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NEXT ISSUE Part 2:How To...Getadomainandhostyourwebsite

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An easyway to get the siteyou

want is to download atemplate you

like from FreeWeb Templates (www

.freewebtemplates.com). Unzip the

downloaded file, then open BlueGriffon

and goto File,^1 Open. Navigate to

the folder containingyour template,

select Index.html^2 and click Open,

then OK.^3 The template will load.

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You can now customise it.This bo x

contains some placeholdertext^1

and an image.^2 To change the photo,

double-click it and use the ‘Insert an

Image’ boxto locate the photoyou

want.^3 Give it a title^4 and click OK.

To change thetext, select it and type

over it. Apply italics or bold using the

emphasis buttons.^5

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To change the typeface andtext

size, select thetext, then goto the

Panels menu and chooseStyle

Properties. Expand the General section

(^1) and click the plus button (^2) to add a
font family, then select it and set the
size you want.^3 Expand theColors
section^4 to change an item’s
foreground or backgroundcolour.
MINIWORKSHOP|Import and customise atemplate in BlueGriffon
Edit elements directly in BlueGriffon’sWYSIWYG mode
Wix allows you to build a basicwebsite simplyby answering afew questions,
and caneven host itfor you for free
Wordpressoffers a coupleof ways of creating a site,
including the optionof hosting ityourself
who triesto view it using a slower
connection.Where possible,you should
resize your photosto the exact height
and widthyou want themto appear. Use
GIF or PNG filesfor diagrams
and logos, and JPEG filesfor
photographs.Reducing the
JPEG qualityto around70 per
cent removes some of the
image data from the photo
but makes the file much
smaller, without significantly
affecting its quality.
Alternative site builders
There are otherwaysto build
your site online.Wix (www.wix
.com) is a simpletool that puts
together a site based onyour
answers to a handful of
questions.You can then customise the
results in anyway you lik e, picking and
choosing from thousands of advanced
design elements.Wix is freeto use,
comes with free hosting and letsyou
crea te as many sites asyou lik e. For more
advancedfeatures, includingconnecting
your own domain,you needto upgrade
to a Premium package from £3 a month.
Another optionwell worth considering
is WordPress (wordpress.com), which
builds a site in front ofyour eyes based
on the answers you giveto questions.
You can buy a domainfor it as part of the
creation process.WordPress is also
available as a self-hosted platform that
givesyou fullcontrol over your site and
lets you add plug-ins and adverts.This is
availableatwordpress.org(note the
slightly different address).
Finally, whenyou buy a domain or
hosting from somewhere like 1&1 IONOS
(www.ionos.co.uk) you can use itsown
builderto put your sitetogether.
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