A family website can be a great way to keep every member of your family up to date on the latest happenings in your life. It has never been easier to take advantage of technology and create a website full of information and pictures for your family to interact with. The best part is there are many sites that will allow you to create your website for free and you don't have to be a computer programmer to design one. So how do you make a family website?
The first thing you need to do is to decide what the focus of your family website is going to be. Once this has been established you can decide what type of forum you want to take advantage of as there are not only are there several different sites that will host your family website for free, but there are several different forum you can choose to keep your family up to date.
Here are the different platforms you can use to start your website:
o Free hosting sites: There are a number of these freebie sites and finding one is as easy as typing in 'free family website' in your Google or Yahoo search bar. These sites allow you to create your family website and they will even host it for free. The catch is they will put up advertisements on your family website, but if you aren't looking to spend any money it is worth it. Most of these sites offer easy to use templates so that creating your website is as easy as plugging in some photos and some text. Before you know it you have a great looking family website that you created and that you will update. Once it is finished, give out the web address to all that you love and let them enjoy your work.
o Blogs: Blogs are great because they allow you to express your thoughts and you can also add different pictures and even backgrounds. One of the more popular and free blogging sites is Blogger.com and they have templates for you to choose from that make a website via blogging a breeze. A great feature with blogging is that your family has the ability to make comments on the different blog entries you do and can also sign up to be a follower of your blog so that they are automatically notified when you update your blog.
o Social websites: These are gaining massive popularity and are very easy to use as well. Sites like Facebook and MySpace allow you to upload pictures and also have a blogging feature. The only drawback to this type of family website is that it is less private than the others and at times you could get bombarded with 'friend requests' from people you don't even know. You don't have to accept them as friends, but it can be a pain in the neck. Still social websites are easy to use, interactive, and best of all free.
With the ease and no cost of starting a family website you really have no excuse not to. It is a fun and easy way to keep your family up to date with everything that is going on in your family's life.
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