Starting a web site for free
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I am often asked “How can I start my own web site without any web design knowledge and without any money whatsoever?”
I know it can be hard to get started sometimes and not everyone wants to put money down just to get a simple site to share photos, news etc. So I have set out to find as many resources as I could that help you get started.
Option 1) Free blogs
Probably the most well known of the lot is Google’s Blogger.com. Starting your own site (blog) there is very easy. No mucking around with designs (unless you want to that is) it’s just a matter of a few clicks of your mouse button and away you go.
Thoughts.com Forums – Click on “blogs” in the navbar to open a free blog account.
Vox.com – Free blog provider, photo sharing.
Xanga – Another blog and photo sharing site.
i.ph – This blog provider boasts of very refined privacy settings with many options.
Option 2) Social/business network sites
LiveJournal – Blog provider / social network.
MySpace – I’m guessing Myspace needs no introduction.
BraveJournal – Another blog place that is leaning towards being more social network then just blog provider.
Squidoo – Here you can make a one page site about any topic and you can even get paid for your content. You can make many one page content pages not just one.
Option 3) Free web hosting with site builders or content management systems
FreeWebs – Advertising will be placed on your site but if you just want a simple page this is a good place to start.
Yahoo/Geocities – Lots of ads will be placed on your site so only use for personal sites.
Google page creator – You need to have a Gmail account and be using either Internet Explorer 6.0 or Firefox 1.0, or higher, with JavaScript and cookies enabled. If you don’t have a Gmail account, you can sign up for one here free.
If you know of more good services please let us know in the comments.
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16 Responses to “Starting a web site for free”
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i wan to learn the basic of web page….
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i want to learn the basic of web page, i want to do a web site for the business for eg restaurant…
Hi,
The article is interesting and really helpful for the newcomers. Especially the Free Blogs portion of the article is truly noteworthy.
i want to learn more about web
If you to learn basic than try w3c.orh, its a good site for beginners
Hello to help you learn html try this
http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/
also use this
http://www.editplus.com/
Edit plus helps you code with some premade code and color coded code so you know if their is a error.
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i want to design my web
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am also a designer web designer . thats why i know its verey hard job but if u think u can do it than welcome to the designers :)
if someone want 2 know about the web designing than open
webdesign.org and http://www.w3schools.com for html
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I had no, nada, zero knowledge of web site design, code, etc. I purchased MicroSoft Front Page 2003 (wow, 6 years ago). It is so very easy to learn. It is a point and shoot program. I have now designed and webmaster 15 sites with more in the works. Remember: All the flash and trick stuff, all the bells and whistles are useless if your visitors can’t navigate the site or have old and slow dial up. Start simple and stay that way.
Good luck to you
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