I often get asked how much does it cost to build a website. Of coarse there’s no clear cut answer to that. Every site is different, but the initial costs are:

• Domain name registration
• Hosting and
• Design

After you made your decision on that great domain name, who will host and design your site it’s more about adding/maintaining your content and getting some traffic to your site.

So, let’s say you own a small business, are in a band or have some product to promote and are on a tight budget. How can you have a decent website? I say the answer is to use WordPress. Although any wed design knowledge is helpful, you don’t necisarrily have to be a web designer to run a WordPress site. Version 2.7 is very cool and more intuitive in my opinion than past versions. Here’s a presentation on some of the features:

Installation is easy and once you become familiar with the interface you’ll be able to create your own pages and posts. You can catagorize and tag your content to keep it organized and easy to navigate your site as well as add key words and descriptions for search engines. Oh, and did I mention this software is absolutely free?

There are also endless plugins available to add functionality and design themes.

I’ll be adding more articles on some of my favorite tip and plugins. Until then, happy blogging!

Tags: Blogging, Wordpress

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