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WEBSITE BUILDING
TOOLS
About web building
tools:
There are a ton of different website
building tools available. They can cost from free to
beyond $600. Most require knowledge of html code and
other resources of web building technology such as
tables, CSS, and more. Just becoming familiar with these
subjects can be very time consuming and frustrating. It
takes enough time just to plan and actually construct
your web site. Having to learn the languages/codes and
techniques involved for it to function properly can be
overwhelming.
I indicated in an earlier article that there
are some companies that package it all up into one
complete service. Domain registry, website hosting and
website building tools. If you really want to go simple
and less expensive, these may work for you. But the tools
they give for building your website are rather simple and
cookie cutter.
There are free composer programs that you
can download. You'll find yourself spending many hours
trying to learn and grasp the use of the html language
and layout resources. If you are familiar with all of
these technical tools, you may wish to download Kompozer.
There are plenty of instructional articles and tutorials
available. My first attempt at building my own website
for fun was done...or attempted, with Kompozer. I bought
Dummies guides specific to html, CSS, tables, and more. I
comprehended most of these but it took a long time and
still the big picture didn't quite come together when I
began to apply the knowledge. I eventually said "too
much" with too little progress.
Then there are the professional software
packages. I didn't want to spend a fortune for the better
known packages that cost upwards to $600 or more. And if
I purchased lessor known, would they really do what I
wanted? Plus, for any of these, how much of the technical
knowledge would be needed. They might give you all you
could ever want for design purposes, but would I end up
having to take a course at some community college to
really be able to make use of them?
I started reviewing software that wouldn't
break the bank and yet required a minimum of technical
knowledge. There weren't many out there. But I did find
one that seemed to meet all the criteria. This one has
ease of use, good support and help desk, design
variables. It even has a page analysis feature that
grades each of your pages for industry standard
readability. It also gives you tips on how to fix those
parts of your page(s) that fail to meet the
standards.
My selection of software was XSitePro 2. It
cost under $200.00 and has worked wonderfully. Finally I
had a web building program that didn't require any of the
technical knowledge. You build in a guided fashion and
all the technical things like html (which is needed to
talk to the internet), is done for you automatically in
the background. I can use my time to create my site
without any of the background knowledge one would
otherwise need! If you know html, you can alter the
source code to your liking.
I have provided the link to XSite Pro on the
right panel or you can click here. Check it out for
yourself.
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