Smart ways to make money online - Web Host - Building your Web Site.

To build your web site you are going to need web site building software. You will need to decide whether you want to use a web host's site builder or use your own. Your choice will affect the web host you choose since some web hosts provide a web site builder and others don't.

What is a website builder ?

A website builder is a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) type software application that allows a novice to use a web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, etc.) to design and maintain a web site. This is much less frustrating than trying to learn a complicated website designing program like Dreamweaver or Front Page in a hurry. A website builder allows you to get your website up and running very quickly. Sometimes in an hour of less. You can build anything from an informational type site to a full blown ecommerce website. The beauty of this is that you can maintain the site yourself.

I usually recommend that if you are new to web hosting or fairly new that you select a web host that has a site builder and use it. The reason is that a software program like Front Page (the most popular site building program) is expensive and complicated to learn. You can always move up to it later but it's hard to start out with it.

One thing to be aware of though - if you use the web host's site builder it's even more important than it normally is to make sure you go with a good host. Since your site is built with your web host's software you won't be able to take it with you and make changes if your host turns out to be bad.

The web host I recommend with a site builder is Webhostingpad. They are a great host and their site builder is really easy to use. They only offer one package and it's loaded with a lot of free web site goodies. Plus, they are cheap.

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