Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Creating Websites Is Not Always All That Easy

By Iva Cannon


With the way the world is turning out everyone needs to have some basic knowledge of computers and websites. Especially if one is in a business and trying to reach potential customers all over the world. This is where creating websites can be very beneficial. For those that are new to this, don't worry there are so many sites that are willing to help set it up for a minimal fee each month.

Even when one is not around the website will be. It is available for all to see twenty four hours a day, seven days a week and three hundred and sixty five days a year. People that live in a different country as well as just down the street can see ones products as well as services from their own living rooms. Advertising via the newspaper or magazines has the potential to only reach those in close vicinity.

Many will argue that having a long name or even a short name is good. They are generally allowed to be sixty seven characters long. Sometimes having a shorter name will be easier to remember and will more than likely have less chance of typing in the incorrect letter. Others still think that having a longer name is easier remembered so the choice is entirely up to oneself.

If one is considering on having a hyphenated name there can be some good and bad sides to it. It can be very easy to forget that hyphens are added when typing and users might just land up on the opponent's site instead. Truth be told having to type them in is a real pain!

The cost of setting this up all depends on how much one is willing and able to spend. The choices one will need to make are which platform it will need to be built on as well as the functionality that is needed and the degree of subject matter that the site will hold. Many have described it as having to buy a car; it depends on the make, model and features that one prefers.

It is a platform where one is able to use for free without having to pay a monthly subscription or licence fee. It started as a blogging system but has progressed into a full content management system or CMS. It is only limited by ones imagination and has thousands of widgets, themes and plugins that can be used.

A widget is a term used for a part of a program interface that uses the computers graphic capabilities. It helps the user to understand a complicated command language that could be very time consuming to learn. A plugin is a way to add and expand a function that already exists in the programme. These help to custom features and functions so that one's site can meet particular needs.

If the business is going to sell a product one will need to have a way to collect the credit card information or PayPal. This will need to be very secure otherwise no one will want to use it. There are many sites that will give one a step by step tutorial on how to include this on to the webpage.




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