Welcome to the Do-It-Yourself Corner!
The DIY Corner is here to educate you about creating an effective website and to show you tools to help you get there. This section will be expanding dramatically in the next few weeks. For now, here are a few articles and tools I think you might find interesting. I also encourage you to read about the Six Steps to creating an effective website.
Articles
Domain names
Domain Names - How to Pick One by Halstatt Pires
Top 5 Strategies for Choosing Your Perfect Domain Name by Tracey Voyce
How a Beginner Can Find a Domain Name and Hosting Service by Candice Pardue
Hosting
How to Choose a Website Hosting Company by Danae Cowart
Guide to Free Web Hosting by Craig Rowe
Design, content, functions, and useability
Common Questions about Website Design by Lee Hopkins
H1 - A Missed Web Design Opportunity? by Stuart Mortimer
Online marketing
Introduction to Squidoo
Learning to Use Squidoo--FAQ by ArtiSanctus
Squidoo (www.squidoo.com) is a website that allows you to easily create web pages ("lenses") on topics you're interested in. It includes a number of easy-to-add "modules" with which you can add links, items for sale, Flickr photos, comments areas, and many other functions related to your topic. Squidoo has become very popular and is a fun way to get more attention for your area(s) of expertise (and direct traffic to your website.)
Top 10 Ways to Substantially Increase Your Opt-In Numbers by Jo Mark
Maintenance
Website Maintenance--How Do I Keep My Website Updated? by Chris King
The Art of Website Maintenance by Gene DeFazzio
Analysis & testing
How to Analyze Your Website: A Ten-Point Checklist by Jerry Bader
Tools & Resources
Google's Webmaster Central - Google offers a bunch of tools and information related to crawling (visiting) and indexing your website.
103bees.com - a free tool that shows you what your visitors are clicking on your website pages.
"The Tools to Build Your Website." This article by John D. Ross lists several programs and tools--some free--that you can use when creating websites.