Does anyone have a website? (for business purposes)

kevin2oo9

If your needing help with the code why don't you try w3 schools,they have tutorials on coding like html,xtml etc so worth a shot..web design is what I would like to study further and this site helped myself..

martin82scott

kevin2oo9 wrote: »

If your needing help with the code why don't you try w3 schools,they have tutorials on coding like html,xtml etc so worth a shot..web design is what I would like to study further and this site helped myself..

Hi kevin2009, im glad you have found this site and hopefully my thread informative! the members of this site are very polite and informative - some cant do enough for you!
Best of luck in your new venture mate and i hope it all works out for you
thanks for the w3 schools info. someone else pointed me there too and i hope others will read this thread as its turning out very thorough indeed.
im working my way through w3 when i get time.
thanks again, martin

martin82scott

Not too sure if this is allowed but im trying to build up my links. Can anyone confirm if adding to these 'multi' submit directories is a bad thing?
I have read many times that if a site is submitted more than once in a very short time, it can be spamming.
I have gone through all the electricians forums and directories so far and may have to try some other trades sites as these seem promising although google is only showing about 2% of the links i have requested. Will listing in directories give me the 'follow' link i need?
thanks to all who have followed so far and contributed

kevin2oo9

Yea been stalking here for a while just never posted unless something takes ma interest..to read all that website would take days and I'm very impatient...good luck with your business,as someone with no clue everything electricians do,if you make your website as if someone with zero knowledge of the business was reading it and they'd understand,too much mumble jumble will distract and frustrate then just go on they yellow pages.. ain't been on your site due to phone but it sounds promising !

martin82scott

Thanks for the info.
When you say business networking, are you refering to physically attending networking meetings? have looked into this if so.
Also 'there are many sites out there and these can generate better than websites' - again networking meetings? sorry wasnt too clear but i think i know what your saying.
thanks
martin

pure1one wrote: »

You want more businesses / customers to take you seriously - then try Business Networking there are many sites out there and these can generate better than websites . Thats what Ive done and its great.

Electricians are always needed of course but I would go with the Business Networking rather than Websites to attract more customers.

Just my thought for the day

GettingItRight

Hi,

I would never consider myself a pro, but I would also advise taking a look at the W3Schools website. I used it a little to confirm what XHTML and CSS I learnt from self-learning books. The forums are a great area to ask for help and numerous times I've been given suggestions etc from users.

If you use books to help self-learn sometimes this can be good. Some books are good and some are hard. I find the Dummies books hard to learn from The 'visual guide' books helped me learn XHTML and CSS. I started using them to learn MySQL and PHP, but as I was getting into it I was becoming distracted by other stuff in my life.

For anyone reading this and thinking about learning website languages, perhaps this would be a good learning order (everyone has their own path though):

XHTML - language helps structure a page
CSS - helps present a web page
Javascript - helps enhance visual effect
PHP - enables the site to become more dynamic
MySQL - allows you to create databases to store info etc

A couple of years ago, I came very close to setting up my own online business. It was only ever going to be a part-time business, but I wanted to create the site from scratch. Literally learn the coding and create my little baby using my own hands.

While learning web languages can appear like a long and (in some cases)hard slog, the more you learn the better your site will become. In some cases I was amazed at what results I could produce even if minimal. It comes with practice and a lot of testing.

For me XHTML and CSS was quickly learnt. I mistakenly skipped Javascript wanting to learn PHP and MySQL first. In some cases PHP perplexed me, but this did not deter me from wanting to learn more. My dream of creating my own website went into smoke for reasons not related to self-learning.

A friend in Brazil also showed me Adobe Photoshop, when I was at his house. He uses it as part of his job and does amazing images on it. He recommends it for uses of images etc. This is perhaps software which requires self-learning, but would do magic when creating images. There are likely alternatives to this software as well (perhaps much cheaper!)

I am currently writing a blog (on blogger.com) to simply practice SEO, which is is my current topic of research. Once I have completed my book-keeping course with the OU (starting in November), I will go back into PHP and MySQL, take a huge refresher on both languages. Shortly after this that I aim to try to create plans for a website, similar to before and then look at development.

Sorry just re-read, some of this is off-topic

GettingItRight

Also...I'm using another computer here, but have you checked the google site for their SEO guide? I have not got the direct link on this computer, but once I sort my old computer out I'll try to see if I still have the link kept on it.

Fair enough, it is not a true guide which will get your site to #1 in Google, but you can print out a .pdf file which gives you pointers in how you should use links, images, titles etc.

GettingItRight

Also (sorry).... the OU website offers a course in web design. Talking about layout principles, colours, fonts, images etc. Anyone wanting to look into design and not coding, might want to consider this. I did this last year and passed it. Quite interesting to go through the 10-12 week course and learn some of these website design concepts and principles.

Last post for tonight, promise!

martin82scott

GettingItRight wrote: »

Hi,

I would never consider myself a pro, but I would also advise taking a look at the W3Schools website. I used it a little to confirm what XHTML and CSS I learnt from self-learning books. The forums are a great area to ask for help and numerous times I've been given suggestions etc from users.

If you use books to help self-learn sometimes this can be good. Some books are good and some are hard. I find the Dummies books hard to learn from The 'visual guide' books helped me learn XHTML and CSS. I started using them to learn MySQL and PHP, but as I was getting into it I was becoming distracted by other stuff in my life.

For anyone reading this and thinking about learning website languages, perhaps this would be a good learning order (everyone has their own path though):

XHTML - language helps structure a page
CSS - helps present a web page
Javascript - helps enhance visual effect
PHP - enables the site to become more dynamic
MySQL - allows you to create databases to store info etc

A couple of years ago, I came very close to setting up my own online business. It was only ever going to be a part-time business, but I wanted to create the site from scratch. Literally learn the coding and create my little baby using my own hands.

While learning web languages can appear like a long and (in some cases)hard slog, the more you learn the better your site will become. In some cases I was amazed at what results I could produce even if minimal. It comes with practice and a lot of testing.

For me XHTML and CSS was quickly learnt. I mistakenly skipped Javascript wanting to learn PHP and MySQL first. In some cases PHP perplexed me, but this did not deter me from wanting to learn more. My dream of creating my own website went into smoke for reasons not related to self-learning.

A friend in Brazil also showed me Adobe Photoshop, when I was at his house. He uses it as part of his job and does amazing images on it. He recommends it for uses of images etc. This is perhaps software which requires self-learning, but would do magic when creating images. There are likely alternatives to this software as well (perhaps much cheaper!)

I am currently writing a blog (on blogger.com) to simply practice SEO, which is is my current topic of research. Once I have completed my book-keeping course with the OU (starting in November), I will go back into PHP and MySQL, take a huge refresher on both languages. Shortly after this that I aim to try to create plans for a website, similar to before and then look at development.

Sorry just re-read, some of this is off-topic

XHTML - language helps structure a page
CSS - helps present a web page
Javascript - helps enhance visual effect
PHP - enables the site to become more dynamic
MySQL - allows you to create databases to store info etc


God, i didnt realize there are so many subjects to learn!

luckily, i think i may have a guy on hand

thanks for your input and interest.

hope many will follow and learn from this thread. i think i may have the file you mention if its the one from google. ill post shortly.

martin82scott

http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:Y548b63XmtgJ:www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf+search-engine-optimization-starter-guide&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk

hope this works