I have investment in a site..

[jcooper91]

I have enough money to invest in creating my first website. I will be using the amazon affiliate marking and AdSense in order to generate

income off of the site. My question is are there any decent spoonfed ways to create a good looking website? I was looking to create a

store style website. I already have ideas to generate traffic so that isn't the problem. The problem lies into making the actual website

that looks good and is easy for a person to locate the product they are searching for. I'm not willing to pay for a person to create it since

I want to learn and in the future apply it to creating more websites. I will be open to purchasing a guide or walkthrough on it or if anyone

has helpful links with step by step guides would be much appreciated. Thank you!

 

[Carepolice]

I'd recommend using Wordpress to build your site. You'll find lots of great looking templates in the downloads section here and by browsing those you'll get a feel for what your site could look like. You'll need hosting, but nothing expensive (think $5-10/month range) and here's a quick rundown of the process:

1) Register a domain name (Godaddy, namecheap, etc)
2) Get hosting (Godaddy, hostgator, etc)
3) Install Wordpress (most admin panels make this easy and you'll find a bunch of videos to walk you through it on youtube or on this website)
4) Install a decent looking theme
5) Customize the theme within it's theme options

It's really about that easy, you can make this as complicated as you'd like but a lot of great sites start from those steps above.

 

[jcooper91]

Thank you very much! I'm very excited about getting this project off the ground but, not very tech inclined when it comes to creating a website. I will take your advice. Appreciate it!

 

[Carepolice]

Thank you very much! I'm very excited about getting this project off the ground but, not very tech inclined when it comes to creating a website. I will take your advice. Appreciate it!

You're welcome. Feel free to PM me if you get stuck anywhere, as long as you're putting in some effort then I don't mind answering any questions. I remember what it was like getting started and it certainly would have been nice to have someone to chat with.

Good luck!

 

[jcooper91]

Thank you that is a big help! I've been wanting to start a website and now I have the time I need to put into it and hopfully create something successful.

 

[jcooper91]

I cant send pms without 15 posts I have a question and was wondering if you use skype?