How to Use Website Design Software
Building a basic website using website design software is simple. Although simple text editors can be used to create websites, this requires knowledge of html coding. Website design software is intuitive and visually oriented and the basics can be learned in a few hours.
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Start using website design software by assembling the content for the site. Web content is the text and pictures that constitute a website. Website software is useless without content. Many website design software packages come with ready to use graphics.
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Decide upon the website's level of complexity. Beginners should stick to a very basic design and use a template provided by the website design software. When using a template, use word processing software to spell check the text. Most website design software use a basic cut and paste way to add text to a template.
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Save the website often. Most website design software allows users to return to a dated iteration of their site in case a major glitch wipes out a full day's work. Save a work-in-progress with different names to avoid overwriting a site.
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Test the website design using a web browser. All website design software lets users test their website design in real time using a web browser. Use more than one browser also if possible.
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Find a web hosting service to post the website to the Internet. Registering a web domain and posting to the Internet can be done directly from a home computer using file transfer protocol (ftp). File transfer protocol posts the webpages and associated files directly to the web server. This is done through the website design software in real time and changes can be viewed immediately.
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