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How to Design a Website

Step-by-Step Tutorial for New Webmasters

Father and daughter designing a websiteThe Rocketface® Graphics webmasters tutorial "How to Design a Website" is a complete overview of the website design process. It was developed for those who may be new to the Internet and want to design their own website.

Every aspect of website design is covered, from selecting a target audience to visitor tracking, and each step is presented in simple to understand non technical language.

Self Teaching Website Design Tutorial

The heart of the "How to Design a Website" webmasters tutorial is a step-by-step outline that leads you through the various stages of website design. Beginning with designing a website this tutorial will take you through all of the phases of creating a professional website.


"How to Design a Website"
Webmasters Tutorial Outline
  • Designing a website
    		• An introduction to designing a website and the starting point of the tutorial, "How to Design a Website".
  • Analyzing a website
    		• Target the people/audience you want to reach. The basics of demographics and website analysis.
  • Organizing a website
    		• Organizing all of the elements of website design and presenting your ideas in the most effective manner.
  • Developing a website
    		• Build a custom designed website from scratch. The mechanics of creating a website, website tools and graphics.
  • Implementing a website
    		• Implementing and uploading your website to the internet. FTP (file transfer protocol) and how it works.
  • Maintaining a website
    		• Maintaining your website in a professional manner. Optimization, traffic analysis and marketing methods.

    Additional Resources and Tutorials

    The material presented here covers website design, writing HTML, effective email correspondence as well as many other website design related topics.

    MiniSite Design 101:
    Researching, creating and marketing a mini website. It only takes a few pages of HTML to design a mini site. A great tool for niche marketing.

    PageTutor by: Joe Barta
    This basic HTML tutorial is an excellent starting point for creating your first web pages.

    A Beginners Guide to Effective Email by: Kaitlin Duck Sherwood
    How to write effective email correspondence for business or personal purposes.
    Webmasters Toolbox
    A complete toolkit for the beginning webmaster. This suite of free software is all that you need to design your own custom website.



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    Types of Web sites
    A brief overview of the types of web sites on the Internet
    Website Structure
    How to layout and design the basic structure of a website
    Web page Layout
    An introduction to the basic elements of web page layout
    Personal Website
    How to design a personal website and be the envy of your friends.
    Commercial Website
    How to design a commercial website and reap the rewards of the Internet.
    Resources
    Plenty of special tips, techniques and tools to help the aspiring webmaster.
    Newsletter
    Check out some of the latest news
    and information from the web.
    Article Archive
    A collection of how-to articles that will get your creative juices flowing.
    Website Templates
    To help you get started here are several website template downloads.


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