Free Website Tools
July 29, 2010 by Website Design and Graphics
Filed under Clip art website
Once you make the decision to build a website, you’ll be pleased to know there are many free website tools around which will help you enormously with your task. Most of these you’ll be able to find simply by doing a search on one of the major search engines. But, first of all, it helps to know what kind of website tools you’ll need and are available.
Before you even start on your site, you’ll find you have the choice of several free web hosts. These are ideal if you only plan to build a very simple or purely personal site. You’ll also discover a number of free text editors to help build your site.
Those of you eager to learn coding, such as HTML or CSS, should search for free online tutorials. You’ll come across much good, easy-to-understand online instruction, and the knowledge you gain will serve you well when building your site.
You’ll also need to consider the appearance of your site. If you don’t want to design your web site from scratch, choose one of the numerous free templates on offer. And, if you don’t have a logo, or if you need extra pictures, make use of free clip art to help create an attractive and professional look.
Perhaps you feel your graphics and photos need improving or editing? No problem … you’ll discover plenty of free image editing tools to choose from, many of them extremely easy-to-use.
The content of most sites consists of text, graphics and – sometimes – videos. Make use of excellent free online encyclopedias to achieve interesting and factually correct text. And, to perk your site up a little, search those famous free video sites and make use of an appropriate free video clip or video tutorial.
Do you plan to sell things on your website – hard goods, digital goods, or services? Then you’ll be looking for free ways of collecting money from your visitors for payment. You’ll come across tools that allow for the free set-up of Shopping Carts and Buy It Now buttons, although a percentage will be taken of actual payments collected.
The actual building of your website is just one small part of getting an online presence. You’ll also need to consider marketing your website and achieving good search engine rankings by using search engine optimization methods. Don’t worry! Once again, there are plenty of free tools around to help you on your way.
To start with, when writing a page, the ideal is to write about popular topics that people are interested in. So, start looking at free tools that will provide you with this information. Wouldn’t it also be nice to earn money by writing about profitable – as well as popular – topics? But, how do you learn which topics are profitable? Yes, that’s right, you find a free tool to do the work for you!
Building incoming links to your site is an important part of search engine optimization, so make use of free online tools which help you with this task. Once you’ve managed to achieve a few incoming links, you’ll want to check the Page Rank of your site, and analyze your site, using yet more free tools.
Who knows, once you’ve become an experienced webmaster and have experimented with all these tools, you may even come up with ideas for making your own free website tools – an excellent way of building your site’s reputation!
Sue Cooper-Dolan is the owner of Web Site Building Tips, which offers techniques and strategies to help you build a successful site. http://www.web-site-building-tips.com. Sue provides you with a super list of free website tools, to help you build your site as efficiently and effectively as possible. http://www.web-site-building-tips.com/web-site-tips.html





