Use these helpful web sites to assist you in planning and designing your website.
Before anything can happen with a website,you need a domain name and a web host. The domain name gives you a unique address online, and the web host serves up your website each time someone enters your domain name in their browser, or finds you via a search engine.
There are many web hosts, from super cheap and lame Godaddy to premium expensive hosting at Network Solutions. I prefer the guys and gals at Blue Host, they are reasonably priced, and have an actual human who answers the phone. If you need hosting, check out their hosting package, domain registration is free with hosting package.
Try a different web browser. Firefox is faster, and more Internet standards compliant. All your bookmarks and favorites will automatically move over to Firefox upon installation. Give it a try.
A very handy site to help you select complimentary colors for your new website. Experiment with the Color Schemer, note the hex color descriptions of your favorite colors, these are a great starting point for a new web design.
The Macromedia Flash plugin will allow your browser to display animated content, sounds and movies. Get the Flash Plugin Here.
Marketing is an important aspect of maintaining a successful website. These advanced webtools are helpful in Search Engines Optimization (SEO) and building an online marketing plan.
META Tag Analyzer - www.submitexpress.com
Keyword Verification - how does your site rank for the search terms you want - www.marketleap.com
Link Popularity Check - www.marketleap.com
Search Engine Saturation - www.marketleap.com
Website analysis - www.sitereportcard.com
Google PageRank Check - www.top25web.com
Markup Validation Service - checks documents like HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C Recommendations
and other standards.
html - w3.org
css - w3.org
broken links - w3.org
Copyright check - Make sure your content is at your site only. - www.copyscape.com
Cynthia Says accessibility checker - www.cynthiasays.com
Accessibility Toolbox -Offers a collection of tools for sites trying to meet accessibility
standards. - www.accessify.com
McDar's Google Datacenter Watch - Allows you to query a bunch of datacenters & check your
rankings. - www.mcdar.net
Summit Media's Spider Simulator - tools.summitmedia.co.uk
Google's Keyword Tool - build your keyword list with Google's help - adwords.google.com
Ranks.nl Keyword Density (and more) Tool - are you spamming the search engines? - ranks.nl
Page load speed - how fast does your page load? - www.websiteoptimization.com
