How To Make A Website – Your Free, Step by Step Guide

When you’re writing an article, you’re putting forth the effort in an attempt to make the article content attractive for the reader. In short, you want people to read and enjoy your work. There are two ways to write an article; one way is to give it pizzazz, to grab the reader with an eye-catching, even witty headline, and an open format to promote readability. The other way is to format your article into long, single-spaced paragraphs chock full of [...]

When you’re writing content for an audience, you want that content to grab their attention, make them sit up and take notice, and hopefully share the content with their friends. There is no better marketing tool than word of mouth and it is your responsibility as the content writer to “make it happen” for your audience. In order to have a successful site you need to be able to determine the most important tasks your users come to your site [...]

NOTE: This article is a work in progress. As SEO changes, I’ll be updating this article with the latest news. Book mark it and come back to it often to make sure you’re up to date on the latest strategies. Revision date: 1st August 2012 Length: 6,500 words When I first got into Search Engine Optimization (SEO), I was confused. VERY confused. There was so much to learn and I didn’t know where to start. I made lots of mistakes [...]

When I first started buy domain names, I made a few BIG mistakes that cost me quite a bit of money (in the $x,xxx range). So, to help you learn from my mistakes rather than having to learn from your own, here are the 4 things I wish I’d known before I started buying domain names:   #1 Your TLD (.com, .org) matters Try as hard as you can to get a .com. If one simply isn’t available, even with [...]

You’ve got your domain, your hosting is set up, your nameservers are in place, and WordPress is up and running. Your website is getting close! There’s just one more step before your site will be ready to go: Installing a wordpress theme (If you want to skip all the info, just head down to the ‘My Recommendations’ section).     What is a WordPress Theme? A WordPress theme is a ‘skin’ that goes over the top of WordPress that makes [...]

  Now you’ve got your domain name and website hosting, it’s time to start adding articles, videos, and pictures. For that, you’re going to install WordPress. WordPress is a Content Management System (CMS). That’s a fancy was of saying it’s a program that lets you manage your articles, videos, and pictures, without knowing how to program a website. This allows you to build your first website without spend thousands of hours memorising Java, HTML, or CSS so you can devote [...]