This is for a real estate start up company. The website will be our main source for generating leads. I know what I want it to look like . I know what I need it to do. I need it to "track" our traffic, needs mortgage calculators, will have several links. I need it to have forms for guests to fill out, etc. I know alittle HTML and thats about it.
2006-07-09 15:52:45 · 11 answers · asked by ari121 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Not to discourage you but "real estate" is a highly competitive market on the net. I would recommend that you check out your major competitor (do they have a website? can I make mine more user friendly, is it updated regularly etc) make notes about their site, the pro's and con's and hire a professional web designer (of course check out the designer previous sites) to make your site better.
2006-07-11 02:19:43 · answer #1 · answered by luv_a_win 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good software that beats FrontPage is 1'st Page. It's for professionals, but I suggest u should use the dozens of quality tools that u can find on the web also. For instance the link bellow: http://www.bravenet.com/cserv.php?pid=4&tid=1&afilid=3054498111 it's a source of everything u need for professional websites, including real time statistics of visitors, traffic generators and tracking, e-mail forms, forums, calendars and many other tools. You could make a nice site with that.
2006-07-12 09:56:33 · answer #2 · answered by sevcenko 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Creating a Web page
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the language that your Internet browser reads to show you the Web.
A. Using Word: After creating a Word document, click File, Save As. In the Save As dialogue box, click the down arrow in the Save as type drop-down list box (near the bottom of the dialogue box) and select ‘Web Page’ from the menu. You will then get the option to title the page. Your Web page should display just as it does in Word.
To put your Web site onto the Internet, you will need server space. A server is a specialized computer devoted to putting pages on the Web. Most Internet service providers have such space—check with your service provider to learn how to utilize it.
B. Macromedia's Dreamweaver ($399) creates professional pages, but it can be tricky to learn. http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver ).
C. Adobe’s GoLive ($399) offers a free 30-day trial.
D. Microsoft's FrontPage ($199) is not for all Web hosts. Be sure that before you sign up with a host to post a Web page, find out how the Web host handles FrontPage.
E. There are Web sites that offer HTML tutorials and templates. Here are a few:
http://www.vikimouse.com/htmlschool/index.htm
http://www.billybear4kids.com/htmlhelp.htm
http://www.lissaexplains.com/
www.w3schools.com/html
www.htmlgoodies.com
www.webdesign.org
www.nvu.com
To learn more about Web technologies, visit the W3C’s Web site. W3Schools has free tutorials that are clearly written with step-by-step instructions. It also has a tool that will make sure your pages meet HTML standards.
http://www.w3.org/
Remember to keep your site user friendly—make sure it is easy to navigate.
Privacy and security are a major concern. Spammers use automated spam collector programs to search the Web to find and retrieve e-mail addresses. Consider placing your e-mail address inside a graphic; or displaying your address in the format ‘name at website dot com’ instead of ‘name@website.com.’
Most major search sites (like Google) let you restrict their access with a robots.txt file. This allows you to restrict your whole site or just select pages. To learn how to use the file, visit robotstxt.org (http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/robots.html).
At Web Design From Scratch, you will get all the help you need. There are instructions and tips for everyone from novice to pro. Learn simple HTML code or more advanced JavaScript.
Keep private and identifying information off your site.
Web Design From Scratch offers much more than code. It includes ways of making your site clean and neat. And there are tips for color schemes, logos, text and more.
www.webdesignfromscratch.com
Google’s Page Creator is a popular hit for creating your Web page.
To access this new feature, you must have a Gmail account (Google’s free e-mail). There is a link on the Page Creator page for Gmail.
When you create your site, it will be hosted by Google. You will have an address that includes your Gmail. You can get more information at:
http://tinyurl.com/jj9yg
2006-07-10 01:59:53 · answer #3 · answered by williamh772 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to use php scripting if you want to have mortgage calculators, databases, etc. Some essential software for building websites, aer MacroMedia Dreamweaver or if you want to throw in abit of animation o liven things up, then you should get MacroMedia Flash / Fireworks. You can also use Microsoft Frontpage to build your website.
2006-07-09 15:58:41 · answer #4 · answered by Trapz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are couple of things you can do. Firstly I would suggest that you must document clearly in details what you deem as you requirements. that is the starting point for you to get your web-site in shape. It should include various dimensions like features that users can see, page layout, number of users that you anticipate now and in nexxt 3-4 years growth, overall business process of various activities that involve your website as platform etc. Now you are ready to start building something which needs to match this specifications. This must be socialized with other stakeholders in your company who must have view on this.
Next steps is to decide if you would like to do it inhouse or would you like to outsource it to another IT vendor. Now days web-site building isn't a costly affair and hence you should seek quote from vendors to get a good deal on it. It will ensure that you folks focus on getting your business straight rather than breaking your head on technology.
While developing and designing your website, you need to ensure that you discuss the infrastructure requirements for your website. It include servers, disk space, memory requirements etc. You can either have all of these bought and host the website on your infrastructure which will be very costly or you could host it on the rented IT infrastructure that is provided by so many Internet service providers.
Generally speaking, components of technology that you need to worry about are web-server, application server, web-technology (.net or java), hardware servers, database servers, administrative tools, security software, monitoring software and finally business application software that has your business rules etc including reporting features. Some of these software could be custom written in free technology like Java while you might as well consider buying light weight application package to manage your business that is built on internet platform.
Hope this helps.
2006-07-09 16:09:31 · answer #5 · answered by RKM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way to do it is to pick up Javascript, PHP, and HTML. Get some books and it is the cheapest and most customizable way.
If you want you can look into Dreamweaver or Frontpage which are commonly used tools.
Get in touch if you've got any more questions, I know my stuff.
2006-07-09 16:05:31 · answer #6 · answered by creative 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the best software out there for creating your own website is Dreamweaver. It's an easy to use program with lots of customization.
2006-07-09 15:56:47 · answer #7 · answered by salamander_mn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consider a site host that has its own web developer. Check out infinology.com
2006-07-09 15:57:21 · answer #8 · answered by psychopete 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
macro media products dream weaver , flash have some templates just drop in image and text. fireworks have drop down menu all work together, photo shop for image as well in the product is image ready to do GIF and banners. XARA products menu maker check them out
paint shop have a side product animation shop for gif & banner.
2006-07-09 16:04:57 · answer #9 · answered by ssanchez2002 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://freewebs.com/
this will get you started and take you step by step
you can choose a web page bulider template or make it from scratch.
and...IT'S FREE
2006-07-09 15:56:58 · answer #10 · answered by **BLu Tinkerbell** 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋