Here's all the tools you need to build your own professional website -
domain name registration, website design templates, easy to use design
programs, website hosting, shopping carts, and lots more!
The
following websites offer additional information to help you in building
your own website.
Design
- Layout and Usability
Useit
- Jakob Nielsen is the guru of usability. If you want to give
your website visitors a pleasant experience, this is a must.
Efuse
- Help with basic website design and the Net Objects Fusion program.
Design
- Images and Colors
Hex
Mixer - All the 256 browser-safe colors for your website
Hex
Hub - A huge selection of colors and their hexidecimal codes
AAA
Backgrounds - Free background images categorized by color,
style, and type.
Clipart.com.
Unlimited access to more than 7,000,000 clipart images, photos,
fonts, and sounds!
Font
Empire - More fonts then you could ever want! All for free.
Cool
Text
- Create logos and navigation buttons for you website instantly
and for free.
Photos.com.
Pay
one fee and download what you need.
AnimationFactory.com
500,000 + animated clipart and motion designs for video, PowerPoint,
Flash, websites, e-mail and more!
Stockxpert.com160,000
professionally shot photos at affordable prices.
Search
Engine Optimization
Search
Engine Watch - Be sure and read Search 101. It explains everything
you need to know about search engines and how to get better placement
with them.
High
Ranking - Sign up for the free newsletter for up-to-the-minute
articles about how to get placed better on the search engines.
Wordtracker.com
- Use this tool to find the best keywords and keyword phrases
for your website. Subscribe by the week, month, or year.
Google
Adwords - One of the steps of creating an ad uses their keyword
analyzer tool. You can use it too, whether you complete the process
and sign up for an ad or not.
