My name is Max and I work as a freelance web designer. When I'm not doing web design I manage a couple sites providing articles, advice, and reviews on web design and hosting, and love participating in various outdoor sports.
For most people who are new to webpages and want to establish a web presence that will serve them well at the present and into the future, using a html web editor like EasySiteBuild is going to be the best way to go. You get many of the advantages of both using a free content system and a custom designed website with your own domain name.
Compared to a free content system (like a wordpress blog), using a html web editor shares the advantages that it doesn’t cost much money, that you ca... Read Full Story
The most expensive option accessible to most website beginners is to hire a web designer (like me) to do a full custom website. While this option will produce the most advanced and customized website that you can tweak until its just absolutely perfect, its also going to cost you quite a bit of money for that extra little bit of function. What you will need if you decide to go this route is to buy web hosting (usually in the range of $7-$15 per month), plus a domain name (another $15 per year... Read Full Story
A free content system is something like a blog or a lens, etc. Free content systems are great for those who want a website, but don’t need one at their own domain and don’t mind being limited by the structure and functionality provided by the service. Basically its a free web presence without all the options and branding that goes with purchasing either a website building service like EasySiteBuild, or hiring a web designer to do a full custom website.
Using a free content syste... Read Full Story
Hello, my name is Max Johnson, and I work as a professional web designer and webmaster. This article gives a very basic introduction on what it takes to create a website. This is aimed mostly at those who do not currently have their own website but are thinking of making one, either for business or personal use. There are many different options for having a website created, ranging in price, time, effort, professionalism, functionality, and style. I’ll try to lay out the various optio... Read Full Story
This article is a comprehensive meta-analysis review of the web hosting provider OneandOne. Please read if you are at all considering purchasing hosting from OneandOne. Also take a look at Firehosts.net for more web hosting review, or at the OneandOne blog for a collection of the independent reviews used to create this meta-review. If you are interested in building a website but not sure you know enough to buy hosting and do it on your own, then check out my web beginners ... Read Full Story