This is a great place to start. Websites, links, resources, shopping, money, maps, people, food, cars, politics, homes, music, film, what you want, art, love, life.

Getting started with a website.

Getting started with a web site is not the most painful or difficult thing to do. Actually, it is quite easy depending on where you go. If you are trying to learn HTML, PHP, CGI, Flash, Adobe Photoshop all at the same time... then yes, this is going to be difficult.

But if you want a website without having to go to school or try to learn ten different software programs at the same time on your own... then yes... it is easy.

Remember that you can start small with a "starter site" and then build on it later on. You can always build, add, delete, erase, and re-organize as time goes on.

You don't need to spend ten thousand dollars on a website. You don't even need to spend a thousand dollars. You don't even need to spend two hundred dollars. You can get started by building your own website with something called "website builder." it costs about $10 a month. Now of course if you want video, a photographer to take pictures, and you want it to look like a million dollars and YOU HAVE THE BUDGET, then maybe you want to spend a few thousand dollars. But remember that you could build it yourself with an easy to use website that offers "website builder" or you could have someone build it for you for a few hundred dollars. You shouldn't be taken for a ride. Do NOT go to someone who tells you "You need to spend this amount of money and you need to do this or that." You make the decisions and you spend what you want. Don't let anyone coerce or force you into spending more than you want.

You can have someone build you a starter website for a few hundred dollars. It's fast and easy. You can always build on it later on to make it grander and bigger.

Basically it comes down three places to go for web design:

Do it yourself (under $10 a month) with "website builder" at DomainRunner.net

Have a website built for you from 543designs.com - starter sites from $200 and up.

Or got to DesignRunner.com and find another web designer.

It is easy. It's not a big deal. It's fun. It's what you need though. Any business or personal plan without a website is not a plan. Be serious about what you are doing and get a website. You should have a website before you even get a business card. Why give out business cards if you don't have your website on it. It's a waste of time. You need to have your website on your business card, your brochure, and on everything. The website is a big way to close the deal. The website is also the only way for some to reach out and show the world their idea. Get started now.