Is there anyone out there that can possibly guide me in the right direction. I want to start building my own website. I have purchased a domain name but now have no idea where to go? Can anybody help a novice?
Is there anyone out there that can possibly guide me in the right direction. I want to start building my own website. I have purchased a domain name but now have no idea where to go? Can anybody help a novice?
Brad Carroll who is a member of active rain writes the most imformative posts I have seen and his specialty appears to be webdesign.....
Welcome to Active Rain......
It all depends on where you want to start and how much knowledge you have.
Check out this post I used for feedback: http://activerain.com/blogsview/185786/Best-Website-hosts-and
I use Point2Agent myself, but that is mostly because it is free.
My gosh, it took 7 minutes to receive answers to my posting...many many thanks! I already have a point2agent website and it seems good enough. I just wanted to know if there was better out there for very little money.....looks like I have my answer. All the same, I will look into your suggestions...thanks!
Jan,
Building a website on one's own without any prior classes or on ones own learned experience is going to be overwhelming to most people. It's also going to take a lot of time. Simply do a search on Yahoo or Google for building a website. Look for videos on YouTube.
You can look at "Open Source" websites too like Joomla. These are already created templates by website designers. Some are relatively easy to learn, the rest are overwhelming.
If you will design your own website and not get a cookie cutter website for Realtors, then I suggest you build a website that is both a realty site as well as a "community portal" where there's bunch of community info. If that second component is built well, kept updated with useful info, then that should build future clients along the road.
Feel free to check out my website. Not a run of the mill and I don't pay a monthly fee to a company other than annual hosting cost.
Remember there are two components to having a website:
Thanks for this blog. I am in the same boat and can use all the usefull information I can get.
Regards,
Ron Stead
www.z57.com is an excellent site that can provide a template, a great selection of themes and a support system that will have you running right out of the box.
Good luck.
I recommend looking into Real Pro Systems. Stay away from Homes.com. Real Pro has great service and they are affordable.
Check out my site at www.panamacityhomesource.com
If you have any questions just call me at 850-890-0132
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