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I’ve been reading a few questions on various travel agent forums asking for help starting a website. I built my first website in July 1994 when there was no easy-to-use editors or software. I really like the WordPress platform which is what is being used on this site. It is very easy to edit, update and maintain. If you take a few hours to read the online documentation at wordpress.org or purchase one of the many books explaining how WordPress works, your time will be well-spent. On thing to keep in mind when purchasing a book, make sure it is current and not 4 years old and many versions of WordPress past.
There are websites where you can purchase graphics and nice themes for a reasonable price. The cost of these items is much less than paying a webmaster foreven a simple business card style website. It is easy to add content as you find the time to learn more about how it all works.
I would purchase a domain for $7.99 per year and host it with one of the $4.95-$6.95 per month webhosts rather than host it on one of the free hosts. You will be able tgo customize your Blog easier and have more options. If they were to close your account or go out of business you may not have a backup and could lose all of your data. This can also be the case with a self-hosted WordPress site, but there is an easy to use Database Backup Plugin that only takes a few minutes to install and setup.
I’ll list some of the theme sites and hosts where you can host your WordPress application in my next post. Even though WordPress is mostly called a Blog, it can easily be used as a content managemnet system (CMS) with the right theme. Other than saying “Powered by WordPress” a the bottom of the page, you probably would not know it was not a custom formatted website.
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