How to build your first website

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How to build your first website - part 3


Keywords

How to build your first website - part 3

 

The structure of a web site:    

In this example:

  • From Index (this is the home page, always named index.html) have a link to each subtopic and back to index

  • From Each subtopic have a link to the sub pages

  • On every page have have a navigation menu (text link on top, bottom or in a side bar) that leads to index and subtopic 1, 2 and 3

  • For best results use text links and have the keyword you want to use in there.

  • When doing link exchanges have most pointed to your index but a few to some of the important sub pages also.

  • Prepare best a little chart like the one above so you can visualize better the structure of your web site and if you have many pages and files, you may also use subfolders to store your files the same way you would do on your home computer.

  • For more on your website layout see also this page.

  • Navigation.
    We use links from text or graphics so the visitor can navigate our website like here on this page on the bottom. Look for a simple layout that makes it easy for the visitor so he can find what he is looking for without having to read the hole 9 yards. See this page on website navigation for some tips.

  • The header of your web pages.
    The header of your web pages is not visible in the browser (unless you select view source code) but it includes important information like the page title for example. This information is important so the search engines can find you.  I normally use this set of tags for my headers:

<html>

<head>
<title>Your site title and description goes here</title>
<meta name="robots" content="index all, follow all">
<meta name="description" content="Your site title and description goes here">
<meta name="keywords" content="Keyword1, keyword2, keyword3, etc etc">
</head>

 

How to build your first website - part 1
How to build your first website - part 2
How to build your first website - part 3
How to build your first website - part 4
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