How to Plan a Website With Templates

Creating your own website with a professional program like Dreamweaver can be a daunting task. Even programs designed for the casual user such as Microsoft's Front Page can be difficult to use, with tricky instructions and features that can be hard to figure out. Yet you still want to build your own home page, but without all of the time and frustration it takes to learn a program from scratch. The solution is to use website templates. All you have to do is select a few basic options and your site practically builds itself. Then you can customize it to get the exact look that you want.

In this free series of web design videos, our professional internet consultant takes you step by step through the creation of a website using templates. He gives you hints on how to plan the site, tells you a couple of places where you can find samples, then talks you through the construction of your home page. Wondering how to add photos to your page? How about calendars or maps? Our expert tells you everything you need to know about creating your own webpage with templates.