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Sunday, April 5, 2015

Creating Websites Is Not Always All That Easy

By Iva Cannon


With the way the world is turning out everyone needs to have some basic knowledge of computers and websites. Especially if one is in a business and trying to reach potential customers all over the world. This is where creating websites can be very beneficial. For those that are new to this, don't worry there are so many sites that are willing to help set it up for a minimal fee each month.

WordPress.org is a site where one can download as well as install software scripts. The only thing that one will need to have is a web host. This is a service that provides space on the internet so that others can see it. The site will need to be uploaded or published and that is what a web hosting service does.

With this kind of advertising there is an option of clients having the option to fill in forms as well as being able to email so communication can be established. This method is very cost effective and saves a lot of valuable time. Building a platform will increase the visibility so that people that use the search engines will find what they want. This site does need to be search engine friendly.

The purpose of having this site is to show both the company's culture and well as the business. One will need to have some creative ideas and take them into consideration. Attention must be given to the finer technical details so that it will be more visible and updating it will not be too much of a hassle. This is generally termed the code of the website, or to the older generation the nuts and bolts holding it together.

The cost of setting this up all depends on how much one is willing and able to spend. The choices one will need to make are which platform it will need to be built on as well as the functionality that is needed and the degree of subject matter that the site will hold. Many have described it as having to buy a car; it depends on the make, model and features that one prefers.

The platform is an underlying structure that is used to create the actual website. Many of them require that one has a good understanding of technical knowledge about CSS and HTML. CSS or Cascading Style Sheets is a language that is used for describing the formatting and looks of a document whereas HTML or HyperText Markup Language is more for achieving colour, fonts, graphics and hyperlink effects.

A widget is a term used for a part of a program interface that uses the computers graphic capabilities. It helps the user to understand a complicated command language that could be very time consuming to learn. A plugin is a way to add and expand a function that already exists in the programme. These help to custom features and functions so that one's site can meet particular needs.

A theme is the way the page will be seen, it is the front end styling of the site. This will include the page layout, colours as well as the fonts used and any other detail that is needed. There are thousands of free themes that one can choose from and for those that one pays for they offer support if something should go wrong.




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