Getting Started with your Website

Articles and tutorials for people just starting out as webmasters. These are just starting points for various topics. You may also wish to read our articles on designing your website.

Tutorials on Designing and Publishing Your First Website

• How to Start / Create Your Own Website: The Beginner's A-Z Guide
• How to Upload a File to Your Website Using the FileZilla FTP Client
• My Biggest Website Regrets
• How to Put a Search Engine on Your Website
• Woes of a Big Site: Preparing Your Website for Growth
• What Sort of Website Should I Create In Order to Earn Money?
• Glossary of Frequently Used Webmaster Terms
• Articles on Web Design

Choosing and Getting a Domain Name

• How to Register Your Own Domain Name
• Tips on Choosing a Domain Name
• Important Precautions to Take When Buying a Domain Name
• Should I Use a Temporary Domain Name Till My Preferred Domain Becomes Available?
• Should You Use Cloaked Domain Redirection to Point to Your Website?
• More articles on Domain Names...

Getting a Web Host

• Which Web Host Would You Recommend? (FAQ)
• How to Choose a Web Host
• All Those Disappearing Free Web Hosts
• The Fine Print in Web Hosting: Resource Usage Limits
• The Real Meaning of "Unlimited" in Web Hosting
• More Web Hosting Tutorials and Articles

Tutorials on Earning from Your Website

• How to Make Money from Your Website
• Accepting Credit Card Payments on Your Website
• More tutorials on Earning Money from Your Website

Dreamweaver Tutorials

• Dreamweaver Tutorial 1: How to Create a Website with Dreamweaver CS3
• Dreamweaver Tutorial 2: How to Spice Up Your Website with Images in Dreamweaver CS3
• Dreamweaver Tutorial 3: How to Add Links, Change Fonts and Change Colours in Dreamweaver CS3
• Dreamweaver Tutorial 4: How to Add a Navigation Menu Bar to Your Website in Dreamweaver CS3
• Dreamweaver Tutorial 5: How to Use Templates to Manage Your Website in Dreamweaver CS3
• Dreamweaver Tutorial 6: How to Add a Feedback Form to Your Website in Dreamweaver CS3
• How to Insert Raw HTML Code in Dreamweaver

Nvu, KompoZer and Mozilla Composer Tutorials

• Nvu Tutorial 1: How to Design and Publish Your Website Using Nvu
• Nvu Tutorial 2: Adding Images, Changing Fonts and Colours, Creating Links, Writing Your Content
• Nvu Tutorial 3: How to Create Data Tables
• Nvu Tutorial 4: How to Create a Multiple Column Layout
• Nvu Tutorial 5: How to Add a Feedback Form to Your Website Using Nvu
• How to Insert Raw HTML Code in Nvu
• KompoZer Tutorial 1: How to Design and Publish Your Website with KompoZer
• KompoZer Tutorial 2: How to Add Images, Change Fonts and Colours, Create Links, and Write Your Content in KompoZer
• KompoZer Tutorial 3: How to Create Data Tables in KompoZer
• KompoZer Tutorial 4: How to Create a Multiple Column Layout for your Web Page in KompoZer
• KompoZer Tutorial 5: How to Add a Feedback Form to Your Website Using KompoZer
• How to Insert Raw HTML Code in KompoZer
• Mozilla Composer Tutorial 1: How to Design and Publish Your Website Using Mozilla Composer
• Mozilla Composer Tutorial 2: Adding Images, Changing Fonts & Colours, Creating Links, Writing Your Content
• Mozilla Composer Tutorial 3: How to Create Data Tables
• Mozilla Composer Tutorial 4: How to Create a Multiple Column Layout for Your Web Page

WordPress and Drupal Tutorials

• How to Start / Setup Your Own WordPress Blog
• How to Setup the Drupal Content Management System for Your Website or Blog
• How to Set Up a Blog with Drupal
• How to Make Your WordPress Blog Search-Engine-Friendly

Resources Needed by Webmasters

• Free Web Editors, HTML / CSS Editors, WYSIWYG Web Editors
• Free FTP Clients / Programs
• Free Programmers' Editors, ASCII Text Editors
• Annotated List of Budget Web Hosts
• Free Web Hosts
• More Free Webmaster Resources

New Pages

• How to Add the Copyright Symbol to Your Web Page
• How to Create and Use Cookies in PHP
• How to Insert Google AdSense Advertisements into Your Blogger Blog
• How to Design a Two Column Layout for Your Website Using CSS
• Is It Legal to Use Any Piece of Music, Image, or Article for my Website? And Other Questions on Copyright Relevant to Webmasters
• Why Do the Pictures on My Web Page Not Show Up in Nvu / KompoZer? Troubleshooting the Broken Images on Your Page.
• Should I Use a Temporary Domain Name Till My Preferred Domain Becomes Available?
• Should You Use Cloaked Domain Redirection to Point to Your Website?
• Why Is My Site Not Ranking in the Search Engines?
• What Sort of Website Should I Create In Order to Earn Money?

Popular Pages

• How to Start / Create Your Own Website: The Beginner's A-Z Guide
• Tips on Choosing a Good Domain Name
• How to Create a Search Engine Friendly Website
• Dreamweaver Tutorial: How to Create a Website with Dreamweaver CS3
• How to Design and Publish Your Website with Nvu (free WYSIWYG web editor)

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