Class 7: Website Creation

So you think you're creative enough to make a website.  You have all sorts of ideas of colors, fonts, widgets, links, and hypertext running around in your head but you don't know where to start.  Lucky you, that's what Class 7 is about.

Website Creation
It's kind of entertaining that there are websites that have websites that you can have.  There are free sites like Google Sites, Weebly, and Yola who do two things for you: host your site and help you create it.  There are sites like Wetpaint who let you only make sites on topics you are interested in.  There are sites like GoDaddy where you can purchase a domain name (like webstermiddle.org or whatever name you want your website to be called), and purchase a separate package for creating your site, and/or another package for email from your site, etc.  It all depends on what you want and how individual you feel like getting with your site.

Widgets
A widgets is a separate application that goes on any webpage, including a blog.  When you were learning iGoogle, you put widgets on that page to personalize it.  Widgets can tell the time, give a fact of the day,  sports scores, or anything else you can think of.  Here are some widget sites:
Yahoo! Widgets
Feedzilla
Apple Widgets (only for Apple computer dashboards)
Google Widgets (awesome for your blog or iGoogle page!)

Assignment:
Create a website on one of the free sites.  Add a widget or four.