| In today's world having your own website is almost | | | | the code and make a custom website is not cheap |
| as common as having your own cell phone. A lot of | | | | and likely more than most individuals would want to |
| families use websites to communicate, business | | | | pay. Even some small businesses would find the costs |
| people use websites to sell their products and | | | | challenging and even prohibitive. Many would prefer to |
| services. There are many reasons why people want | | | | find a solution on how to make a website that is not |
| to know how to make a website. | | | | expensive and simple to do. |
| The idea of creating your own website can be a | | | | Internet services providers may offer a page on the |
| daunting challenge for someone who is not an expert | | | | web for free, when you sign up for their service. |
| in computers or the Internet. Maybe he knows how | | | | Creating content on one of these pages can be really |
| to check his mail and navigate to a couple of social | | | | easy, if you use a simple template to facilitate the |
| networking sites, but that's about it. In the past his | | | | process. You can pick background colors and font |
| reluctance to try was understandable, as creating | | | | styles, and even integrate music, images, and videos |
| your own page was only for a computer pro, and | | | | with these templates, and a knowledge of code isn't |
| someone who knew the HTML language. | | | | required to do so. |
| HTML, or hypertext markup language, is the way a | | | | If you do have a web space online, but it doesn't |
| computer builds a website. You can learn simple | | | | come with a template, advice on how to make a |
| HTML easily, but if you want to know how to make | | | | website can be found when you buy a piece of |
| a website, you'll have to invest a lot of time into | | | | inexpensive web design software. You can also find |
| learning this language. If that seems too daunting, | | | | this kind of software for free online, as shareware or |
| you can always turn to a website designer. Many | | | | freeware. In our decade, it's possible for almost |
| designers are out there who can build both personal | | | | anybody to design and maintain a web site. If you'd |
| and business websites. | | | | like, you could even branch out by learning HTML and |
| The problem is expense. Paying someone to write | | | | doing some advanced design work. |