Web Design and Development

Web design is a complex subject, especially for beginners. There are many excellent programs out there that will allow the user to develop basic HTML, adding flash and embedding, web development skills such as Java, and multimedia applications to their site. With the rise of social media and social media marketing, it is becoming apparent to entrepreneurs and hobbyists alike that the field of web development is growing at an alarming rate. Take Facebook for example. Facebook is a site of web development programs, all in one. It only took one Harvard grad six years ahead of the rest of the Internet community to figure it out. However, for the novice, learning the basics is more important than aiming for millions! One of the most important steps to remember is to find your niche. Some people will enjoy the layout and look of web design, and others will be more comfortable developing Rss feeds and Java applets for a basic site. Others may find that your niche is flash game development and advertising that can be sold on your website space.

However, these are the most important points to remember.

1 Register a domain name: A domain name is like an Internet license plate. It’s personal to your site and what you intend to put on your site, for example, ie if you’re writing about a dog, you wouldn’t call your site catsmonthly.com. Make your domain short and crisp.

2 Get a good ranking on Google. To do this, you would use a site that supports names and keywords. The keyword generally describes words that are used in search engines.

3 Get a domain provider. A domain provider is someone who provides hosting (storage) for your website. This can be free or paid for. Depending on what you want your site for.

4 Launch your site using an upload tool like Filezilla. (to upload your files to your server, web space). And finally, your web template is ready to go.

There are great web template programs that authors can download and use. Evosoft makes brilliant software and Microsoft also has Visual Studio and the new 2010 version is pretty good. In short, web design and development is an important tool and individual, unique pages have helped design and shape the growth of the Internet in recent years. .

There is also scope to sell your work and finished sites could just be a hobby or the start of a career.