Why?

Well … because it’s a lot easier to start off with templates. And you can get a much more superior web design quality.

Web site templates are created by web design experts. who has the experience and skill to know what works and what doesn’t. They’ve tried and tested more site designs than we’ll ever want to see in our lifetime.

There are thousands of web site templates out there at our disposal. Just go to Google.com and type in "web site template".

You can choose free web site templates, or you can pay a one time membership to a template reservoir, or you can even pay per template. It’s up to you.

My favourite is http://www.TemplateMonster.com.

* Step 5: Get some tools

Once you have a your desired web site template, you will need to get some tools to make changes to the template.

Since you don't know any HTML, you'd want to get web authoring software that will allow you to work 'visually'. What you need is a WYSIWYG web design software. And just in case, you decide to learn HTML in the future, get one that will also work in code mode.

There are many softwares out there today. The more popular ones include Dreamweaver and Frontpage. If you're after a free software, you may want to check out NVU.

You’ll also need a web graphics software. Not so much to create a graphic but more to customize the images in your web template. To add labels on the buttons, for example.

A popular software is PaintShopPro. If you're after a free software, try out the GIMP.

* Step 6: Customize your web site template

Now that you have your web site template and your tools, all you need to do is customize the template.

When customizing a template, all you really have to do is replace the template content with your own. You may also need to customize some of the images. Usually, this would be the logo. Some templates uses button images as the navigation. You may want to add text to these buttons to set up your navigation.

Once you've customized the template, just upload it to your "rented" server space and you're live on the internet.

* Step 7: Learn HTML to customize further

Although you don't have to, I highly recommend that you learn a bit of HTML. You don't have to master it but knowing some basic HTML will take you a long way when it comes to having more control over your web site.

Follow these 7 easy steps and you'll have a smooth and affordable entry into the world wide web.

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