Before publishing your site:

[per_for.closer]

As I see many times most new comers to web design use very well known no no's, like having a big ugly background with huge text and big links.

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I would go to this sites below to help with your designing and development.

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http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/webworkshop/story/0,24330,2266638,00.html

http://www.htmlclinic.com/

http://www.guistuff.com/

http://www.bravenet.com/reviews/promote.php

http://www.bravenet.com/reviews/build.php

http://www.devshed.com/

http://www.bravenet.com/reviews/intro/html.php

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Try joining this mailling list::

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http://www.bravenet.com/reviews/archives/tips.php

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and consider using pre-designed templates::

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http://www.themegallery.com/

http://www.mattsdigitaldesigns.com/

http://www.freewebtemplates.com/
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or you could even higher some one to design somthing for you?

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http://www.manninc.com/ :)

or even me :) just look at what i did...

http://www.impact-torah.com/

http://store.impact-torah.com/

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[TERRELL]

This post would look good in the General support issues (Getting started) forum.......

[Anvilman]

signup for bravenet & your inbox will never be empty of spam

[Atomic-Design]

Spam sucks Anvil. Just because of that, you make 2 hotmail accounts. One is for all your emailing, like to your friends. (you know, your basic account). Then make another one, and use it for all the free services like Bravenet. Then, all the spam goes to an email address you never even use.