If you find the process of getting your own site overwhelming, perhaps this article can help you be less confused. Before we tackle the more technical questions of web design, let's examine why you want a site. What is the significance of having an online presence to you? After all, the World Wide Web isn't the real world. It is its own virtual community.

Have you noticed that, out of the 'virtual world' of the Intenet, 'real' millionaires and billionaires are created? If you look closely, you will see that there is no 'real' transfer of money over the 'net: everything is virtual. And yet money is still transferred over the Internet. How can this be possible? How can someone buy something on the web when no cash changes hands?

It is illustrated by the term electronic commerce or e-commerce. Things were very different in the old days before the internet. First precious metals were replaced by paper currency, then paper currency by checks and credit cards, and now the internet does away with all the physical tokens of payment. And a web site is the gateway to virtually every transaction in the field of electronic commerce.

Why design a website? You need to have a platform to sell/buy products, isn't it? In the real world, we go to shops to buy commodities. In the world of e-commerce, web sites serve as 'online shopping platforms'. What is the best way to design a website? There are basically two platforms (or tools) used to create web sites- 'ASP' and 'PHP'.

A web site consist of a large number of 'templates' and 'pages', or more specifically 'web templates' and 'web pages'. Animation tools are also deployed to design a website. Every web site is linked to a server. Depending on the size of your web site, you can purchase 'web space' from a 'web host'.

Professional web sites focus more on 'content' whereas personal web sites are flashy and stylish. Web designers (or website designers) are professionals who specialize in developing web sites. There are several books that you can read to know the ins and outs of 'website designing'.