Personal Web Site Design

A Web Hosting Article Contributed by Frances Rhea

Creating a Personal Web Design

Web design for a personal web site should be a fun and creative endeavor. Without restrictions for content or download time, this type of web design allows you to do almost anything you want. (Except for restrictions by your web host provider.)

Personal Web Design Colors and Style

Your personal web design should reflect your personality, hobby or interest depending on what effect you wish to achieve. Bright colors instead of white with the normal blue, red and purple can be used with success. Animated graphics and fun pictures can be added without care for adhering to strict rules. The only thing that limits you is your own imagination.

Hosting for Personal Web Design

There are literally thousands of web hosts that provide free hosting for personal web pages. Finding a good one is easy. If you have no experience creating an HTML document, most provide a template system that will help you design your site. All you need do is choose your favorite template from a list, select your color scheme, and indicate which type of pages you want included. Their system will generate the pages for you and make it easy to insert text to complete your web design project.

Some even have flash web sites or designs which you can use for free. Some hosts also include a large variety of stock graphics which you can easily insert into your site. Most of these places provide 5MB of space which is enough for most sites.

Photo Album Web Designs

The ability to create online photo albums has become the new craze. Previously you were not provided enough space to design a great album. Now there are hosts that specialize in photo album web design hosting. You can find from 20MB to unlimited space to host your family photos or other online albums.

Most even have an online photo editor with either basic photo editing or advanced options to include shrinking the overall size of the image, creating thumbnail images to link to the larger image, and adding special effects or borders/picture frames. Most provide a small text area that you can describe and name the photo. Some also include sharing and comment areas for others to respond to what they think of the masterpieces you have created.

If you look around you can find a host that will supply all the photo album web design needs you have. Use the keywords 'online photo album hosting' in any search engine to find lots of alternatives.

Personal Web Design Templates

There are lots of web sites that provide free templates that you can use for your favorite hobby or interest. Some of these are quite creative and colorful. The only requirement for use is that you leave the link back to the designer for the credit. Using the keywords 'free web templates', 'free web site templates', or 'free web site layouts' will provide more links that you will need to look at to make your choice.