Using Website Design Software
Question:
Can i buy web site creator sofware and design a website with my own domain without using a goddady type site? At compusa and best buy there is web site creation software and i was wondering if there was software that i could use to create a website without going through godaddy or web.com or geosites? if so what is it?
Answer:
You can use the website creator software on your personal computer to design and build a website. But if you want to see your site on the internet, you have to purchase web hosting and point your domain name’s DNS nameservers to your web hosting company. Then using your site creator software, you’ll publish your website’s files to your hosting account.
But if you’re asking if you can get additional software so you can do your own web hosting, the short answer is no. Your ISP wouldn’t allow you to be your own web host on a residential line even if you got a web server and connected it to the internet backbone. All that infrastructure costs THOUSANDS of dollars a month.
But luckily web hosting is cheap. I’m talking like only $3.50/mo at iPage. You’ll be able to publish your own website with that software you’re looking at or you can do it even easier by making a WordPress blog. The iPage control panel is really easy to use. It’s got a great software installer called SimpleScripts with all kinds of cool software to install on your site, including WordPress.
You may have heard about WordPress.com, but it’s extremely limited because you can’t use your own themes and plugins. Themes and plugins are the heart of the real magic of WordPress. With your own web hosting account, you’ll be able to upload your own WordPress themes and plugins. Heck, you can even put advertising on the site and make some money.
What software can I use to design a website template for my website?
Design Your Own Web Templates and Themes
Question:
Hello
I am interested in building a website.
I would like to know if there is any software I can buy online or store that can design Web templates (css/html) for my website. I will use my own icons and stuff.
Please put down the name of the software(s).
Thank you very much! 
Answer:
I use a program called Artisteer. Click here for demo. It does all the css and html in the background. You don’t have to write any code at all. It can do websites and publish them and also do themes for WordPress, Blogger, DotNetNuke, Joomlas, Drupal and ASP.net. Click here to download Artisteer for free and try it out. Super simple to use.
You should also take a look at XSitePro. They’ve got a demo you can watch. It’s truly amazing. Must cheaper than Dreamweaver.
What would be a good software for template design?
Website Template Creator
Question: I’m looking into making a custom template for a website. What would be the best solution to creating a professional look to a website?
Answer: I used to use FrontPage, then upgraded to Expression Web and started using its Dynamic Web Templates. That made site building a lot easier, but I got tired of dealing with the FrontPage extensions on the web server.
Then I started getting interested in using WordPress to run my sites. It’s absolutely possible to build a WordPress blog that looks like a regular website. I got hooked on all the free WordPress themes out there, but seems like there was always some little thing I would like to have that the them lacked. So I started looking for a WordPress theme builder and I found Artisteer.
I downloaded the program. The trial version was fully functional and it was so easy to start building themes. Soon I was developing my own theme base templates with the layout exactly like I wanted it and all I had to do is change the colors, background and header image when I wanted a new one.
Artisteer builds more than WordPress themes, though. It can do Blogger, Joomla, DotNetNuke, and more. It’s even got a website builder and publisher in it.
Click here to download Artisteer for free and try it out. It’s so much cheaper than other theme and template builders.
What software do you use to create a Website? PLEASE HELP!!?
Q: Hello, can you please tell me what software do you use to design a website with your pictures, colors, layout? Were do I get this from? Is dreamweaver good and if so, what version can I try?
Thanks!!!
A: If you have to ask, you sound like a beginner. Dreamweaver comes with a high learning curve. I suggest you get web hosting from WebHostingHub and use their free premium website builder called Soholaunch. You’ll it in the cPanel control panel under Software in the Fantastico 1-click software installer. You can build a complete site and the 500 templates are editable so you can select your own colors. You can easily integrate a blog, photo gallery, forum and more.
Click here to checkout WebHostingHub now.
Change the Header Image in a WordPress Theme
Question: I need help in changing a header in wordpress theme. This is a custom theme so admin, general is not available. I have the header in the same size and format as the other header. Please help. Website is jaxbjj.com and I see the header.php, but I am lost here. Here is the .phpfile.
<head profile=”http://gmpg.org/xfn/11″>
<meta http-equiv=”Content-Type” content=”<?php bloginfo(‘html_type’) ?>; charset=<?php bloginfo(‘charset’) ?>” />
<title><?php wp_title( ‘|’, true, ‘right’ ); bloginfo( ‘name’ ); ?></title>
<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘stylesheet_url’) ?>” type=”text/css” media=”screen” />
<!–[if IE 6]><link rel=”stylesheet” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘template_url’); ?>/style.ie6.css” type=”text/css” media=”screen” /><![endif]–>
<!–[if IE 7]><link rel=”stylesheet” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘template_url’); ?>/style.ie7.css” type=”text/css” media=”screen” /><![endif]–>
<?php if(WP_VERSION < 3.0): ?>
<link rel=”alternate” type=”application/rss+xml” title=”<?php printf(__(‘%s RSS Feed’, THEME_NS), get_bloginfo(‘name’)); ?>” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘rss2_url’); ?>” />
<link rel=”alternate” type=”application/atom+xml” title=”<?php printf(__(‘%s Atom Feed’, THEME_NS), get_bloginfo(‘name’)); ?>” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘atom_url’); ?>” />
<?php endif; ?>
<link rel=”pingback” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘pingback_url’); ?>” />
<?php
remove_action(‘wp_head’, ‘wp_generator’);
wp_enqueue_script(‘jquery’);
if ( is_singular() && get_option( ‘thread_comments’ ) ) {
wp_enqueue_script( ‘comment-reply’ );
}
wp_head(); ?>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”<?php bloginfo(‘template_url’); ?>/script.js”></script>
</head>
<body <?php if(function_exists(‘body_class’)) body_class(); ?>>
<div id=”art-main”>
<div class=”art-sheet”>
<div class=”art-sheet-tl”></div>
<div class=”art-sheet-tr”></div>
<div class=”art-sheet-bl”></div>
<div class=”art-sheet-br”></div>
<div class=”art-sheet-tc”></div>
<div class=”art-sheet-bc”></div>
<div class=”art-sheet-cl”></div>
<div class=”art-sheet-cr”></div>
<div class=”art-sheet-cc”></div>
<div class=”art-sheet-body”>
<div class=”art-header”>
<div class=”art-header-clip”>
<div class=”art-header-png”></div>
<div class=”art-header-jpeg”></div>
</div>
<div class=”art-logo”>
</div>
</div>
<div class=”cleared reset-box”></div><div class=”art-nav”>
<div class=”art-nav-l”></div>
<div class=”art-nav-r”></div>
<div class=”art-nav-outer”>
<?php
echo theme_get_menu(array(
‘source’ => theme_get_option(‘theme_menu_source’),
‘depth’ => theme_get_option(‘theme_menu_depth’),
‘menu’ => ‘primary-menu’,
‘class’ => ‘art-hmenu’
)
);
?>
</div>
</div>
<div class=”cleared reset-box”></div>
Answer: That’s an Artisteer generated theme. Know how I can tell? I use Artisteer and by default (unless you change it), see how the classes start with “art-”? That’s how I know. You don’t need to change the code. You said your other image is the same size so just replace the old one with the new one. Here’s how to do it.
- On your web server, go to your WordPress installation to the wp-content/themes/YOURTHEME/images/ folder. The current image is in there. YOURTHEME would be the active theme. The header is in the /images/ folder.
- Rename the current image by appending -orig to the file name like this: header-orig.jpg. You’ll want to save the original image file in case you screw something up and can rename it back.
- Now rename your new file to be the same name as the current file. So header.jpg becomes header-orig.pjg. Then your newfile.jpg gets renamed to header.jpg.
The other way would be to get the .artx source code file for the theme and then modify it within Artisteer. Click here to download Artisteer for free to try it out. Then you can make all the themes you want, any way you want.
Business Website Design & Hosting
Question: I’m planning to come up with a website for my business . with no prior experience with website design … is it advisable to go with a design company or are the software’s of the shelf (PC World etc) good at doing the job ..if so any suggestions … also following are the requirements:
1) 10-15 page website
2) shopping cart
Since this is my first time my question could be really dumb but once i have built a website are there any other cost apart from domain name and hosting service …
Answer: You wouldn’t build a house yourself if you had no prior experience, so why attempt a business website? Off the shelf software is great for a beginner and when there are no financial transactions taking place, but not for what you need. Hire yourself a good web designer. If you want to try and do it yourself, you can try Big Commerce.
