How to create a personal website

Top 1: Determine the theme of the website

To build a website, the first thing that must be solved is the content of the website, that is, determining the theme of the website. The American "PC Magazine" ranked the top 100 well-known websites in the United States in 1999 in ten categories: Category 1: Online job hunting; Category 2: Online chat/instant messaging/ICQ; Category 3 : Online community/discussion/mailing list; Category 4: Computer technology; Category 5: Web page/website development; Category 6: Entertainment website; Category 7: Travel; Category 8: Reference/information; Category 9: Family/Education; Category 10: Lifestyle/Fashion. We can refer to the above classification and continue to subdivide. If you are interested in certain aspects, or have a lot of information, you can also make something that interests you. First, you can have your own opinions and make your own characteristics; second, you don’t have to worry about it when making a website. You may feel bored or overwhelmed. Interest is the driving force for making websites. Without creative enthusiasm, it is difficult to design and produce excellent works.

For the selection of content topics, it should be small and precise. The topic positioning should be small and the content should be precise. Don't try to make an all-inclusive website. This will often lose the characteristics of the website, will also bring high-intensity labor, and make it difficult to update the website in a timely manner. Remember: there is only No. 1 on the Internet, not No. 2!

Top 2: Choose a good domain name

The domain name is the name of the website on the Internet. For a pure information service website that is not for product promotion, all the value of its construction is condensed on its website domain name. If you lose this domain name, all the preliminary work will be in vain.

Currently, many personal websites rely on free personal space, and their domain names also rely on free domain name pointing, such as NetEase’s virtual domain name service. In fact, this is very detrimental to the promotion and development of personal websites, not only The window that opens "at the right time" hinders the viewer's sight and impression, making it obvious that it is a personal website at a glance, and also hinders the transmission speed of the web page. Therefore, from my personal point of view, first of all, spend some money to register a domain name. An independent domain name is the first wealth of a personal website. The domain name must be vivid, simple, and easy to remember.

Top 3: Master network building tools

The development of network technology has driven the development of the software industry, so the tools and software used to create Web pages are becoming more and more abundant. From the most basic HTML editor to the very popular Flash interactive web page creation tool, there are various web page creation tools. Here are several representative web page builders:

(1) HTML editor. Although HTML code is complex and takes a lot of time to edit and debug, HTML is still favored by advanced web page producers because of its stability, wide support and ability to create complex page effects. At present, there are many editors to choose from. These editors widely support complex page creation and advanced HTML specifications. The more commonly used ones are professional HTML editors such as Hotdog.

(2) WYSIWYG web page editor. Among them, Microsoft Frontpage is the representative, which has an operation interface like Word. Operators who are familiar with the functions of Word can easily create web pages with a little training. Moreover, Frontpage can also parse the HTML source code of web pages and provide preview support. However, some special display functions of Frontpage cannot be implemented in other non-IE browsers. Therefore, Frontpage is a tool software that is very suitable for beginners and intermediate web page developers.

(3) The very popular Flash interactive web page production tool produced by Macromedia. This is a very powerful interactive vector multimedia web page production tool. It can easily output various animated web pages. It does not require particularly complicated operations and is smaller and more powerful than JAVA! But its animation effects, interactive effects, and multimedia effects are excellent.

Moreover, you can also encapsulate MP3 music, fill in forms, etc. in Flash animations; and because the web page files compiled by Flash are much smaller than ordinary web page files, the browsing speed is greatly accelerated. This is a tool that is very suitable for dynamic web production.

In addition, personal website makers also need to understand the W3C's HTML4.0 specification, basic knowledge of CSS cascading style sheets, basic knowledge of javascript, and VBScript. You must also have a proper understanding of some commonly used script programs such as ASP, CGI, and PHP. You must also be proficient in using graphics processing tools, animation production tools, and vector drawing tools. You must also partially understand the basic usage of various graphics and image animation tools and be proficient in using them. FTP tools and corresponding software, hardware and network knowledge are also necessary.

Of course, the Internet is still a free database. Compiling web pages requires a variety of buttons, backgrounds, and various graphics and pictures. If you have to do all this by yourself, it will be a waste of time and money, and it will also require powerful graphics and picture production technology. Therefore, in order to save these troubles, website makers can download a variety of exquisite and practical pictures, buttons, backgrounds and other web page materials from the Internet.

Tip 4: Determine the website interface

The interface is the first impression of the website on the viewer, which often determines the visibility of the website. When determining the interface of the website, pay attention to the following three things: Points:

① Column and section arrangement

Building a website is like writing an essay. First, you must outline the topic so that the theme and level are clear. The most common mistake for beginners in website construction is to start production immediately after determining the theme without proper planning. As a result, the website structure is unclear, the directory is complex and confusing, and the section layout is confusing. As a result, not only are the viewers confused, but it is also very difficult for the creators themselves to expand and maintain the website. Therefore, before we start making a web page, we must consider the arrangement of columns and sections.

After the theme of the website is determined, it is necessary to make a reasonable arrangement of the collected information. For example, put some of the most attractive content in the most prominent position or dominate the layout. The essence of the column is an outline index of a website, and the index should clearly display the main body of the website. When formulating columns, you must carefully consider and arrange them reasonably. Things to note when arranging columns are:

● Delete columns that are irrelevant to the topic as much as possible;

● Try to list the most valuable content on the website in columns;

●Arrange the columns from the visitor's perspective as much as possible to facilitate visitors' browsing and inquiry; auxiliary content, such as site introduction, copyright information, personal information, etc., do not need to be placed in the main column to avoid dilution. theme.

In addition, the arrangement and setting of sections must also be reasonably arranged and divided. The concept of sections is larger than columns, and each section has its own column. For example: The website of ENET Silicon Valley Power (www.enet.com.cn) is divided into sections such as news, products, games, and colleges. Each section has its own main column. Generally speaking, personal websites have less content, and just dividing them into columns is enough, without setting up sections. If it is necessary to set up sections, attention should be paid to:

●Each section must be relatively independent;

●Each section must be interrelated;

●Each section must be The content of the section should focus on the theme of the site;

②Directory structure and link structure

The directory of the website refers to the directory created when the website is established. For example: When using Frontpage to build a website, the root directory and Images subdirectory are created by default. The structure of the directory is an issue that is easily overlooked. Most webmasters create subdirectories at will without planning. The quality of the directory structure does not have much impact on the viewer, but it has an important impact on the maintenance of the site itself and the expansion and transplantation of content in the future. Therefore, careful arrangements must be made when establishing the directory structure, such as:

●Do not store all files in the root directory.

Some website developers place all files in the root directory for convenience. This can easily lead to: chaotic file management, confusion about which files need to be edited and updated, which useless files can be deleted, and which are related files, affecting work efficiency; the upload speed slows down, and the server generally creates a root directory For a file index, if all files are placed in the root directory, then even if only one file is uploaded and updated, the server will need to retrieve all the files again and create a new index file. Obviously, the larger the file size, the longer the waiting time will be. will also be longer.

●Create subdirectories according to column content. To create a subdirectory, first create it according to the main column. Friendly links have a lot of content and need to be updated frequently, and you can create independent subdirectories. Some columns that are highly relevant and do not need to be updated frequently, such as website introduction, webmaster status, etc., can be merged and placed in a unified directory. All programs are generally stored in specific directories, for example: CGI programs are placed in the cgi-bin directory, and all downloadable content is best placed in one directory to facilitate maintenance and management.

●Create an independent Images directory in each home directory. Generally speaking, there is a default Images directory in the root directory of a site. It is very inconvenient to store all pictures in this directory. For example, when a column is deleted, the management of pictures is quite troublesome. Therefore, establishing an independent Images directory for each main column is convenient for management. The reason is simple: it facilitates maintenance and management.

Other things to note are: the directory level should not be too deep, no more than 3 levels; do not use a Chinese directory, which may cause difficulties in the correct display of the URL; do not use a directory that is too long. Directory names that are too long are difficult to remember; try to use directories with clear meanings to facilitate memory and management.

The link structure of a website refers to the topological structure of links between pages. It is based on a directory structure but can span directories. To put it figuratively: each page is a fixed point, and a link is the connection between two fixed points. A point can be connected to one point or to multiple points. More importantly, these points are not distributed on a plane, but exist in a three-dimensional space. Generally, there are two basic ways to establish the link structure of a website:

●Tree link structure (one-to-one), which is similar to the directory structure of DOS. The homepage link points to the first-level page, and the first-level page link Points to the secondary page. When browsing with such a link structure, one enters one level and exits one level. The organization is relatively clear. Visitors clearly know where they are and will not "know where they are." However, the browsing efficiency is low. To move to a subpage in another column, you must return to the home page.

●Star link structure (one-to-many), similar to network server links, each page has links to each other. This makes browsing more convenient and you can reach your favorite page at any time. However, because there are too many links, it is easy for viewers to get lost and confused about where they are and how much content they have read.

Therefore, in actual website design, these two structures are always mixed. The website hopes that visitors can easily and quickly reach the pages they need and clearly know their location. Therefore, the best way is to use a star link structure between the homepage and the first-level pages, and a tree link structure between the first-level and second-level pages. The design of link structure is a very important part in actual web page production. What kind of link structure is used directly affects the layout of the page.

③Carry out image design

The design of the website can start from the following points:

●Design the website logo (LOGO). LOGO refers to the logo of a website. The logo can be Chinese or English letters, symbols, patterns, etc. The design idea for the logo should come from the name and content of the website. For example: if there are representative characters, animals, and plants in the website, you can use them as the blueprint for the design, and make them cartoony or artistic; professional websites can use representative items of the profession as logos.

The most common and simplest way is to use the English name of your website as a logo. You can easily make your own logo by using different fonts, letter deformations, and letter combinations.

●Design website colors. The first impression of a website comes from the visual impact. Different color combinations produce different effects and may affect the emotions of visitors. "Standard colors" refer to colors that can reflect the website's image and extended connotation, and should be used for the website's logo, title, main menu and main color blocks. Gives a sense of overall unity. As for other colors, you can also use them, but they should only be used as embellishments and foils, and must not take over the spotlight. Generally speaking, there should be no more than 3 standard colors for a website. Too many colors will be dazzling. The colors suitable for the standard colors of web pages are: blue, yellow/orange, black/grey/white three series of colors.

●Design website fonts. Like standard colors, standard fonts refer to unique fonts used for logos, titles, and main menus. The default font for general web pages is Song Dynasty. In order to reflect the "difference" and unique style of the site, you can choose some special fonts according to your needs. Creators can choose more appropriate fonts based on the connotation expressed on their website. It should be noted that non-default fonts can only be used in the form of pictures, because it is very likely that the browser does not have special fonts installed in the computer, so the hard work of design and production may be in vain.

●Design website slogan. It can also be said to be the spirit, theme and center of the website, or the goal of the website, which can be highly summarized in one sentence or one word. Use powerful words or words to summarize the website and conduct external publicity, which can achieve better results.

Top 5: Determine the website style

“Style” is abstract and refers to the comprehensive feeling that the overall image of the site gives to the viewer. This "overall image" includes the site's CI (logo, color, font, slogan), layout, browsing method, interactivity, text, tone, content value and many other factors. The website can be approachable, lively or lively. Be professional and serious. Whether it's color, technology, text, layout, or interaction methods, as long as you can let viewers clearly distinguish that this is unique to your website, this forms the "style" of the website.

Style is human. Through the color, technology, text, layout, and interaction methods of the website, the personality of a website can be summarized: whether it is rough and bold, or fresh and beautiful; whether it is gentle and elegant, or Persistent and passionate; lively and changeable, or rigid.

In short, the difference between a stylish website and an ordinary website is: on an ordinary website, what you see is just information piled together, and you can only use rational feelings to describe it, such as the amount of information, Browsing speed, etc.; on a stylish website, you can get a more perceptual understanding besides the content, such as the taste of the site, the attitude towards the visitors, etc.

After clarifying what kind of impression you want to give people, you need to find out the most distinctive things in the website, which are the things that best reflect the style of the website. And use it as a feature of the website to focus on strengthening and promoting it. In short, the formation of style is not a one-time positioning. You can continuously strengthen, adjust and improve it in practice.

Top 6: Creative content selection

Good content selection requires good creativity. As a web design producer, the most distressing thing is that there is no good content creativity. The most creative ideas on the Internet come from the combination of virtuality and reality. The purpose of creativity is to better publicize and promote the website. If the idea is good but meaningless to the development of the website, then the website designer and producer should also give up this idea. In addition, the content of the homepage is the foundation of the website. If the content is empty, no matter how beautifully the page is made, there will still not be many users. Fundamentally speaking, website content still controls website traffic, and Content Is King is still the key to the success of a personal website.

Top 7: Promote your own website

Website marketing and promotion also plays an important role in the operation of your personal website. Before promoting your personal website, please make sure that it has been done well. The following content: The website information is rich, accurate, and timely; the website technology has a certain professional level, and the website’s interactive performance is good. Generally speaking, there are several ways to promote a website:

(1) Search engine registration and search directory login skills

Registering a well-known search engine site is a technical way to promote the website the first step. There are certain techniques for registering search engines. Search engines such as AltaVista and Search Engine automatically include submitted URLs. In addition, pay attention to the use of Meta and do not submit column-based Frame pages. Most search engines do not recognize Frames, so be sure to submit a Main page with content.

However, search directory websites such as Yahoo and Sohu use manual methods to include URLs to ensure the quality of the included websites. The information obtained during classification queries is more relevant than search engine sites (automatically searched by Spider). powerful. Since there are relatively many human factors involved in searching for websites to be included in directory websites, you should pay attention to abiding by the rules when submitting your website. For example, Yahoo requires that the registered site description should not exceed 25 words. Please note here: Submit the website address to the most appropriate directory, introduce the website carefully and in detail, and never make any false or exaggerated content.

(2) Ad exchange skills

Many personal sites put forward several conditions when exchanging ads with each other: first, the number of visits is equal; second, home page exchange. Obviously, this is done to take full advantage of ad exchanges. Based on the experience of many personal websites, when exchanging links with a personal website and the other party puts the website's LOGO on the friendly links page instead of the homepage, few visitors will come from there. Usually on the homepage, advertising exchange will have good results.

(3) Targeted email promotion

When using email promotion URLs, the main techniques are as follows: You can use a free mailing list. As long as you apply for a free mailing list service, You can use the mailing list to promote your website; you can send information to specific network groups through the specific email addresses collected to promote your website in specific network groups; send emails in HTML format, even if the content is different from the received ones. It has little connection with the sender and will not be immediately deleted as spam. People will at least pay attention to the sender's address. However, you should pay attention to online ethics when conducting email promotion.

Top 8: Support the daily operation of the website

When a personal website reaches a certain level, making money must be put on the agenda. Generally speaking, obtaining funds for a personal website usually involves The following two channels:

(1) Selling advertising space on the website

To sell advertising space on the website, generally speaking, websites with daily traffic of less than 10,000 people are in Currently it will not attract advertisers. The professionalism and commerciality of the website, past advertising experience, technology and design requirements will also affect advertising sales.

Generally speaking, there are three ways to charge for WEB advertisements:

①CPM (Cost Per Million/Thousand)

Place an advertisement, it will charge 1, 000 visitors to visit the site. This method is most suitable for website operators. As long as someone browses the web page, they will get money, regardless of whether the visitor responds to the advertisement - whether they will see or click on the advertisement.

②Click-through

It only counts when you click to the advertiser's site through the Banner ad. Advertisers favor this, and they only do it for those who are interested in their own ads. People "arbitrage money". Website operators are not suitable. According to some survey data, only 3% of visitors will go to "CLICK" ads.

③Commission (Commission)

Based on the sales revenue generated by visitors clicking on the advertisements on your site, the sales revenue is divided with the advertising manufacturers. This method is very important for the operation of the website. For readers, it is more adventurous than the above two.

Usually, the advertising charging method of personal websites is often a combination of the first and second methods. Both the site and the advertisers can take less risks.

(2) Cooperate with large websites

In addition, by cooperating with large websites to obtain funds, you can also maintain the daily operation of your personal website. However, a personal website can easily become an adjunct to a business website.

With time and enough energy, as well as the learning and application of new technologies and techniques, you can build an online home for yourself.

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