreamweaver is much more complicated to learn and use but is much more complete and much more versatile. There are several books and videos however that contain excellent tutorials on how to use the program and will have you building websites in a matter of hours.

Click here for more information on XSitePro and a series of videos explaining how to use some of the features.
If you prefer to go with Dreamweaver then there are some really informative video tutorials and books available that will have you creating professional looking websites in a matter of hours. Check out the Dreamweaver Tutorials here that shows you how to make your own website.

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Welcome

Hello and welcome to the how to make a website blog. I am going to present information here on how to build web pages and complete websites going from the absolute basics to very advanced techniques. providing information on all you will need to know to get great looking professional websites up and running.
If you need to know anything or would like to make a contribution then the comments will be open for the time being.

Adz Penbram