Build Your Own Web Site: Harder Way

If you're up to the challenge, designing your site using a traditional Web authoring software program can give you a lot more control over the look and feel and even the functionality. You can add a lot of things like rollovers and simple animations using these programs. But -- and this is a pretty big but -- it takes time, skill, and a little creative talent. If you've never worked with HTML or Web pages and don't really understand how they work then it's going to take you quite a bit of time to get a good site up and running. If time isn't an issue then you may be fine.

It will definitely be worth the effort to get some training in either HTML or a specific WYSIWYG Web editor program. You should at the very least get a how-to book like Sams-Net "Teach Yourself HTML in a Week" by Laura Lemay, or one of Peach Pit Press's "Real World" books that get down to the nitty-gritty of how to use a specific program.