Do-It-Yourself Design with Web Page Templates
Many people mistakenly think that they have to hire a hot web
designer for thousands of dollars in order to create an
eye-catching website. This is not true, especially for the
do-it-yourselfer who wants more control over the look and feel
of a website.
Most websites are based on only one web page template. That's
right, just one. This means that all you have to do in order to
get started is to buy a web page template that will work well
for your web business and use software such as Macromedia
DreamWeaver or Microsoft FrontPage in order to modify the
template to your needs.
Now, many new web entrepreneurs find even the thought of
designing their own web pages to be an overwhelming task. Others
do not have the time and would rather contract this work out.
One thing that can save you money, though is finding a web page
template to base your site on and hand this over to the web
designer to modify, rather than having them create one from
scratch. This alone could save you hundreds of dollars in web
design costs.
There are many places all over the Internet to find web page
templates. Some companies charge per template and others charge
on a subscription basis, so that for one fee you can download as
many web page templates as you want for this fee. For those who
wish to have more choices or who intend to put up multiple
websites, the subscription-based service is the way to go.
Now that you've bought your web page template and want to get
started, how do you learn DreamWeaver or FrontPage? First, there
are many good "Dummy" and "Idiot" books on the market for both
of these web design software packages. Most will find FrontPage
a little easier to learn when first beginning, but I recommend
learning DreamWeaver from the get-go since this is a more
powerful package and the standard package of the industry. The
longer you are a web designer, the more you'll want DreamWeaver
so you may as well learn this package upfront.
Many web entrepreneurs who finally take the plunge and put up
their first website, will eventually go on to put up additional
sites as well. Why? In many web businesses, it helps to put up
slightly different websites focused on a slightly different
target market. For instance, you may have a website about auto
parts, but wish to put up another one about customized auto
parts or one about BMW accessories. In this case, you'll need a
handful of web page templates at your disposal for your
different web businesses.
No matter which direction you go in hiring a web designer or
doing it yourself, you can save money by picking and handful of
web page templates that suit you and your business needs.