<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://makeyourownweb.wetpaint.com/xsl/rss2html.xsl" type="text/xsl" media="screen"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://makeyourownweb.wetpaint.com/scripts/wpcss/wiki/makeyourownweb/skin/autumnfire/rss" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>make your own website - Recently Updated Pages</title><link>http://makeyourownweb.wetpaint.com/pageSearch/updated</link><description>Recently Updated Pages on http://makeyourownweb.wetpaint.com</description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>info@wetpaint.com</webMaster><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:31:15 CST</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:31:15 CST</lastBuildDate><generator>wetpaint.com</generator><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>make your own website</title><url>http://create.wetpaint.com/img/logo.gif</url><link>http://makeyourownweb.wetpaint.com</link><description>make your own website</description></image><item><title>How To Make Your Own Website</title><link>http://makeyourownweb.wetpaint.com/page/How+To+Make+Your+Own+Website</link><author>makeyourownweb</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://makeyourownweb.wetpaint.com/page/How+To+Make+Your+Own+Website</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:31:15 CST</pubDate><description>If you&amp;rsquo;re looking to &lt;b&gt;Make Your Own Website&lt;/b&gt; Now you&amp;rsquo;re options are to use web site builder software (also known as &lt;b&gt;web page builders&lt;/b&gt;) or &lt;b&gt;general public license software&lt;/b&gt; (gpl software). &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The reason for this is that everything else comes with a high learning curve that will take time, so you will not get to make your own website now. With exception of the free content management systems associated with your web host which are not worth it because they just don&amp;rsquo;t look professional, don&amp;rsquo;t perform professionally and you don&amp;rsquo;t have complete control over your html to maximize search engine optimization activities. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Option One: Website Builder Software If you want to make a simple website right now, without too much fuss then WYSIWYG website builder software is one of your fastest options. They are cheap, from $49-$179 for a good one. Most of them come with tutorials if you can&amp;rsquo;t figure out how their website editor yourself and most of them are relatively fast and easy to use. The downside of using website builder software is that all you have is a simple website and no control over your html for &lt;b&gt;Search Engine Optimization&lt;/b&gt;, accept of course your meta tags. You do not have back end functionality like a newsletter server and newsletter maker, database management system and other elements you really need to build a professional business site or a website that you want to make money from. People buy from websites that build trust or that they already trust. For you, your greatest challenge is to convince your visitor they can trust you. Just one of the ways you do this is by having a newsletter. Something people forget when looking at choosing what web page software to buy to &lt;i&gt;make your own website&lt;/i&gt; with.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A newsletter tells the visitor you&amp;rsquo;re not going anywhere. You&amp;rsquo;re invested in your website and you intend to be around to put out something monthly. Bare this in mind if you are looking to make your own website now as you will want to immediately have capability to build your newsletter database. If you use a website builder software program you will then need to spend anything from $500-$1,200 for your database management system, newsletter server and email capture forms on top of your website builder software. Option Two: General Public License Software Judging by the shear number of Google searches for general public license software, open source software and gpl software this seems to be people&amp;rsquo;s favourite option. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I would suspect that would be because it&amp;rsquo;s free and comes with free newsletter and database management capability, plus a whole lot more. The sites look professional and web templates can be obtained for free to $60. If you are building a business it&amp;rsquo;s worth paying a few bucks for your template so you can remove the advertising on it. Joomla is the most popular General Public License Software of choice. You tap into a large world of professional web developers for free. Tutorials in how to make your website now will either cost you time or money. The time it takes to completely learn gpl software and build your site will vary depending on your knowledge and experience in using web editors. If you learn from the free tutorials and forums it may take between 8 hrs &amp;ndash; 40 hrs before you have your first website up and running. If you bill yourself out at $15 per hour then the cost of your site is really $120-$660. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If your hourly rate is more than $15 then learning the free way is expensive and isn&amp;rsquo;t so free after all. The best and fastest way to make your own website now using general public license is to find a video tutorial that will walk you through the process every step of the way to save you time and frustration. Tutorials also range in price anywhere from $79-$299 depending on which one you choose. GPL software is by far the more economical option when you factor in your time and initial outlay. Considering you could get everything you need plus the training from as little as $79 to make your own website, GPL would stretch your dollar further than &lt;u&gt;website builder software&lt;/u&gt;. Getting more for less is the call of the day in these uncertain financial times and it&amp;rsquo;s also smart. Remember if you want to make your own website now using any other method than a website builder or general public license software it will cost you more of your money and your time in the long run.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://makeyourownweb.wetpaint.comhttp://www.makeyourownwebsiteblog.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;make your own website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://makeyourownweb.wetpaint.comhttp://www.makeyourownwebsiteeasy.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;website builder software&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://makeyourownweb.wetpaint.comhttp://makeyourownweb.tumblr.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;website creator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Andrew is a business owner, entrepreneur and product developer. He became unhappy with the high cost of web development fees and has designed the Simple New Web System to save time and money for small and medium sized businesses. You can find out more about how to make your own website at &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://makeyourownweb.wetpaint.comhttp://www.MakeYourOwnWebsiteEasy.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.MakeYourOwnWebsiteEasy.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>make your own website Home</title><link>http://makeyourownweb.wetpaint.com/page/make+your+own+website+Home</link><author>makeyourownweb</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://makeyourownweb.wetpaint.com/page/make+your+own+website+Home</guid><comments>Beginners Guide To Make Your Own Website</comments><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:13:12 CST</pubDate><description>&lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;WPC-edit-area&quot;&gt;Learning &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://makeyourownweb.wetpaint.comhttp://www.MakeYourOwnWebsiteEasy.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;how to make your own website&lt;/a&gt; is no longer difficult. With the advent of WYSIWYG website builders, content management systems and especially &lt;b&gt;General Public License software&lt;/b&gt; (GPL) it is now easier than ever to &lt;b&gt;make your own website&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You don&amp;rsquo;t need to rely of expensive web designers or IT professionals. You don&amp;rsquo;t need to be internet savvy and neither do you need a background in programming or html coding. Today you can learn how to make your own website quickly, easily and most importantly affordably. You can also get web design tutorials that will walk you through each step for you, making the process even easier.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The following three simple steps are all you need to make an online appearance without paying a fortune. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Step One: Purchase a domain name. There are several places you can purchase your domain from and for a reputable service it will cost you between $9.99-$35 USD. A warning about purchasing your domain from cheaper places like Go Daddy. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Many spammers use these services so Google have cottoned on and banned sites with domains from Go Daddy. You don&amp;rsquo;t want to run the risk of not being able to get ranked on Google since this is such a large search engine. We use Domain Orb because they are fast and cheap at $9.99 a domain. There are many others you can choose from by doing a search &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Step Two: The second step is to acquire a web host. There are literally thousands of web hosting services to choose from each offering a variety of packages to choose from. You can get free hosting, which is ok for personal sites, but if you want proper &lt;b&gt;search engine optimized websites&lt;/b&gt;, are using your site to promote something or make money from, you need a full service web host with a good reputation for customer service, uptime and troubleshooting turn around time. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We use Hostgator for this as they offer packages from as little at $8 a month for unlimited hosting and it comes with your own content management system to make your own website. You can also easily download pre-designed we templates. The technical support turnaround has been phenomenal for us from 30 seconds to 3 minutes. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Step Three: Finally you must build your website. 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