The reason for writing this post is that many of your guys don't have sites or do have sites but don't have any control over them.
To get the most out of your website, you will need to get down and dirty with some HTML code at some point... learn the basics now and you'll save yourself time and money when it comes to needing a quick update to your site. Sites don't need to look flash and have lots of graphics, Ryan Lee, jim labadie and many of the industries top pros have proved this!
OK, before you start creating your own website, you are going to need the following:
A domain Name: this is your www.yourdomainname.com, register with godaddy.com or EuroDNS.com
A place to host your site: this is the location your webpages actually live... I can do this at 120 Euro per year on my own server if you ask nicely
An FTP program: this makes it possible to upload and download new pages to your host for them to appear on your site - Get a free one called AceFTP 3 Freeware
A text editor - Notepad on your computer is fine, if you want to be more flash, search on google for Free HTML editors
A book on HTML, pick a for dummies guide or whatever the top rated on Amazon is...
A plan - yep thats right before you commit to writing a single line of code, you want to know what the finished site will look like.
Write down what pages you need, the text and images you want to appear on these pages, don't forget your opt-in boxes for your newsletter. Then roughly sketch out a plan of how the first page will look.
Create a simple Flow diagram, of what pages will link to what
This is the basics tomorrow, I'll post something about content...
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can you build one for me?
sound like you know what you doing (at least I hope so)
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