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Web
Design
Tutorial
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2
Define
Objectives
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There
are
many
good
reasons
for
building
a
web
page, but
it
is
important
that
your
goals
are
clear before you
begin.
Your
objectives
should
guide
your
page
design.
Many
people build
home
pages
as
a
hobby,
purely
for
their
own
personal
development.
Others
build
them
to
promote
business,
social,
cultural,
humanitarian,
or
financial
objectives.
What ever your
purpose or goal for
your site, put some
serious thought into
it before you begin.
One of the first
steps we'll discuss
further is how to register
a domain name. If
you have not
carefully considered
your objectives
before registering a
domain name, you may
end up with a domain
name non relative to
your web site's
purpose.
As an additional benefit
to learning web
design consider that
knowledge
of web
page
development
can
also
help
you
in
your
career. The
additional title of
"Web
designer" added
to your resume is a
great boost to your
potential for being
hired and also in
your job stability
with your current
employer. Many
businesses
today
have
their
own
corporate
intranet sites,
which
are
simply
internal
internet
systems
used
to share
corporate
information.
The
ability
to
communicate
and offer up
services through a
company intranet and
online is
a
valuable
skill
to
employers.
There
is
also
potential
for
generating
income
from
the
web pages
you
develop.
This
is
done
by
publishing
interesting pages
that
attract
large
numbers
of
visitors
and
then
selling
advertising
space,
goods
or
services
from
those
pages.
The internet term
for this type of web
design is
E-Commerce. We
discuss E-Commerce
later in this design
tutorial also.
So,
what
will
be
your
objectives?
A
simple
home
page
that
you
can
use
to
allow
your
family and
friends
to
keep
up
with
your
daily
life?
An
information
page
used
as
a
public
service?
An
E-Commerce
page
designed
to
sell
a
product
or service
as
a
source
of
income
to
you or perhaps to
promote funding for
your favorite
charity?
Or
perhaps a
combination
of
any
or
all
of
the
above?
It's
your
web
site
and
your
personal
work
of
art.
Design and develop
it to suit your own
tastes and style.
You'll find the
process of
developing your web
site to be very
rewarding as the
ideas that began in
your mind become a
virtual reality.
Your web site's purpose
can
be
for
anything
you
desire.
Again we remind you,
do
have
a basic
outline
in
mind
of
your
intended
goals
and
purpose before
beginning
your
web
site.
The
next step in getting
your web site online
is to register
a domain
name to
be used
as your
world wide Internet
address...
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# 3 How
to register
a Domain Name
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