There are many different programmes which are designed for the sole purpose of creating website. There are now many online web design sites where you can sign up and create a website online without needing to download the software. These offer a free service where you can design your own site, from free templates with can be chosen to work around giving the site a certain style. These services includes services such as Wix.com, which are free to use once you sign up for a free membership or connect through a Google or Facebook account.
There are other services, such as Wordpress which are similar to the online services, which can be downloaded to your computer. Wordpress is very user friendly and makes web design simple to use. This service works from templates which can be downloaded and applied to the site. From here you can use a variety of 'Widgets' to apply content to the site. These can allow you to add things like scrolling images, titles and bodies of text. The advantage of using a service like this is that it creates clean and most likely bug free sites which look professional and are easy to use.
There is another programme which allows the user to use CSS files to create a website. This is a programme called Adobe Photoshop CS5. This software allows you download a CSS document for the internet and load it into the programme, which can then be edited visually. There are many free CSS templates which can be downloaded from the internet and they can be split into certain categories which makes it easy to find a template to suit the task the website is being generated for. This programme allows you to edit the site in a variety of ways. The first way in which the site can be edited is by using the 'design view'. This allow the user to edit the site visually so they can physically see the changes which they are making. The second view which the user can use is a 'Code' view. This allows the user to edit the site by using CSS coding to make the required changes. However, by using this view they do not get a clear image of what the site looks like when editing. The final view which can be used is a 'Split' view. This allows the user to edit the site using the code which makes it easier to clear any bugs which may be on the site whilst they are able to see the changes which they are making. This is possibly the most user friendly of the three views.
There are other programmes which are solely html based coding programmes, which does't give the user an idea of what the site looks like as they go along. The only idea they get if how the site looks is if they load it in an internet browser.
There are certain costs of of setting up a website. The first cost that you will need to pay for is the cost of purchasing a domain name. This is the web address in which people will put in the http bar in order to find your site. The average domain name will cost around £3 for a '.co.uk' address and £10 a year for a '.com' address. This has to be paid annually in order to keep the name and to keep the site running. The next cost for a website is the cost of hosting the site. This is where a company provides server space for your website to be run on and covers the maintenance of the files stored on their servers. Many Internet Service Providers (ISP's) will provide web hosting services and will allow small businesses to host their site on the server for a cost. The average cost of web hosting is approximately £10-£20 per month.
Another cost that you may incur to set up a website is the cost of someone designing it for you or for the software to build your own site depending on the software you choose to use. The average cost to get someone to design a website for you is approximately £300 for a freelance web designer or for a more professional organisation it will cost around £350-£750. These companies will generally produce the site to a higher standard than most freelance designers. If they are looking to purchase Dreamweaver for the design of the site it will sent them back approximately £380.
Generally the website for regional magazines tend to use their site to advertise the print version or the digital version of their magazine, or to display content featured in their magazine to the audience which again will advertise the print or digital versions. They also use their websites to host their competitions which allows people to enter instantly.
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