Online Web Tutorials

So you are a non-technical website owner who wants to install a search functionality to your website? Then this list of third party resources should more or less help you not to write even a single line of code.

FreeFind. This search service is free but have a commercial version for more functionalities.

SiteLevel. If the pages on your website exceeds 1000 pages, then you have to pay this service. Otherwise, it’s free.

Master.com. Services that are offered in this site are mostly plugins, as well as the site search.

Pico Search. Setup for this service does not require any software installation but only online configuration. This one is entirely free.

Fusion Bot. This service does not only offer site search but also reporting solutions and site map for your website.

As the pages on your website grow to a considerably high number, so is the time that is required to locate a page. Visitors do not have the patience to browse all the pages just to find what they are looking for. Therefore, it is quite obvious why any website with reasonable page volume should have a search functionality of its own.

I know most of you do not want to hassle themselves dipping fingers in actual coding of the functionality. You do not actually need to do that because there are always third parties: what they will do is to provide you the code and you will just have to install the code to your website. Easy, eh?

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5. Other Web Features. This includes a chat room, or a forum or maybe a guestbook for your online viewers. These things are easier to set up, considering that there are a lot of code available on the Internet for free use. It is called user interactivity. This requires a script (which is just lines of codes) that you install. Web host usually support certain kind of scripting language, so before you choose your web host make sure you check on this.

6. Outsourcing. If you can get by with the script coding by yourself, you can pay other people to code for you. There are a lot of them you can find on the Internet.

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3. Web Building Application Software. This item is optional but of great help if you can find one. Although web hosts – not all but most of them – provide this tool, there are other efficient software that you can use in replacement. Some of prominent web building tools are Dreamweaver, CoffeeCup and HomeSite. If you do not want to use any editing tools, you have to learn HTML coding from scratch.

4. Selling Products. If you are selling things on your website, it is recommended that you sign up for an account with PayPal. It is convenient, can be set up easily and reliable. PayPal will handle all money transfer transactions that you and your website need.

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Of course, you should have an idea first of what your website would contain before bothering yourself with questions like ‘How should I go building my website?’.

Below is a checklist of the things you need to consider if you want to set up your own website.

1. Domain name. This is the address of your website. When someone inquires about your site, give the address and they’ll know where to find it. Domain names are paid in a yearly basis. Though there are many free domain sites existing, it is still better to get one for yourself.

2. Web host. No existing website can survive with out a web host. This is where you put all the files you needed for your website. This is your space in the web, where you create, save and publish pages of your website. This usually pain on a monthly basis, but some web hosts are paid annually.

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