Simple Pointers On Effective Web Design

Here are basic tips for those checking out quick web design:

- Automate, Automate, Automate! The work involved in internet design can be soul destroying. Before you get involved in some lengthy submission, promotion or design process, think about whether you could get a freelancer or a software to do it for you. Or whether it ought to be done that way at all.

- Have More Than One Web Host. Have more than one web hosting account if you have a lot of websites. Spread the websites out over different accounts. That way, if one web host goes ’splat’, it will be a small irritation instead of a twelve-hour slog getting twenty websites back online. You can put the resource-intensive stuff on the good, expensive host, and the subsidiary websites on the $5 p.m. hosts. You can then, using SSH and FTP, backup one site on-server and FTP it to another account directly. This can save a lot of time. It’s also much speedier than downloading a backup to your PC and re-uploading it somewhere else. Have you got a 2MB broadband internet connection? The 2MB is the theoretical _download_ speed. Ever try _uploading_ a fat file? A lot tardier, isn’t it?

- Use Freelances For Jobs You Lack The Skills For. Is your budget tight? Try scriptlance.com or rentacoder.com. The key to getting the best work is to a) be as clear as possible as to what you require and b) write your spec in simple, concise terms. Your work will likely be done by somebody who’s native language is not English. Most people give an inexact spec and receive work they’re unhappy with. Pick somebody who’s had a lot of favourable reviews recently. Pay in stages. Use the freelance site’s escrow service. Don’t expect to acquire more than you paid for, and don’t be cheap; if somebody does an effective job, they deserve a bonus, not carping.

- Use A Popular, Inexpensive Web Host. Here are a few filtering criteria: Google PageRank of at least 5. Send them an email or two. See how long it takes to receive a response. They should have a message board (another indication of popularity and customer support). Lots of features offered (MySQL databases, Cpanel, Fantastico). Recent positive reviews in webmaster message boards. Offers Linux servers (Windows costs more, and offers less). Cost per month can be as low as $10, and still have all the features above.

- Web Host Technical Support. Technical support is as fundemental as the software features a web host supplies. Some web hosts charge $10 per month and reply to back-up tickets in twenty minutes. Some charge $40 per month and reply next day. As long as the query gets answered, this may not be a problem. If the quality of the back-up declines, however, it isn’t. One day you’ll require a quick answer to a very urgent problem. You will thank the gods you took the trouble to find, and pay for, a responsive web host.

- Webhost Features. Most geeks prefer Unix. It’s been around longer, and is more stable. Internet hosts offering Unix variants like Linux have always been less expensive. They also seem to offer a good deal more of toys. I need SSI (Server Side Includes), SSH (secure Telnet), 10 MySQL databases, Cpanel, PHPMyAdmin and a UK IP number. And you can acquire this for $15 a month. Things like MySQL databases, Cpanel and SSH access are real sticking points for many web hosts. If they’re generous with these, you’ve found a rare jewel.

- Selling Something Direct? Use An Uncomplicated Means Of Purchase. An intermediary service like PayPal is perfectly effective to start with. If you have just a small number of products, their HTML buttons are an effective way to test demand. When you make over $1000 a month, acquire your own merchant account.

- Come Up For Air Occasionally. It’s very easy to get mired in the minutiae of this or that web project. There are people whose _lives_ revolve around tweaking addons to open-source software. You should keep your eyes on the prize; what do you want and what’s the most direct, legal way of getting it?

I hope these few beginner tips will help you in getting worthwhile web design and marketing done quickly.

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