1. Purchase a “What You See Is What You Get” (WYSIWYG) HTML editor such as Adobe GoLive, Macromedia Dreamweaver or Microsoft FrontPage.
   
2. Create the web pages using your editing program
   
3. FTP the files to your web-server.
   

• Adobe GoLive ($399.99 on Amazon)
  
• Macromedia Dreamweaver ($389 on Amazon)
  
• Microsoft FrontPage ($170.99 on Amazon)
  

1. Select or create a template for your site. If you have graphic design skills, you may choose to create something from scratch. Most beginners just use one of the many pre-developed templates that come with their editing program. You can also purchase templates from third party vendors.
   
2. Create the pages for your site and type the text directly into the pages. The content will appear on the screen similar to the way it will appear in the final website.
   
3. Insert any graphics you will use for your site. In general, you should keep these to a minimum because each graphic you put into your page increases the download time. Also, you don’t want too many animated gifs or flashy stuff on the page - they make the page appear unprofessional.
   
4. Test the site as you go. All editors contain a preview capability that will let you see the page in a web browser exactly as your visitors will see it. It is also a good idea to test your pages using multiple browsers since there is some variance as to how different browsers interpret HTML code. You should design your site to work effectively with the top three browsers. The top three browsers on the internet today
   
   
   are:
   
   
   
   1. Microsoft Explorer (Download)
      
   2. Firefox (Download)
      
   3. Netscape (Download)
      
   
   

• Leach FTP (Download)
  
• WSFTP (Download)
  
• Microsoft Explorer – Type the FTP location into the browser and then enter your credentials into the popup box.
  

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