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How To Build Yourself a Successful Website
Are you getting ready
to start a new web project? Or are you planning to create
new pages for your current website? If so this article
is for you. Here are seven quick steps to help you get
started on the right foot.
The first thing you will want to do
if you are starting a new website is decide what you
want to your site to do and then construct a blueprint.
If you are just getting started then you can find a
really good tutorial over at http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/design/site_building/tutorials/tutorial1.html
OK. Is your blueprint ready! Great!
Let’s get this show on the road.
STEP ONE - Create A Template For Your
Website
The very first thing you want to do is establish the
look and feel of your site so you can keep it consistent
on all the webpages. Just imagine the headache of building
30 pages of content and then remembering something you
should have included in your design or realizing that
the look and feel just doesn’t fit the theme of
your site. Ouch!
So, save yourself that headache and
look at a few websites that are similar to what you
want to do. You could even visit websites that offer
ready-made-templates for you to use like http://www.freewebtemplates.com/
or http://freesitetemplates.com/
STEP TWO - Outline The Items That Will
Change On Each Page
Go through your webpage template and make note of the
things that will change on each page. You will use this
as your building checklist.
STEP THREE - Create Your Storyboard
Take your ideas from the previous step and create your
storyboard in a text editor. Here are some ideas to
get you started.
Filename: Write the name you intend
to give this file ( e.g., my-first-page.html) The best
thing you can do here is to give it the same name as
the keyword you are targeting for this particular page.
Title: This is what will appear at the
very top of your visitor’s browser. This should
be between 60 to 80 characters long. Do not forget to
weave your main keyword into the title at least once.
Keywords: These are the keywords that
will appear in your meta-tag description. Type your
main keyword first and then add in about four more similar
keywords or phrases. Try to keep this under a hundred
characters.
Description: Type a description of what
this page is about in way that will grab a potential
visitor’s attention. Keep this about 150 characters
long. Do not forget to weave in your keyword here.
Body: This is where you will actually
type the content for this particular page. Try to weave
your keyword in naturally once every couple of paragraphs
if possible. Add links to the web pages you want you
visitors to see. Decide where your graphics will go
as well as any ads you will place on your page to make
money.
Wrap-up: This is where you put your
call to action for whatever you want your visitor to
do...whether that be to click on your affiliate link...buy
your product...or sign up for your e-zine. Do not forget
to add a link back to your home page.
STEP FOUR - Create Your New Page
Now that you know what your page will look like and
what is going to be on it…go ahead and open your
favorite HTML editor. Open your template for this site
as well as the document you just created in the previous
step.
STEP FIVE - Copy And Paste
All you have to do now is simply copy the text you created
in your storyboard and paste it into your webpage template.
Once you are done and are satisfied with how it looks
you are ready for…
STEP SIX – Save The File And…
STEP SEVEN – Upload The File to
Your Host
Presto! You are well on your way to
building yourself a successful website. Now all you
have to do is market it, and get those visitors to come
‘clicking’ in by the droves.
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