Want to Design your Own website?
1and1 offers a simple website building program when you sign up for a hosting plan. It also offers a free Blog template so you can try your hand at that, all this for $3.99 which includes a domain name and hosting per month.
These tools listed below are tools to help you create a website. There are free and payware tools. If you need help installing some of these tools you can email us with questions.
Blogging
Some Blog websites are free. Wordpress.com and Google's Blog This - offers a good easy to use Blog if you want one for yourself. Most Blog sites are editable and you can find Widgets to put into your blog site. Widget's add functionality to your Blog so others can do more than just read about you. http://blogger-templates.blogspot.com is a great site to add features to your Blog. Widgets include Google instant messaging, games, and search engines. http://www.labpixies.com is another website gadget plug in. Blog Templates:
http://www.smallbusinessbible.org/free-blog-templates.html
http://www.magznetwork.com/blog-design/blogger-templates
http://designdisease.com/portfolio/
http://www.freethemelayouts.com/
http://www.wordpressthemesbox.com/
http://www.siteground.com/wordpress-hosting/wordpress-themes.htm
http://wp-themes.erikgyepes.com/
http://wordpressthemesbase.com/
http://wphacks.com/50-best-free-wordpress-themes-gallery/#2Column
http://www.freethemelayouts.com/
http://speckyboy.com/2009/01/23/30-free-amazing-and-versatile-wordpress-27-themes/
http://mashable.com/2007/09/29/2-column-website-templates/
Free Brochure
This free service let you design and print out your business brochure for free. http://www.designfreebies.org
http://www.stocklayouts.com/Templates/Free-Templates/Free-Sample-Templates.aspx
Buttons
Add buttons to your website with this nice button template website: http://www.webbuttonmaker.com/index.htm http://www.iwebtoolsonline.com/html-and-css-rounded-corner-button-generator
Spa and Salon Templates
For Free Spa Templates see these links: If you want one of these set up for you there is only a $20.00 fee and at $3.99 a month you can't beat the price for hosting.
http://www.freecsstemplates.com/templates/free-spa-website-template.html
http://www.freetemplates4u.com/wordpress-themes/spa-treatment
Search Engine Submission
Get your website listed with a search engine. The links below are free listings to add your URL. To make it easier, Web Candy World has provided this link page to take out the hassle of finding free URL submissions. Make sure you have your meta tags, descriptions and hot word keys in place and click on each link below to get started by placing your URL on the web. ALL OF THE LISTINGS BELOW ARE FREE SERVICES TO MAJOR SEARCH ENGINE LISTINGS http://www.google.com/addurl.html https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit http://www.addme.com/submission.htm For 14 different search engines http://pre.sympatico.ca/en/search/submit.html Canada search engine
http://www.submitexpress.com/submit.html
http://www.ezshop.com/advertise.shtml
http://www.gigablast.com Need help deciding what people are searching for on the internet and don't know what to put in your key words? http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/ this site will tell who what people are searching for when you type in words that are in your website. Site for Meta tag Generator; http://www.submitcorner.com/cgi-bin/tools/metagen.cgi
Slideshows
http://www.flash-gallery.org/features.html
Create Slideshows on your website with unique way to display your photo's
http://www.picturetrail.com/ It's a way to work with Flash without knowing how. http://www.flashcomponents.net/components/flash_galleries_and_slide_shows.html (Pay for site but inexpensive) http://www.goodwidgets.com/widgets/list
Templates
Website templates are a lot easier once you how to work a website. You can sign up for website design sites that offer lots of layouts and versatility of working with RSS, PHP and CSS style sheets. The good old days when Java was the ultimate way to spice up a boring website is gone. Websites are now more interactive and self searching. Even if you prefer a custom site than a template its good to look through them to get ideas on your own. http://templates.entheosweb.com/website_templates/ http://themeforest.net/
http://www.freecsstemplates.com/templates.html
http://www.wix.com The link above is an extensive list of different websites. Check them out for more ideas on how you want your website to work.
What you need isn't on our list?
Ask us by sending an email and we can add onto this list to make it for useful in helping build your website.
Web Consultant
- Holly Williams : Team Manager/Web Design Owner
All of these free tools are found on the internet, if there are some that are not listed and you would like them to be email us for more information.