How do I Build My Own Website? – free call with Christina Hills this Thursday.
ByWhen I started to work more on-line, I knew that I would need a website. This all felt very daunting to me, because at 50 years+ I knew nothing about web-design or anything other than basic word-processing at all.
I made many mistakes along the way, and I want to help you to avoid them!
In the beginning, I paid someone to set up a site for me, but it never really looked as I wanted it to, and it always took weeks for any of the changes that I wanted to be made. This was very frustrating, as I was learning about my business myself, and wanted to change things regularly.
I found this so frustrating that I tried to set up a website myself using Front Page. I found free tutorials on-line, and spent weeks struggling about how to do things. I paid people to do the things that I couldn’t manage, like making a header and adding links. I must have spent hundreds of hours slogging over the computer, getting a headache – and I still didn’t like the design and look of my site.
Eventually, I took the step which I wish I had taken a year earlier – it would have saved me a lot of worry and time. I found a teacher, and learnt how to do things properly!
I learnt to use WordPress – which is so easy to use. I have my blog there, and also everything that I need for my website. I can add pictures, images, videos – in a couple of minutes. There are so many themes to choose from, you’re bound to find one that you like. I used to think that WordPress is just for blogging, but I have discovered that it is so much more versatile. I can make changes very easily, I don’t have to ask anyone, or wait weeks to have things happen.
So if you want to build your own website, the way that YOU want it, and to make changes as and when you want to, I would really suggest that you look at learning how to use WordPress.
If you do decide to start simply with WordPress – it is advisable to start with WordPress.org and find your own hosting company. This will give you much more control over what you can do on your site, and much more versatility. You can start by setting up a blog, and then seeing how you can use it more as a website, by using the Pages.
You can do a lot on your own, but you may want to think of finding a teacher who will show you how to get the most from WordPress.
The teacher I found was Christina Hills. I had heard her recommended very highly by other people, and I can understand why now that I have trained with her. I wish I had taken her course a year earlier!! She is an outstanding teacher, very committed to her students. Christina is offering a free call this Thursday, 11th Feb 2010 at 2pm EST, so you can see for yourself You can get the details here http://www.bestwordpressteacher.com .
