How to Use Blue Voda to Build a Website

Yes, you can build your own website. With Blue Voda, you don't have to know computer language or html. Blue Voda is a website builder that has easy to follow instructions, written for an average person. Don't pay exorbitant prices to have someone else build your website, do it yourself with Blue Voda. Read on to learn more.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Go to the Blue Voda website to download the free website builder. After you've downloaded the website builder, watch the video tutorials and read through the help forum. Join the forum as a member to be able to ask a question, it's free. Make sure your computer has enough free space, and meets the requirements to download the free website builder.
2. Open the Blue Voda website builder that you've downloaded, it should be saved to your desktop. When the website builder opens, name your first page "index". This is confusing to a lot of folks, but in computer language the "index" page is your homepage and is the same with all website builders.
3. Begin by thinking of the page as a stack of information you want to put on a bulletin board. Before you can put things on the bulletin board, you need to think of the background. You can use a template from Blue Voda, a color or you can insert artwork as the background. Build your page from the background up.
4. Add music and the page effects while you are in the background file. The music plays in the background, and the page effects show special effects when someone clicks to either enter or leave that page. By clicking on "background" you'll also see a place to write keywords. Keywords are used to point a search engine to your website. Build your keywords by using the most relevant words first. For example, if your website is about pool supplies type in "poolsupplies" without a space between the words. Next you could add the words "sale,chemicals,parts,pumps,skimmers" etc. If a customer types "sale on pool supplies" into a search engine, your website would be listed because of your keyword selections.
5. Insert the text and pictures or graphics you want by using the folder tabs at the top of the page. You can easily change the text, the font, colors and size with the website builder.
6. Preview the page you've just built by clicking on the "preview" button. This will open your browser and show you what the page looks like to viewers. Make a note of changes that you need to make; text size, move a photo or change the music. Close the "preview" of your page, and make those changes on the website builder. Make sure you save the page after the changes have been made.
7. Upload the finished pages to Vodahost, which is the host for Blue Voda. Vodahost charges only 7.95 a month to host your website if you buy it yearly or 9.95 a month if bought on a month by month basis. Upload the "index" page first so your site can be found by internet users and search engines.
8. Update your site or make changes whenever you want. Simply open the website builder on your desktop, open the page you want to change and make the changes. Preview the changes, save the page and upload it again.