To get a website online fast and make money. Putting it simply. So how do people do it? What works and what doesn't?

According to Milana Leshinsky of http://www.firstbusinesswebsite.com and author of Create Your First Business Web Site CD and tutorial, you don't need to learn HTML, you don't have to buy expensive programs, and you need to be able to update your website yourself any time you choose.

In my professional experience with clients and my personal experience with http://www.SuccessPromotions.com biggest pitfall for most webpreneurs is NOT being able to edit their own website and being always at mercy of a webmaster. The most important thing is to have an internet presence that truly reflects what your business is and what it offers.

Remember that if you cannot edit your website yourself then every price change, every product addition, and every special or clearance sale must be planned farther and farther in advance. And if you're selling widgets on your website just like a million other websites are selling widgets you have to be able to differentiate yourself from marketplace.

Milana Leshinsky's tutorial is one of finest web design teaching tools on market. And its endorsed by some of biggest names in e-commerce!

Even if all of above statements are accurate, everything still might not be way it should. We often design for screens and blissfully forget that we need to take other devices into account as well. It's surprising to notice that while printers are very widely used, a large part of designers seem to completely ignore them.

Why should I do this? =====================

The more text your site contains, more reason you have to think about printers. Many people prefer to print out long pages instead of reading them from their screen. They can't take their 19" screen to park, to their bed or to beach. However, if they print your content on paper, they can read it whenever they want to, wherever they want to.

By giving your users possibility to easily print your pages, you're making your site more usable. At same time, you're encouraging people to spread word about you and your site. What's more convenient, "Hey, read this great article" or "Hey, go to your computer, fire up your browser and go to this address to read a great article"?

How do I do this? =================

Ensuring that your site is printer friendly can be done in many ways. Personally, I prefer to use CSS for job. While it is not supported by some older browsers, CSS is a good choice because it eliminates need to create separate "printer friendly" versions of your pages. The same page can have one layout for browsers and another one for printers!

Unless you're already familiar with CSS, you might benefit from taking a quick look at HTML Help's CSS Tutorial ( http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/ ) before we begin. It's especially important that you familiarize yourself with class selectors, as many of examples below will use them.

That being said, let's open up Notepad and start creating our new external stylesheet file.

Modify layout... ====================

The first step is to eliminate everything that is useless in a printed version of page. Banner ads, navigation menus and all unnecessary graphics should be removed. You can do this by adding a new class to stylesheet: