You’ve seen them all over the Internet. Cool looking web sites with attractive graphics. And you dream of the day when you can have a great looking site of your very own.

But maybe you think that a great looking web site is out of your reach, that it will take a long time to learn all of the skills necessary to make it happen.

I’ve got some good news for you. It isn’t all that hard, you can do it, and I’m going to give you some tips that can make it a reality for no cost to you.

The first thing you’re going to need is the software that will make creating a site a breeze. The good news is that there are a couple of no cost pieces of software that are really easy to use.

These are WYSIWYG HTML editors. That stands for “What You See Is What You Get”. You don’t need to know any HTML code to get started. You just type in what you want to have on your web page, and the software will format the code for you. It’s also easy to add graphics, tables, and forms. If you can use a word processor, you can use these software packages. 

These software packages have a help section that offer tutorials and information on how to use the program. They also have links to their home page, where you can access forums to ask questions, look at the frequently asked questions page, and find out about updates to the software.

The first HTML Editor is called NVU, which stands for New View. It’s called The Complete Web Authoring System For Windows, Linux, and Mac. It hasn’t been updated for over a year, but there is a very active forum that can be accessed from the home page. To download the software, head over to: http://www.nvu.com

The second offering is from Mozilla.org, and it’s called Composer. It is part of the Sea Monkey all-in-one internet application suite. The Sea Monkey download include a web browser, email client, IRC client, and HTML editing.

Here’s the description of Composer from the Mozilla site:
SeaMonkey’s powerful yet simple HTML editor keeps getting better with dynamic image and table resizing, quick insert and delete of table cells, improved CSS support, and support for positioned layers. For all your documents and website projects, Composer is all you need. You can get the software at the following link:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/

It doesn’t really matter which HTML Editor you choose. Either one of these programs are all you’ll need to create as many web sites and web pages as you want. There’s really no advantage to go out and spend money on software when these will do the job.

So go get the software, install it, and get started creating some web pages. Remember that no one will ever see your pages until you upload them to a web server. If you create something that you don’t like, delete it and start over. Just get started. And have fun. Really.

That’s all for today.
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Want a complete training system that will show you how to build mini-sites from top to bottom? Check out Jim Edwards’ “Mini-Site Creator Home Study Course“.