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Understanding Web Space on BlueHost

After you have signed up for your hosting package one of the
first jobs is to organise the web space in preparation to
uploading your files. I found  Blue Host  confusing
at first as it is very different to what I was used to with
1and1.
Full article.

Adding Video To Your Website

Video is growing in popularity and I have been using it on this
and other sites for several years now as it is a very good media
for showing people how to do something.

The method I and many others use is simply o upload the video to
YouTube and use the YouTube code to add the video to my page.

How better to show you but in a video…

You can find more information on multimedia in Adding Multimedia to Your website

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Recent Articles

Understanding Web space on 1 and 1.-How
to arrange your web space on 1and1 uk and use it to host
multiple sites.

Checking For Broken Links-
Almost every website will contain broken links. However it is
important that you don’t have too many and to fix those you have
as soon as possible.

7 Website Checks For Website Owners-7
Important website checks that small business owners need to make to
ensure their site performs at its best.

Website Building Options
-A look at the main options that are available for building a
website and their pros and cons.

3 Ways to Add Content to Your Website
-Different ways of adding content to your site.

Web Page Redirects-How to
redirect visitors from one page to another when moving/renaming
web pages.

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How Can I Change My Website?

You have an existing website that was created by someone else and you need to make changes?

The person who created the website for you should have given you the login name and password to access the control panel for the website.

Once you are logged into the control panel you can find out all you need to know about your site including the ftp access logon names and passwords.

What is Source Mode when Editing Web Pages?

Source mode or code as it is sometimes called gives you access to the HTML code. In normal edit mode of web page editors the HTML code is hidden and the text appears just like it does when typing into a word processor.

As a example here are two screenshots of part of this page in normal edit mode and then in source mode.

Normal edit mode

Source or Code Mode

How Do I Connect My Website to The Internet?

This question crops up a lot in many different guises. The website is on the local PC and you want it displayed on the internet.

I covered it last week in How do I get my Website seen by others

I Want a xxxx Template

Many people look for very specific templates like a horse template, dog template etc. Most template sites offer a good selection of very specific templates, but I find most of them too complex for beginners to use.

I prefer to use a simple template and use simple images to set the theme, in particular the header image.

See website templates for more details and a free basic template.

How to start a website like Facebook or bebo

I personally don’t know how, and certainly don’t have the resources for those type of sites. So if you are new to website making I don’t think this type of site is the right one to start with.

How To make money from a Website

There are two methods I use and they are affiliate programs and Google Adsense. Of course they are not the only methods but they will get you started.

How do I get my Website seen by Others

There are two aspects to this. This first is to publish your site on the web, and for this you need a domain name and host.

After that your site will be visible on the web but no one will probably visit it until you start promoting it. Most people use search engines to find websites and hence it is crucial that you get your site listed in the search engines.

However a search engine listing is not enough .. it is just the start. Your site needs to be found when people search and for that to happen you need to optimise your site for the search engines (SEO).

The goal being to appear on the first page of the SERPs (Search Engine Results Page) for your selected search terms (keywords).