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Websitehouse.net
wants
to show you, visitor, the right tools to create your own web site, focusing
on the whole cycle of development, which means: domain name registration,
web site design, hosting, search engines and some other internet tips.
1. Domain Name Registration:
- Domain is the name of the web
site address, like WEBSITEHOUSE.NET: American domains (TLD) uses the extension
.com, .net, .org and from 2001 also .biz and
.info domains. The French domains are .fr, Brazilian domains
are .br (the service is provided by
registro.br), British domains are .co.uk, Italian domains are
.it, to list just a few examples.
- The Companies accredited in
US to register a domain name: VeriSign
(Network Solutions) charges you $35/year for .com, .net, .org, .info and
.biz, but you have to have credit card. NetSol was the first Company
responsible to make registrations in US, now there are a lot of them, and
this is good for you, because you can get much more options in terms of price
and service. Register.com is
an example of another company, its site is very good to find names.
- At
Godaddy.com
you will find a very cost-effective service, the very best control panel
in the industry and domains registration for only $8.95/year. Check it!
2. Web Site Development:
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Netscape
Composer is good for beginners and you can get it for free. As
long as you get experienced, you will probably need something more professional,
like Microsoft FrontPage,
with very good programming resources. The Composer is very easy to use
and comes with Netscape Communicator (browser), but MS FrontPage gives
your site a very professional look. Another professional software professional
is Macromedia Dreamweaver
with almost the same resources of FrontPage, but the mainly difference
is that you upload your files via FTP, this way you can access your CGI
folder. Using FrontPage, don’t use FTP, ever. Using FTP will damage the
FrontPage extensions installed on the web server. To decide between one
or the other you have to balance your needs and goals with your money.
and your.
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To get a nice and professional
look, you will need to use some specific software’s to work with pictures,
like PhotoPaint (image editor from Corel)
or PhotoShop(image editor from Adobe).
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You may need some Gifs
in your site:
WebDeveloper
Clipart
Connection
WebImage
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JavaScripts, Applets, Perl,...:
JavaScript
Source scripts cut and paste
Cut
and Paste the name says…
ZDnet
a lot of free scripts cut and paste
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If you want to add some Flash
Files:
ScreamDesign
very good
Flash
Move with other resources also available
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A good site should have a counter
(hidden or not). If you want something very simple, use the counter function
at the FrontPage
software. To get much more information (unique visitors, visits by day/month,
referral, hits, browser, OS) you can try TheCounter.Com
or iClicks , but you have to pay for
it.
3. Hosting:
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After done your job, you need
to launch it, which means, you need some hosting company that will maintain
your site 24h linked to the web.
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Some Companies do this for free,
but they put banner-adds or pop-ups in your site. Some good options are
Tripod
e GeoCities (Yahoo).
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If you could spend $10
up to $20 /month you would take a professional service, something that
gives reliability to your site. You can research some options through the
search engines. Try using the following key-words: site, host, low cost
(if you want it).
4. Search Engines:
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Netcenter
(go to the bottom line and click: add site): provides include your site
in 11 search engines for free.
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Yahoo,
Altavista,
AOL,
GoTo
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Google index
automatically the websites!
5. Tips:
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