| I'll tell you something straight up. I've used | | | | things real simple. The basics are just knowing |
| Kompozer, a free html editor that I'm sure you | | | | how to make a website page look alive and easy |
| know, to build myself some nice little websites | | | | on the eyes. You don't need to know much, but |
| that, without fail, sell a bunch of my products | | | | you'll want to understand how to do these things... |
| every month. And the funny thing is that I'm no | | | | make text bold, italic, bring in images, make links |
| expert whatsoever with using html, which means | | | | work, make simple tables, keep stuff lined up and |
| you can easily do a similar thing! This article will | | | | centered, know how headlines work, and the rest |
| show you how to get started... | | | | you can learn as you go. |
| The first thing you need to know is that I started | | | | If that all sounds like too much hard work then |
| from the basics, and the second is that a website | | | | there's a few things that might help. Firstly, |
| doesn't have to be a beautiful work of art in | | | | remember that all things are hard before they're |
| order to make sales. As long as it gives the | | | | easy, and secondly there's hundreds of really |
| viewer what the viewer needs then you're | | | | helpful html know-how websites around the place |
| starting on the right foot. | | | | that'll show you exactly how to do what we just |
| Okay, now let's talk about the basics, because | | | | talked about. :) |
| you really DO need to know this stuff. It'll just | | | | But probably the best way though is to open |
| make your life easier. I never set out to be a | | | | Kompozer and just start playing around with |
| html expert, or coder, or whatever you call it, but | | | | some sample website templates, and see what |
| I'm glad I learned the basics. That means I can | | | | happens. That's what I did, and what I still do... |
| now create a really simple website in Kompozer | | | | Look 'under the hood' to see how it's done, and |
| and edit it myself, without having to get someone | | | | learn from that. If you want to create profitable |
| in to do it. And that saves a LOT of time, believe | | | | websites then that's your first step - know the |
| me. | | | | basics. |
| So what are the basics then? Well, let's keep | | | | |