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Resources For Developing Your Website

If you are new to this, then I really believe you can't go past a Hosting Service such as HostGator. Once you're account is set up and your domain name registed, you can 'create' your website in a matter of minutes with a few simple steps:

1. Login To Your CPanel
2. Select & Install The Platform You Want
3. Add Your Content

For example, as a photographer you might decide you want a Photo Gallery to show off some of your work, a Blog to post news and information, a Guest Book so visitors can leave feedback, an maybe Shopping Cart for selling some prints.

With CPanel and Fantastico you can install each of these with a few simple clicks. You then go through and add your content and apply your design elements to it, but the framework of these complex web applications can be set up in minutes.

Less experienced users might find it easier to install a Content Management System such as Wordpress or Joomla -- easily done through CPanel with just a few clicks -- and then use Add-Ons and Modules to add the functionality you want.

As you add new modules, such as Photo Galleries, eCommerce options etc, your site theme is automatically applied to the new features.

The amazing part if, you can now build a website with more features than you'll know what to do with, without needing to know a single line of code!

If you're starting out this is the only way to go!

Additional Resources

There's a lot here, so if this is your first visit, your best option is to just look it over, see what's available, grab what you need now and make a note of anything you might be able to use later. (No need to download everything now, we're not going anywhere!)

www.W3Schools.com

This is easily the best tutorial & reference site for basic HTML, CSS styles sheets, right through to the more advanced scripting languages PHP, ASP, XHTML etc. Even after doing this for 10 years I'm still a regular visitor!

If you own a website, sooner or later you will need to know how to edit something on some page, some where ... while you don't need to learn html to publish your site, you should try to learn the basics to help you maintain it.

That can sound daunting, but HTML is about the easiest code you will ever learn ... once you make a start.

Serif Photo Plus Software is full featured graphic editing software at a fraction of the price of Photshop.

Look for the links to FreeSerifSoftware to the free versions of all their programs.

Free Web Editor Software. Fairly rudimentary, but quite handy if you need a and easy webpage. Lots of simple templates and all the basic functions to get you started.

Free FTP Software (All Platforms). Essential once you start uploading files and photos to your website. Most website control panels will have a good file manager built in, but for ease, speed and convenience you can't beat a drag-and-drop FTP Client.