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I have a background in sales and public relations which transfers nicely to the internet, which is just another form of media with the same human beings with the same wants, needs and reactions as those who read the newspaper and watch TV.

As a means of increasing my affiliate products income, as of the date of writing this, I’ve been going to topic related websites in order to secure interesting products and services I may offer to others for a commission. Because I’m already Clickbank merchant, using them to pay my own affiliate partners and take my orders, I did my search for other merchants using the same service.

You’ve decided to build a website. Great! Your first step is to determine its structure—the pages you want to include and the information you want provide to visitors. But how to begin? Your first instinct may be to make your site different from everyone else’s. After all, trying to differentiate your business is what you’ve been doing throughout your branding process.

By Erin Ferree

You’ve decided to build a website. Great! Your first step is to determine its structure—the pages you want to include and the information you want provide to visitors. But how to begin?

By Gene DeFazzio

How to analyze a website is the first, and most important step, in the website design process. It requires answering several questions about this website you’re going to create. Now’s the time to start a journal. Write down the following questions and give some serious thought to your answers.

Why are you creating this website?

Your answer is important. It will determine the content, design and development of your pages. Do you have some interesting information you’d like to share? Do you have a product or service to sell? Do you want to display your artistic/creative talent? Do you have some terrific website links you want to let the world know about? Really think about this and then write down your thoughts.

As every experienced web designer should know, there are two types of layout that you can choose from when designing web pages. One is the fixed width layout and the other is the liquid layout.

The fixed width layout sets the width of the web page at a specific value, no matter how wide the viewer’s internet browser window is, whereas liquid layouts adjust their width depending on the width of the visitor’s browser window.

The choice between these two layouts is not always an easy one and we will explore in depth the factors that will influence your final decision.