Web Designing Software
Just starting out? Try some of the following software.
Netscape Navigator Gold: this is actually a web browser with an excellent web design editor built it. I used Navigator Gold Edition to design all of the pages you are now looking at. You can download it for Free right from Netscape.
FREE Website Construction Program
Professional Website Construction Program
This is a full version program. Not A Demo.
Text Pad: this is an excellent word processor that allows you to work with your web pages using html. Again it's Free! Click here to download it.
Don't like either of those? Check out the following sites where you can download tons of software for Free.
TuCows: not just web designing software. Offers 100's of Free downloads. Simply put...awesome.
Dave Central: just as good as tucows if not better.
Design Help
How to Create a Webpage: a fantastic place to start.
A Beginner's guide to HTML: a good spot to start to learn html.
Webreference.com: The Webmaster's Reference Library
The Webmasters Resources The Webmaster's Resources
Need more? It's easy to find Free web designing images, icons, backgrounds, etc. Simply go to a search engine such as Yahoo or Alta Vista and type in 'free icons" or "free backgrounds". Tons of places will come up.
Site Check
These pages will check out your site and make suggestions for improvement.
Web Site Garage: tune up your web page for free.
Doctor HTML: same kind of thing.
Bobby: an easy to use program that will help you make web pages accessible to those with disabilities.
Need to Create your own Banner?
Web banners are very effective means of advertising your site. Using a catchy phrase usually attracts potential customers. You can design your own banners easily by using one of the following online banner creation services. It's easy and Free!
Animated Banner Creator Software Download
As with the Announcement Services, some sites let you advertise your banner for free and some charge modest fees.
Some Banner links:
Create your Meta Tags INSTANTLY for FREE!
Meta Tags also play an important role when a Web Search Engine looks at your page and prepares to catalog and rank it. Meta tags are located in the header of your web page's html source, and should look something like:
The keywords you use should be the phrases or words your customers would enter into a search engine query to find your goods or services. You should assume that 50% of your customers are not quite sure what exactly they are looking for, so you need to be very detailed in your key words. Cover the spectrum as fully as possible to give your customers the best chance of finding you!
To instantly create your Meta Tags fill out the information below: