Welcome to New Website Design!

How to create & build your new website design.

You've recognized it's time for a change. What's the use having a website design if no one comes to visit it? Let's face it… after rolling out a ton of cash, a new website design is not in your budget. So roll up your sleeves and get ready to go to work. Our mission, if you choose to accept it is… Build your own Web Site Design. 

Almost everyone, including so-called "web design professionals" who attempt to build one, will fail miserably at it… that is, when it comes to delivering a valuable stream of Internet visitors and curious, content seeking search engine robots and spiders. However, understanding a few important basics, just about anyone can create a successful, web traffic generating web site.

What we'll attempt to do here (without trying to sell you something) is, to provide you with the knowledge and the tools you will need to effectively create a successful new website design, and ultimately… a new website identity on the World Wide Web.

Elements for Web Design Success

As with everything that functions like a well oiled machine... there are key, "etched in stone" web design elements for success.   Leave one or a few out of the equation, and your website success will simply not add up. 

You're website competition are using them, and you should incorporate them on your website as well. Use the following elements to get your website project on the right highway to website design success.

Web Site Design Tips
- Web Site Design Tutorial - Learn HTML- The Internet Browser
- Tips On Building a Web Page Part I
- Web Design Tips for a Successful Website
- Web Design Templates

Where To Begin Your New Website Design Project

First off let's clear the air about few very important World Wide Web myths. The Internet is NOT FREE! Period, point blank. Having a website is NOT FREE! There you have it. If you believe it is, then I suggest you leave now. We can't help you. FREE websites on the Internet mean, "you have virtually no, or very limited control over your web site design". Whether you build your own new website design, or hire a web designer to build one for you, there are significant costs involved.

Certainly, if you build your own website design, you'll save hundreds, if not thousands of dollars. And if you build it to attract hungry, content feeding search engines, you could very well make a profitable income.

Here's what you are going to need.

1.) A thorough grasp and understanding HTML.
Get your head out of the gutter listening and believing website designing claims such as; "No HTML coding needed", "Create Your Website In Minutes", or "Super-Charged Web Design At The Touch Of A Button".

Forget about it! Such claims tell you one thing and one thing alone... "Give us your money for nothing". Take your everyday Internet web browser for example... There does not exist today… a fool proof HTML editor that'll make your website design easier than knowing and understanding HTML.

In fact, in most cases what they'll do more than anything is... confuse you into total frustration. If they don't get you in the process of building your website, they'll make up for it when it comes time to attract curious, content seeking search engines and ultimately visitor traffic to your new creation. It just isn't going to happen.
But there is an easier way...

- Learn HTML A Web Design Tutorial

2.) Get A Real Domain Name
Your domain name is your online identity. Ownership is your first step in acquiring authentic, cyber real estate on the World Wide Web. Whether you are promoting a personal blog site, or selling Harley Motorcycle Parts, it's essential to use meaningful, relevant keywords in your domain name that properly describe what your website page, pages, and content are all about.

Don't get caught up in buying a cheap domain name. What is a cheap domain name you ask? Domain name registration and ownership can cost you from $7.95 per year up to $35.00 per year. You get what you pay for. There are a whole Calvary of unscrupulous domain name registrars out there… willing and anxious enough to cause havoc to both you and your domain name property.

Domain name scams run ramped and lurking on the World Wide Web. As easy as it seems to register and buy one, so is it as easy to lose it. Buyer beware. Know who you can trust before registering and purchasing your domain name. Here are some great domain name scams you should be made aware of… before you register and buy.

3.) Website Design Utilities & Tools Of The Trade
Text Editor
The very first thing you need to get your hands on is a good, all purpose text editor. A text editor allows you to read, edit and create raw HTML document files. DO NOT rely on a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) text editor. Examples of WYSIWYG text editors are Microsoft Web Expressions, (Formerly known as Front Page) and Adobe Dreamweaver, to name a couple.

These pathetic WYSIWYG HTML text editors are not going to teach you a darned thing about HTML. They are sophisticated editing programs that are designed to make editing and managing a website a breeze- oh, and with no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML. Yeah right. You'll waste valuable time learning the program and trying to correct the errors they create. In the time it takes to finally master a half-way decent web page, you could have easily created five websites knowing HTML coding.

FTP
Next up, you'll need an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program. An FTP is a network protocol used to transfer data from one computer to another through a network such as the Internet. The program software creates a connection between two computers in order to exchange, download or upload files.

Once you make changes to your HTML documents on your computer (known as the local drive), an FTP is used to send the documents to your web hosting computer (known as the remote drive) where they can be viewed by the Internet community.

Additional FTP Resources:

- How to upload your new web design to the Internet.
- How to upload your web pages with SmartFTP