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Website Design 2
Building The Site
If you are using a PC then you can use any text
editor (we recommend Word Pad) on your PC to write HTML ( Here's A Tutorial ) ...and then Upload it to a Web Host online that you have
chosen... using a free downloadable FTP Program such as FileZilla OR you can
build from an
online host's (like
www.Angelfire.com) Web Shell tools... Read Our Angelfire Tutorial... OR you can use a Program such as DreamWeaver or Microsoft's Frontpage which
are WYSIWYG Editors (What You See Is What You Get) but you will not become a reliable Webmaster by starting out using these WYSIWYG or any other computer programs to build web pages! These programs create excessive HTML Coding that is unnecessary for page building, and as mentioned you will really NOT learn "what's going on" when the page is built... unless you "do it yourself" by using a text editor and learning HTML and writing your own code for the page!!!
- Create bookmarks or favorites of Websites That Aid In Web
Design and use their tools for your page building!
- Learn how to VIEW SOURCE so that you can "see" the
HTML Code for other webpages and thus learn how their pages were actually built using HTML
as well as JavaScript and other languages!
- Learn how to Copy & Paste ...without this keyboard
technique you cannot effectively build source code pages!
- Simplicity is best... don't use HTML FRAMES but do use HTML Tables to layout your pages. Using
the TABLES LAYOUT DESIGN TECHNIQUE gives you more cross-browser
compatibility, at least at this stage of browser development!
- Try to Minimize Graphics on your pages... they tend to distract viewers and slow down
load time. If you have a lot of Images to display, put them into one area of your site for
viewers to see, and learn how to Optimize Your Graphic Images, to reduce page load!
- Study HTML Tag Codes and adhere to all the corresponding
rules associated with them... (as much as possible)
- Use a Good HTML Validator to check each page for
errors before you build the next page!
- Let our Professional Design Team do a WEBPAGE CRITIQUE for
you and learn how to Improve the look and feel of your site!
- Use of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a must for STYLING your pages but
there is still not consistant cross-browser compatability to rely on it for page
LAYOUT, so use it for all other things that affect PRESENTATIONAL aspects of your page... You can STUDY CSS also at W3 Schools
Have any Questions just...
Continue with this design series...use the
"Design 3" link below...
 Design 1---Design 3 
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