Web Design Workshop: Free Web Hosting
Yes, it’s out there. If you want to put up a personal page you don’t need to go through all the trouble of buying a domain name and paying for space. The only trade off is that your site will have banner ads, pop-ups, and/or ads on the side column (“free” is a relative term on the internet).
Some services allow you… Continue reading
Is the design for your main page ready? Good. Now let’s break it apart.
Really. Now that you’ve completed the design for the main page of your site in a graphic program it must be broken down into smaller pieces and reassembled in a web page building program. This is done so the page loads faster on the user’s end.
Remember the straw analogy from last week?… Continue reading
Here are a few things to think about when designing your site.
The design is where you can express the personality of your site. It’s your site and you can make it look however you want. Some people will try to tell you that your site has to look a certain way. For example, you may hear that the navigation bar has to be at the top of… Continue reading
So, you would like to design your own website, huh? Well good for you 
Whether it’s a personal site or a business site that you are creating you will need a Domain Name
A Domain Name is a unique name that identifies an Internet Site. Without getting into a bunch of technical jargon it’s basically just the address for your site. For example, the Domain Name for WorldStart is… Continue reading
Okay, so you bought your domain name. You’re happy, you’re excited, you’re…. wait, well now what do you do with it? Now that you have a domain name you need to put it some place. Let me tell you where 
Buying a domain name does not automatically put your web site out there on the Internet. You can’t build your website, leave it on your computer in your house… Continue reading
Before you jump right in to build your website, take a few moments to arrange it in an orderly, logical way. I don’t know about you, but I hate it when I go to a website and all the information, and I mean all of it, is on the main page.
I realize that people are excited about their information and they want it all up front. However putting… Continue reading
Let’s go over some basics—definitions that is.
I’m sure you’ve come across words and acronyms on the Internet that you don’t know the meaning to. You may even see them every day but find your eyes glazing over with indifference to their definitions. If you plan on building your own website then it would be helpful to know what some of this stuff means. For example, do you… Continue reading
What’s a Favicon, and can I get one?
This one goes out to all you webmasters out there! (Yes, you are a webmaster even if all you have is a one-page site that lists your favorite food, your pet’s name, and the greatest place you ever went on vacation!)
Have you ever bookmarked a site and then tried to find it again later in the sea of bookmarks that spills… Continue reading
