Learn This Easy Way To Make A Website For Free

Not all that long ago it took a professional web designer and development team to design, program, and implement a website. Prices were expensive and not guaranteed. They needed to be experts in graphics and manipulation, FTP software, C Panels, and search engine technology, even though it was in its infancy. Fast forward to the 21st century, and we find there is more than one easy way to make a website for free.

The entire concept of high level websites has been completely changed over the past few years. Most of the programming has become automated and behind the scenes. Software and “executive programs” have replaced what web designers were originally meant to do decades ago.

The advent of template based websites took over the industry. Small companies, large companies, sole proprietors, and stay at home moms offering babysitting services learned how to build their own websites that included everything from pictures, graphics, animation, newsletter generation, autoresponders, RSS feeds, and fully integrated user friendly shopping cards. For free.

Some of the large search engines even offer their users free websites or at least very cheap websites. A few offer the first year free and after that, it’s a few dollars a month to renew. Other than having the free website though, you need to buy / register a URL. This isn’t absolutely necessary, however. You could have your company name as a sub file for the hosting company. A bit less professional, but much cheaper.

For example, if you make customer designed wooden bookends and your company name is Kevin’s Bookends, you have a choice of www.microsoftlive.kevinsbookends.com for free, or www.kevinsbookends.com once you purchase your own URL or domain name.

Another option is to use a blog site as your website. Some blogging sites are better than others depending on how much you can manipulate it or add your own code. Certain blogs provide a variety of templates, and each one can use certain gadgets or widgets that can be customized to your needs. Other than that, most of these websites will be very similar.

If you don’t want to use a blog, then you can use a free template provided by one of the many companies out there who do this, but then you’ll need to find a reliable and cheap hosting company.

Many small businesses have discovered that it’s cheaper and equally if not more effective to fire the people who were responsible for daily website upkeep, and do it themselves. Anyone who ever used a web designer to upload simple photos or change prices or edit a home page knows about the unreasonable monthly charges to do these simple tasks. “Cheap” and “free” can still turn into beautiful and functional websites that can save you a small fortune, free up some capital, and allow you to get things in real time without waiting for someone else to do it for you.

Dhruv Patel is a customer of DreamHost. He has created site to help new DreamHost customers and to promote DreamHost by giving DreamHost coupon.