How To Build A Website and Make Money - Guide to Free And Inexpensive Software

The first question in people's minds, besides 'how to make money online', is usually
'how to make money on line'AND 'how to make a website'. People also wonder if
making money online can be done with free website design sites, or, do they have
to build a website using purchased software. Actually building a website can involve
both free website design and purchasing website design software. This article will explore both
methods and hopefully give new folks a little more confidance if they are going to try
to make money online.
My first experience with website building came from using Microsoft Publisher.
(If anyone reading this has Microsoft Office, Publisher should be bundleded with
the package). What I liked about using Publisher the most is that it is largely
a drag and drop interface with sizable text boxes that can be placed anywhere on the web page.
This makes Publisher very easy to use as far as web page design is concerned.
Another feature is that Publisher comes with website templates, like most programs
so that you don't have to start from scratch. What might make Publisher not so attractive to some is that
some knowledge (and software) about FTP is required for website creation. Also required is
a website host to store website files, such as HostGator or Yahoo!. FTP is not difficult
to master but is an additional step to build a website. Another problem with Publisher
is that accessing the HTML code is not easy and Publisher is also not as SEO friendly
as other site design tools if your designing a website to make money on the internet. If you
are looking for professional design power you might consider Adobe Dreamweaver but beware-
besides the expense of the program there will also be a large learning curve learning Dreamweaver
as well.
Another possibility to make your own website would be to explore the free website building
sites on the internet. Website building sites like webs.com and Homestead.com have free site building
tools for simple designs, but also have pay packages for those needing more storage for text and video.
I personally don't care for the web design tools available at these free sites but that
doesn't mean that a person can't build a good looking site and do it free. I just don't
care for how the interface works.
The lines are getting very blurry nowadays between a blog site and a website. My site, wesavemoney4u.com, is
in fact a WordPress blog site. When I first looked into blogging I tried Google's Blogger.com
and found it easy to set up a blog in a very short amount of time. After a while,
however, I looked into building a website that would support the affiliate programs
I wanted to join. That's when I discovered WordPress.
WordPress is a powerful blog/website building tool and, like Blogger.com, it is free. Unlike
Blogger.com, WordPress has a lot of support in the way of Plug-ins (small HTML or PHP programs
that are free, for the most part) and widgets that Blogger.com
doesn't have. The disadvantage of this power is that the WordPress interface is a little
more complicated and takes more time to learn before navigating it becomes easy. Of course WordPress
comes with a lot of impressive templates that have a refined, polished look of professional
web page design. This is important because visual appeal is paramount when customers visit
your site. All in all, I like the combination of WordPress professional looking templates
and the power that WordPress has to offer. If you don't mind spending a few days getting
their interface down there is no doubt that WordPress offers a lot for making money on the internet.
If the above suggestions on how to make a website don't have much appeal to you beause you
simply don't have the time to learn but have a resonable budget to work with then consider one more alternative.
There is website building software that is extremly easy to use, comes with dozens of professional templates, is great
for small business or people involved with affiliate maketing and makes it possible to set up a bare bones website in about
an hour. It's called Multi Profit Websites and is one of the most effective pieces of software that
I have seen in a while. For more information about this product please visit www.wesavemoney4u.com
and check our Micro News Blog.