What can I do to create my own website to showcase my artistic works?

Question

My friends and I want to have a website to upload our collective works (drawings, writings, videos, etc). We're having some issue finding a site that really works for us though, one that isn't too limited in what it can do or how it can do it. Thus, my problem

I just want to know how to create my own site or use some other free (or really cheap) site's template. Any thoughts?

Answer 1

There are a few steps you will need to do but your finished product will look amazing. First you will need to get a domain name . You are able to get one from yahoo or register.com for cheep. Second you will need a program to build your site. I have used http://vipersitebuilder.com to build a bunch of sites for friends. I have used a lot of other website builders on the internet but most of them did not have good options for moving pics around . Http://vipersitebuilder.com is a total point and click website builder. if you want to move a pic all you have to do is click and drag it to where you want it. One of the things i love about http://vipersitebuilder.com is that you can build 5 websites for only $14.95 per month . so if you want to make a site for each of your friends you can each have your own site and link to your friends.

Answer 2

You can create a free professional website with Microsoft Office Live Small Business - http://tinyurl.com/officelive . It comes with a free online design tool that lets you create web pages without coding. Currently, MS is offering a free domain name (i.e. yourartsite.com) for the first year. You and your friends can upload to it as long as they have access to the editor (up to 5 users for free). You also get 500mb of free storage.

Answer 3

The easiest way for a novice to build a web site is to start with a web template. Web Templates can be customized and you can use the layout but swap the graphics etc.... this will get you comfortable with basic HTML design and an HTML editor (like Dreamweaver).

Here are some resources for free or inexpensive templates that are easy to edit and manage.

Webmaster Templates - http://www.webmaster-templates.net

Free Web Templates - http://www.freewebtemplates.com/

Web Design Elements - http://www.webdesign-elements.com

Free Website Templates - http://www.freewebsitetemplates.com/

Free Layouts - http://www.freelayouts.com/

Free Templates Online - http://www.freetemplatesonline.com

HTML website templates can significantly ease the burden of designing and creating websites by providing webmasters with a ready-made web layout, structure, basic graphics, and color scheme.

The templates can generally be edited and customized with any HTML editor. The biggest advantage for webmasters using ready-made templates is the amount of time that can be saved.  

Answer 4

First you need a domainname to  create your own website. So, first choose a domain name and make sure it's avilable unsing URL http://whois.ws

After that you contact any webhost company like http://www.eukhost.com (where my site is hosted) for domain registrations and webspace; once you sign up with them their support will help you to setup your website. Also Cpanel (Linux hosting) has many plug-in which will help you to set up your own gallery where you can upload your collective works. One more this there support is best in this world you can contact them anytime when you need their help...

There are many other Companies (you can search on Google "Cpanel shared hosting" ) which provide webspace and domain registration.

-MilindMK.

Answer 5

I have seen many east to install templates at:

Answer 6

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