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Thinking About Your Own Website

Article Table of Contents

 Complete article is 14 pages - $6
  • Getting Started
  • Why Do You Want a Website?
  • Advantages of a Website
  • Negatives of a Website
  • An Actual Website
    • Domain Names
      • Choosing Your Domain Name
    • Design Consultants
    • Internet Templates
    • HTML Classes
    • Web Design Programs
  • Web Hosting
    • Before Signing with an Internet Provider
    • Host Comparison
    • What You Need from Your Web Host?
    • How Long Before You Can Upload Pages?
  • Encryption Programs
  • Images on Your Website
    • Do I Really Need It?

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Web Design Programs

Microsoft Publisher is useful for designing your website; don't use it to… Microsoft FrontPage is better than Publisher. Just…

Net Objects Fusion is said to be a good program…

iWeb is great if your site will be fairly simple with few links…very easy to link to other pages on your website as well as … publishing your site to the Internet … including an iTunes widget…Google map…online gallery…error-free environment…

Dreamweaver 3.0 was… I recommend the MX version over the CS3 as…

How and where to register a domain name (and what it is); cautions about DNS; the practicality of a web designer and what to be aware of; who offers readymade templates—their negatives and benefits; using and/or learning HTML code (and where not to spend the money); sites for inspiration and warning; a list of popular web design programs and their negatives and benefits; and, where to find them cheap.

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Kathy Davie is an artist, educator, and author of the arts marketing series, Your Portfolio & You, aimed at helping artists survive (and thrive) at the business of being an artist.

As a self-taught artist, Kathy was frustrated by the lack of information on taking her career to a more professional level while meeting legal guidelines and learning about legal hiccups. Her drive for information fueled her to interview numerous professionals and compiled the information into a monthly news column. She now leads workshops and is converting the news columns into this continuing series of how-to books.

Kathy has a BS in Technical Writing & Editing with minors in Digital Media and History from Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO and is the author of Accounting for the SMALL Businessperson, How Copyright Applies to the Artist, the Buyer, the Employer/e, the Sold Artwork, Dealing with Photographs, Slides, Digital Images, and Surviving the Outdoor Arts Festival.

Visit her writing or arts websites or reach her by email.