I need to build a website for my small business. Where do I start? What software do I need? Please help.?
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Might want to look into some of the web hosting companies that offer free website building tools that you can use yourself to create a quality professional looking website.\n\n- 1and1 (http://www.1and1.com)\n- Globat (http://www.globat.com)\n\nThey usually have low priced hosting packages that includes creating your domain name (www.YourBusinessName.com) and online software that will allow you to create a professinal looking, user-friendly, webpage.  With this, you can update your own web site as often as you like and all you would need is access to an internet connection to log into your account.  \n\nSimple and effecient.  Hope this helps.
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I would recommend using a Content Management System. Joomla is very good. It can easily help you build a dynamic site with lots of functionality. We've done a lot of Joomla sites and could help setting it up and all that.
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Very good start.\nI think you should have a standard template for your site and then follow the same template standard for the rest of your site.  That will make it look more professional. \nBy the way, are you hosting your website on a stand-alone dedicated server or is it on a regular hosting company?  I hope you know when the forum grows, you'll need to give lots of tech support to your member else you'll lose them.
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- I welcome for your enthusiasm in starting web site biz.\n- Learn HTML, JavaScript, ASP etc.,\n- Learn some Grapinc tools like Photoshop, Flash, etc,\n- Learn Dreamweaver for quick web page development.\n- Keep visiting various websites and absorb the latest design layouts.\n- I too like to start Website development business and let me know if you like to partner with you. I believe a team work definitely gain momentos in design parts and development parts. My email id is <salamkool@yahoo.com>, with subject as "Website - Yahoo! answers"\n- Wish you all success for your website biz.
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I guess a lot would depend on just what sort of site you wanted - whether it was a business site or just a couple of personal pages.\n\nA good place to start is to get a free site and experiment a little.  Try Yahoo Geocities http://geocities.yahoo.com/ or Lycos Tripod http://www.tripod.lycos.co.uk both of which are free.\n\nGeocities also comes with PageBuilder and SiteBuilder which are programs you can use to create your website.  They're quite basic but will give you a flavor of what's involved.\n\nIf you want to progress further then you'll need your own domain and hosting package which needn't cost any more than a few dollars a month.  At this point you'd want to look at something a bit more advanced for creating your pages and Microsoft Front Page is the industry standard.\n\nIt's hard to be specific as the questions is rather like saying 'procedure for writing a book' but start off with a free site and learn a few tricks from that.  You'll pick up lots of stuff as you go along.  Good luck.
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If you know HTML, you can use someone like freeservers\nhttp://www.freeservers.com\nif you know no HTML, Yahoo would be the best bet for you\nhttp://www.geocities.com\n\nHomestead USED to be the best.. now you have to pay :-&#92;
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what you need is a webpage designing application for beginners like microsoft frontpage. (since you are  new)\n\nOR\n\nyou can also try some free online site builders like yahoo site builder, which you get when you register a website on http://geocities.yahoo.com\n\nOR \nif you are seeking an advanced application Adobe Dreamweaver is the right one for you.
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I recommend hosting on a Linux Apache server. Use HTML, and PHP for the actual programming of the website. Use a mysql database for any database requirements.\n\nThese are the most commonly used and widely support options for a website. Unless your website grows to an enormous size, any good host should be fine. Try hostgator. They're reasonable priced and offer good reliability and support.\n\nContent would totally be up to you. You can make everything from scratch, or you can use pre-made CMS or Blogging platforms. If you choose the blogging route, I recommend wordpress.
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I use Yahoo SiteBuilder to build my website. All of it's features are very easy to use, with no prior experience needed. You can download it free , but please note: you'll need to sign up for Yahoo!'s web hosting service before you can actually publish your site. Yahoo!'s starter plan is only $8.95 a month for 2 months and then $11.95 after that. The $25 setup fee is also waived! Follow this link to the page that you can both download Yahoo! Sitebuilder and sign up for their webhosting service:\nhttp://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting/sitebuilding.php\nYou'll love it because it is so easy to do!
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There are many sites that will give you a website for free.  Geocities is one of them, I would do a search on yahoo for free web sites.  If you want your own domain name yahoo has great rates on those.  I great web hosting company that is reasonably priced is http://www.startlogic.com . They have several different packages to choose from, and have great built in applications for a business context.  Hope that helps, if not you can always email me at jbradley4000@yahoo.com
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try http://www.freeservers.com\n\nHere you can create your own website free. I has simple steps and tons more.
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Look up http://www.excelyourbiz.com \nto learn how to build a professional personal, business, or merchant website on your own without the high cost of paying for a webmaster for free or for a low cost. \nThey show you everything you need to know to build your own web site. \n\nThey offer advice and guide you through the steps to \nbuild your very own web site. Basic computer skills are needed\nand you don't need to be a computer whiz to build your own website.
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I am afraid that your two part question has an easy answer and a hard one.\n\nIn order to set up a web page you need three things:\n\n- HTML coding to determine what information is on your webpage and what it looks like.\n- A "Web Host" to take those files and place them on a "web server" that is accessable to the internet.\n- A URL to tell the world how to get to your newly set up server.\n\nThe HTML coding piece can be done many different ways.  You can choose to purchase or download a free editing application that will let you design your own page from scratch or from some pre-designed templates that come with the software.  Some of the more popular examples of these programs are Microsoft FrontPage and Macromedia (now Adobe) Dreamweaver.  Using these tools does take some learning curve, but as a rule they are not difficult to master.\n\nAn alternative to using software is to utilize a service like Yahoo or NetFirms who offer "Fill in the blank" web design.  These providers allow you to pick a look and feel and simply fill in the boxes as to what information you want to provide.  Often the come bundled with a hosting package and URL which we are about to discuss.\n\nThe second step is to select a webhost.  A Google or Yahoo search on web host will yield hundred of results.  It is best to look for a provider that has been around for some time, has a recognizable brand name and easy access to quality customer support.  A web host will typically charge you a monthly fee ranging anywhere from $8-$800 dollars a month for your site based on complexity and number of visitors (bandwidth) you use up.\n\nFinally you need to obtain a URL (Uniform Resource Locator).  A URL is your address on the internet and tells people how to find you.  Typcially you can purchase a custom URL for use (ie - Mywonderfullwebsite.com) or you can use a longer name with your hosting provider (ie - www.webhostingcompany.com/mywonderfullwebsite).  If you want people to visit your site you should try to pick a URL that is short and easy to remember.\n\nMany web providers bundle all the above items into a single package and remove the complexity from the process for you.\n\nFinally you ask how to get people to look at it ?  That comes down to marketing.  Get the word out by contact webmasters of simmilar sites and asking them to link to your site, visit the major search engines and find the "submit" link where you can enter in your new URL for their review, or start reading up on any of the many many books / websites dedicated to search engines and internet marketing.\n\nGood Luck !
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Geocities is a good option to start with. Its simple to sign up and manage your files. If you have Frontpage express, you don't even need basic HTML knowledge. That's what I did to make my site.\n\nGeocities page...\n\nhttp://www.geocities.com\n\nYou can have Frontpage from here...\n\nhttp://www.np.edu.sg/~bms/help/frontpage_exp_zipped.exe\n\nIn frontpage, you just need to type, or add pictures, backgrounds etc with just a click of a button. The HTML automatically builds up in the background. If you want, you can edit it too. Then you need to upload all files you have used for your Web pages, and also upload the HTML files to you File Manager. And your site is ready !\n\nGeocities allows only 15 MB per ID (you actually have to sign in with your Yahoo ID there). You migh say that 15 MB is less. But there's a solution. You can have your main Index page of your site on your main ID and make some more Yahoo IDs and for linking music files, videos etc (because they normally take up more space). But Geocities still has one more problem that the maximum size of a file you can upload is 5 MB.\n\nIf you have big files to upload, Megaupload is a good option for you. You can send files of a size of up to 250 MB to anybody (For FREE). When the file is uploaded, it gives you a link, which you can note down and put up on your site for the big files !\n\nIf you don't want Geocities, here are some more options you might want to try...\n\nhttp://www.bravenet.com\nhttp://www.angelfire.com\nhttp://www.homestead.com\nhttp://www.50megs.com\nhttp://www.250x.com (It offers a space of 250 MB)\n\nYou might also want to check out my site, which I have made without the use of ANY HTML knowledge. Its simple and what's more, I didn't have to pay anything to make it.\n\nhttp://www.geocities.com/sudeepjaiswal_2001
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well you can start by going to geocities.com they have free web hosting as well as tools to build your own web page!!! don't need to know HTML or java or anything...it also syncs with ms front page!!!
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Hi Smiling_raj_ If you need help with building your own website to promote your brands, here is a great tool you can use. If you can watch a video and click on your mouse your away. Great software at a great price. Checkit out it costs nothing to look
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Consider http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/ - it is excellent; or if you have no budget then consider www.blogspot.com - you cansetup your own template and can do reasonable amount of hosting.\n\nNot recomended to setup your own service.