Showing posts with label Web Development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Web Development. Show all posts

Saturday, May 10, 2008

How To Create Your Content Management Systems-Based Website In 2 Simple Steps!

Step 1. Get a Webhosting Account

For those of you who are totally new to website or working online, website hosting is basically something everyone MUST have in order to have your website running online. You are basically renting a piece of internet space.

Personally I strongly recommend BlueHost. BlueHost charges only USD6.95 per month where you can host UNLIMITED websites on just one plan. That is indeed a great deal compared to other webhosting companies which can easily charges USD 20 to 40 per month. Furthermore, I have installed hundreds of websites with little or no problems with BlueHost. It's been a wonderful experience working with them as they have group of great and professional staff and incredible support if you ever need it.

Step 2. Install Joomla! using the Fantastico Script in your Webhosting Account

Fantastico script is actually a commercial script library which automates the installation of web applications (such as Joomla!, Drupal) to a website. It's usually executed from the admin area of the webhosting account control panel (such as cPanel). When it's executed, it normally create tables in a database, install software (such as Joomla!), adjust files permissions, and modify web server configuration files, and etc.

This is really simple especially you sign up webhosting account from BlueHost. In BlueHost, it has a fantastico script which simplifies the installation of the Joomla!. By following the instructions, within a few clicks, your Joomla! website is up and running!! That's really simple.

That's it folks! Enjoy your very own Joomla! Website now :)

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3 Steps to Create Drupal Sites

Drupal is one of the most easy to use and powerful content management system in the world. It's open source and a lot of people contribute to it from application development, theme development and module development perspective. And the most important one to us is that they are all free.

Want to setup an Drupal site, below are the 3 steps you can follow.

1. Find a Reliable Affordable Web Hosting

If you have chosen Drupal CMS for your website, it is very important to find a reliable Drupal-specialized host which will tend to provide expert hosting services. Usually, as for a beginner, a charge lower than $7/month should be good enough for your hosting. You can consider to upgrade them to VPS or dedicated server once your site gains enough traffic.

2. Installation

Installing an Drupal instance is not hard. You can go to Drupal.org, download the installation scripts, and upload them to your web hosting directory. The installation process can be done via Web. So you need to type in the URL in the Browser where you upload the scripts to, and system will automatically guide you through how to create the site. One thing you need to do ahead is to create a Database instance which will be used during the installation

Right now, Drupal has become more and more popular that some web hosting service providers start to include the installation scripts in their service package, by which you can it setup by just some simple clicks.

3. Choose an Appropriate Theme

Theme is used to decide the outlook of your site, everyone want to get an attractive theme for it. If you are technical enough (some CSS and php knowledge), you can create your own theme. Or you can download the theme the other open source contributors have built. A more realistic way is that you can download a free theme and make some adjustment to theme to make it work better to you. You can go to drupal.org/project/Themes/ to find a list of great and free template.

Congratulations! You have owned a Drupal site now. Considering there are many other great features haven't been included in the initial scripts, in order to better leverage the functions of it, some knowledge of the modules will be needed, you can get to know more about addition modules at drupal.org/project/Modules, but for a beginner, above 3 steps will good enough for you to own a powerful CMS site.

Reference:

Best Drupal Web Hosting

Top 10 Web Hosting

Reliable Affordable Web Hosting Review, Guide and Awards

Sean.Raymond is an expert on online business. He has more than 10 years working experience of guiding people to create their own online business. webhostingclue.com is his web site where he shares the knowledge about how to find appropriate web hosting solution for a small online business and promote it online.

And you can contact sean.ray@webhostingclue.com if you have any question about this article.

Website Builder - Quick And Easy

You've just decided to get a website, congratulations! The only problem will be just how to do this. You've gotten a domain name for your site and have a space to put it online but how on earth do you actually make it work?

HTML can be like an entirely new language. Finding the answer can be really hard and take a lot of time. HTML stands for hypertext markup language provided in the form of a code that will instruct your computer on how to make a web page.

Remember that in many ways, a web site is actually writing a program. Even minor changes like bold and italic require an alteration to the source code. Things that are familiar from word processors such as formatting spaces, rows, or adding pictures add a level of complexity. For someone new to the world of hypertext markup language, the learning curve may seem impossible.

By using a website builder one no longer needs to devote time and energy to learn cryptic HTML statements. With a professional and easy-to-use tool like a website builder, you can easily set up your web site and later convert it into HTML or XHTML which is used very extensively now-a-days.

A website builder lets you to design your website by a simple right click and it easily places images, vides and music directly on your website. You do not have to write codes since it does that for you. Editing is also easier compared to the old method. You can make corrections directly instead of having to search mistake through the code, if something does not seem OK for you.

Creating a website using a website builder, as long as you are good at following directions, doesn't take very long and is relatively simple. After only an hour or two, but maybe not even that long, depending on how simple your pages are, you'll be finished and your site ready to go.

You can buy a website builder in any computer store or from an online source, but some internet service providers offer a free web space and have site builders and templates that are also free. Some are easier to use than others, but it may be worthwhile to try free software before making a purchase. Site building software packages will usually allow you to do much more than the free ones. Knowing how to create your website without knowing HTML will make you a webmaster in no time at all!

Salutations! You have taken the first step toward your online presence. However, what will you do next? You have an Internet address, a domain name, and a provider with space for your site. How do you start the actual work of building your pages? If you are able to follow instructions, it is fairly simple to design web sites using a website builder, and you do not have to invest much time. Depending upon the intricacy of your pages, you can build a complete site within an hour or two. With a minimal investment in time, you can have your ready for display on the Internet!

Free Template Editing for Low Budget Would Be Webmasters Seeking Income Online

Everyone should know by now that Adobe Photoshop is the de facto standard for any kind of image editing, but it also presents a rather high barrier to entry for most of us. Then a few years ago Adobe came out with Photoshop Elements to lower the bar a little and now even have an online version you can use free, if you can stand it.

Another truly amazing windfall to anyone wanting a website of their own for any reason, is to learn about all the free website templates available online. But be careful, as soon as the demand started rising, so did the booby-traps set to snag as much of your money as they possibly could. You can still find plenty of free ones that are high quality if you look.

Then once you find a really good free template site, the template you pick is probably going to have hundreds (if not thousands) of downloads already and many more to come soon after that. So do you want your website to look just like all those?

Well the good news is you don't need to spend hundreds on Photoshop, or even $150 for Photoshop Elements. There are plenty of copies of older versions of Elements around for a LOT lower investment and you still get all the power you need for just about any website graphics job. Websites only display 256 colors anyway, so who needs millions? Even resolutions need to be lower so they can load fast.

I just finished a website of my own at diykiss.com (that stands for Do It Yourself and Keep It Super Simple) and all I did was grab a free template and use Photoshop Elements 4 that I got on Ebay for $20 to edit the graphics. I used a free HTML editor to change the copy to my own, and in one afternoon I had it up and running!

Don't be afraid to give it a try yourself!

The risk you run is low, because Photoshop Elements is only around $20 and everything else is free. If you totally flop, you can probably sell it on Ebay to get most of your money back and if it turns out good, you have a new skill that will pay you for a lifetime. Believe me, it gets better every time you use it, but like Wayne Gretsky (the hockey player) says, you miss every shot you don't take!

The real bonus comes when you discover there are all kinds of ways you can make your website pay for itself. Then you'll have enough to go start up another one! Even a little trickle of extra money each month can make a difference and you can add to it over and over.

Well if that gets your juices flowing, I'll see you online!

Warren Contreras is a old retired guy that's having fun making money online. You can meet him at http://OnlyMy2CentsWorth.com

Content Management System Website Template Hybrid

Purchasing a website template is a sure way to reduce development cost and time of your website. Typically, website templates are HTML based or contained in a Flash environment. To adapt the newly purchased website template, you must open the document in an HTML or Flash editor, and insert your content in the website template. If you are a proficient web specialist, you can have the website template and its unique content activated in your web server in a short time.

Unfortunately, there are many disadvantages to this web development route. Not everyone who wants a website is a proficient web specialist. Special editors, such as Dreamweaver and Flash, are required to edit the website template. Secondly, each time a new content needs to be added or edited, you have to reopen the document in those specialized web editors.

From a different perspective, a website can easily be developed from a Content Management System (CMS). Examples of popular Content Management Systems include Joomla, Mambo, and Drupal. Many Content Management Systems are free to download and use. Using a CMS, you can insert your content and graphics with ease. If you have skills using a basic word processor and proficient in computer use, you can develop a website using a CMS. The disadvantage of using a CMS is completely the opposite of the disadvantage of using a website template. Typically, CMS will not have the graphics and styling that you want for your website. It will require a proficient web designer to modify the layout and styling of the CMS.

What if you can have the best of both worlds? The next generation web development system is a hybrid that combines the style and beauty of a website template, and the ease of use of a Content Management System. With the Simple Web Development System (SWDS), you can choose the website layout template from hundreds of design, insert your customized content, and upload it all in your web server, without the specialized skills of a web developer.

The Simple Web Development System is currently under development at Marseno Web. Soon, anyone, who needs a web site developed, can choose from hundreds of web site templates that do not require technical skills to develop. For more details description of the Simple Web Development System, please visit my complete article at Marseno Web.

About Me: I'm a web designer and developer. I'm developing the next generation Web Development System at Marseno Web. Please view my work and progress at http://www.marseno.com

Take Care of Navigation in Website Development

The main purpose of a website is to attract traffic and to generate leads from those traffic. The websites are designed too, keeping the same concept in mind, but it is not an easy task to pull traffic into the websites. Here are tips which will tell you how website development will help your website grow.

When a website is created there are a number of things which must be kept in mind. Where a website's content, design, layout and presentation are important requirement in website creation, so is navigation or movement across the website. When a user enters a website, he is hoping to see a lot of exciting pages and features inside. It is obviously not possible to showcase every thing in the very first page, instead it is spread over the whole website, and this as a mater if fact provide the web designer the opportunity to browse through the different pages of the website.

In order to make sure that the users are able to check out the webpages that are hidden behind, the website needs to have an excellent navigation. The navigation of a website infact talks a lot about the kind of website it is and also reflects on the web master's ability. If a websites is well navigated, meaning a new user can easily maki its way in and out of the website, the web owner's intentions are considered genuine and clear. But if he tends to take the player round and round within the website, it shows that he too is not too sure about the website that he has created and its actual purpose. Website development therefore, must be carried out with a lot of patience and care.

While you are planning your website development, it is a good idea to add site search options in them. These are quite effective an helps the visitors in website navigation. Your websites will definitely have a few visitors who will not wish to browse through pages in order to get into a particular page. Instead they would be happier if they had a simple search option in front of them this will save time and effort.

It is always a good idea to have as many page openings in the home page as possible, but it should not be done in such a manner that it looks cluttered and clumsy. Make optimum use of your website development skills and build a website that is creative and useful and easy too.

About Author -

Naman Jain is an Online marketing professional, Presently working with Rupiz Media, one of the leading Internet marketing company, providing Search engine marketing services, pay per click and web development solutions as well.