How to Find Website-Building Software and Freeware
Instead of hiring a professional web designer, you can build a website yourself using website-building software. These programs enable you to create advanced websites within only a number of days, or even hours. If you search the Internet, you will find a large number of website-building tools. You can use many of these programs for free, though some free versions limit functionality. Because so many types of software exist, difficulty arises limiting choices to find ones that match your website requirements.
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Easy methods for finding software
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Use word processing programs, such as Word or Open Office, as website building software. Type up a document the same way you would any other document and save it as "web" or "html" format to easily create webpages using software you already have on your computer. You can add website links, tables and images to create fully functional webpages.
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Visit your web-hosting control panel to find web-creation software that come with your hosting package by default. Many hosts include a wide variety of web-building programs such as blog building software, e-commerce software and mailing list software. Sometimes servers offer web-building software for free that normally requires payment. Using software already located on your server enables you to use the functionality easily without having to install the software on the server yourself.
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Find websites similar to the type you want to create. Scroll down to the bottom of the various website homepages. Look for attribution to web-creation software as many freeware programs require users to attribute their software on their websites. Attribution often contain statements such as "Powered by," "Created with" or "Software provided by," followed by the name of the software with a website link. Click on the website link to visit the software's website.
Find software using search engines
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Make a list of required website functionality. For example, your list may contain "online shopping cart," "contact forms," "blog" and "website search."
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Input specific search terms into the website search engine from your list of requirements. Hundreds of website-building programs exist. By using specific keywords, search results will list software programs that directly relate to your needs. For example, search for "shopping cart building software" or "contact form creation software."
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Input search terms relating to your category of website if you are unsure of your exact website requirements. Many companies create software specific to a type of website that already include the most popular website functionality for that type of site. For example, a website-building software for photographers would contain an image gallery where photographers can easily insert their own images. Online news site-building software would enable users to easily upload news stories, categorize them and prioritize them for display.
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Tips & Warnings
Many freeware programs limit functionality or display advertisements on your website. Purchase the full software to remove ads from your website and receive full functionality.
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