FREE Web Site Building
& Promotion Resources

(actually, they aren't all free anymore - sometimes you have to pay to get the best)

Major Resources Domain Registrars Web Site Hosting Web Site Building Web Site Marketing & Promotion Making Money With Your Site

Web Colors Web Site Graphics Newsletters Hit Counters Email Site Maintenance Tools

Major Resources

Network Solutions is the leading provider of Web services including search engine marketing, Web site design, e-mail, e-mail security, Web hosting and more.

Builder.com
From beginner to cutting-edge technology and the latest news about Web developments, this site has it.

SitePoint
Articles about site design and promotion, reviews of software and services for webmasters, organized links to over 1000 FREE resources, a weekly newsletter and more.

Internet Glossary
Confused by a particular term? This site by Matisse Enzer describes hundreds of terms, and is updated regularly.

WebDeveloper.com
From basic HTML tutorials and scripts to little-known tricks like transparent gifs and on to the latest stylesheet methods, WebDeveloper has it covered.

Making Money With Your Site

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Shopify is the e-commerce solution for people who want to sell online, but who don't want the hassles of having to set up the infrastructure, payment and fulfilment gateways, hosting or any of the other headaches. People can easily and quickly sign up to Shopify and build a beautiful shop in minutes, or can spend as much time as they like working with the design tools to build a visually amazing store. Sign up for a fully-functional free trial account.

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When you signup for PayPal, you can start accepting credit card payments instantly. As the world's number one online payment service, PayPal is the fastest way to open your doors to over 150 million member accounts worldwide. Best of all, it's completely free to sign up!

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LinkWorth - create one way text link ads to your website for top search engine listings (and/or sell those ads on your site).

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Colors

Palette of Safe Colors
A particularly well-designed chart with the 216 colors that are "safe" with all browsers.

Hexadecimal Color Wheel
Find exactly the right color the easy way.

Web Site Graphics

 

Clipart.com.
Unlimited access to more than 6,000,000 clipart images, animations, photos, fonts, and sounds.

Affordable Custom Logos
Reinforce your business' brand identity and strengthen customer loyalty with a professionally designed logo created especially for you by an experienced graphic designer.

GifBot
The faster your page loads, the more people will be inclined to see what you have to offer - GifBot compresses your graphics up to 90% and does it easily and for free. One of the most useful services on the Net!

Web Gallery Wizard
Showcase your photos with your own Web album ready to post online.

Newsletters

ClickZ
A series of newsletters about various aspects of Web marketing.

The Free Site Newsletter
Keep up with what's new and free, from games to utilities, with this comprehensive monthly newsletter.

Search Engine Watch
The key to getting your site seen is still to be listed in all the search engines - Danny Sullivan gives his subscribers all the latest information via newsletters and feeds.

Hit Counters

Before I tell you where to find them, I have to tell you that counters are generally considered to be gauche. However, for certain very defined purposes, an unobtrusive counter can assist you in quickly accessing basic information.

eXTReMe Tracker
This is my favourite - subtle, accurate and easy to install.

Email

Yahoo Groups
Start your own email discussion group, for free.

Topica
Another free email discussion group provider - makes it very easy to set one up or subscribe.

Site Maintenance Tools

Guide to FTP
The most convenient method to transfer files is via File Transfer Protocol programs - learn where to download them and how to use them.

WS_FTP
The most popular FTP program.

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