Don’t let the daunting process of creating your first website pull you away from doing It.
No, it isn’t all sunshine and rainbows, there are bumps and dips, but this post will give you some more insight into the journey of creating your first one and some tips to get through them bumps and dips.
Whether you’re an experienced website designer/creator or a complete rookie, this blog post will give you some new information you may not have thought about before.
Use Premade Templates
The amazing thing about using premade templates is that you don’t have to build from scratch!
The main problem I often see when people are making their website is that they get stuck on how it is going to look instead of just making it.
The purpose of the template is not only to give you a guide but to also help you get started in the making process.
Don’t Think, Just Do
In the early stages of creating your website it doesn’t matter what it looks like, it hasn’t even been published to the public yet! So, stop stressing about every perfect detail in the beginning. Leave that until the end.
Linking back to the previous point, the purpose in the template is to get the fundamentals in place first. All the pages you want, what information is going to be included in them and more.
Only when you have all the basics of what you need for your website completed, then you can start worrying about finer details.
Tips For the Designing Phase
When it comes to designing a website, it can be difficult for a few reasons.
The first being that it will look different on paper to the digital result. Possibly resulting in a complete design block.
The second difficulty stems from a possible lack of creativity. Sometimes you just have let ideas flow in the moment. No putting it down on the paper, no final designs; just doing it.
The third being lack of knowledge. Many people want to start making a website, but have no prior research on anything similar to their ideas. It seems so simple, but it is very effective in making the creativity flow.
Tips For The Creating Phase
Keep it simple:
- Fundamentals (The building blocks of the website)
- Information (The greater design of each page)
- Details (The part where you spend the most time)
Linking back to using templates. They are amazing! This is because you don’t have to start from absolutely nothing. Using these templates means that building each individual page is much simpler. All the text, photo and informational boxes are already there.
Watch tutorials. If that means watching a whole tutorial on building an entire website then do it, because at the end of the day this website is going to be in the public eye, so details do matter. Even just watching short ‘how-to’ videos for singular bits of information can be beneficial.
Don’t get sidetracked by trying to make your own website too fast. What does this mean? It means you will eventually find yourself getting trailed down a route of trying to make every single detail perfect at the wrong stage.
Conclusion
Don’t rush it. Making a website takes time and focus, that doesn’t come by trying to perfect everything before you’ve even made it.
