So you need to get a web site done quickly? Here are a few tips to keep in mind:
1. Define The Job.
What do you want the site to do? Successful projects are ones where the intent is well-defined. Avoid going off half-cocked buying software or services you don’t need. Changes mid-build can be very expensive; just like building a bricks-and-mortar house!
2. Suit The Design To The Purpose.
Do you just want a simple site, like a placeholder? Do you want something even an amateur can edit? Or do you want a CMS with Ajax and a coffee maker?
A super-simple site: Use a text-to-html generator to create web pages from text files. Then use an index generator to make an index HTML page of these files. Tart these pages up in a WYSIWYG web page editor. Then FTP upload them to your webhosting account. Voila! A super-simple web site.
What, you want something fancier?
Get a web hosting account with Cpanel and Fantastico. Look for the ‘WordPress’ option in Fantastico, and install it. Then get a search-engine optimised theme for your blog; the default install isn’t search-engine friendly.
Hey presto, you’ve got...