As with most things, you get what you pay for. Consider your time, what you have to invest, and what your goals are. If you want to do anything beyond just basic text and pictures, you'll be better off to buy a good HTML editor.

Whatever you do, if you plan on making a good web site, you need to learn at least some HTML. Here are a couple of sites that offer tutorials to get you started.

http://reallybig.com/category.php3?catid=63 http://www.bignosebird.com/ Scroll down to 'For Those Just Starting' Section.

One other great way to learn is by making a very simple page in an html editor and then looking through code. Look at a particular section of your page, then examine how code makes that section. What <> tags do what? makes bold lettering,

The better editors like Front Page do pretty much everything for you. However, knowing at least a little about code can help you identify problems.

Often, items you'll want to add to your site will be available for you by copying and pasting actual HTML code onto your site. Here's a tip. If you do that, and it doesn't work, it's probably because code didn't copy over right. At least with Front Page, you have to copy code from it's source, paste it into a text editor like Notepad, and then recopy it before HTML will transfer over correctly.

Here is probably best suggestion I can give you for building your first web site, and it's something I've learned hard way. Stay simple. It's better to have a simple site that everything works on than to try to do too much beyond your abilities and end up with problems.

Start simple, learn more, and work your way up. Get an HTML editor and work in it BEFORE you purchase web hosting. There's no point in paying for a spot on web before you have capability to fill it.

Consider what you want out of your web site and search for what will help you meet those goals. Don't be afraid of HTML. I'd dare say 99.9% of web sites you see out there were made by people that don't know anymore about it than next guy does. They have just practiced with their HTML editors and kept at it until they got results they wanted.

Learn first, start simple, then expand. You can have your own web site, just take it one step at a time.

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