hi I’m Emma Carmichael and welcome to a
video edition of ask Evan today I’m
going to answer a question from one of
my readers max Max’s question is hey
Evan I was taking a look at the tools
you use and was wondering what program
you use to create your homepage that
you’ll owe for the internet you show a
pic but don’t tell how you did it if it
requires programming
I might need my programming to do it for
me but if I could do it myself that
would be best
max so what Max is talking about on my
website I have a list of my favorite
tools and these are a lot of the tools
that I use does help save me time and
really help grow my business without
having to add a lot of manpower
underneath if you scroll down you’ll see
a lot of different tools that I like to
use and under this section here running
your business
I recommend save time by creating the
home page dashboard I’ve also included a
full picture so you can kind of see a
little bit better on my Facebook page
and this shows you all the different
tools that I use on a regular basis and
it saves time by having it all in one
spot so that I can have access to
everything quickly as I click through on
my website these are the most popular
websites that I use on a day-to-day
basis to run my business some of them
you can see are personal
some of the my key suppliers business
and then the social media stuff that I’m
involved with as well so what I’m going
to do is show you if I load a new tab go
to home this is what’s going to load
every time I load up a new browser I’m
going to show you two quick ways to do
it
one is how I actually do it and then
also show you an easier method if you’re
not as technically savvy here we go
okay so the first method I’m going to
show you is what I actually use to
create my homepage dashboard I use a
program called Dreamweaver and it’s a
pretty common program that you can use
to make really advanced websites but
it’s also great for beginners as well so
this is what it looks like I’ll click on
my homepage and editing in is almost
like adding a word document if you know
how to do word you can get start with
Dreamweaver so say I want to add
something to my homepage and maybe under
personal I will add in Toronto dance
salsa which is where I do a lot of salsa
dancing I can either add a text link
like this I’ve done that a couple times
here or I’ll do that if I’m feeling lazy
or I could try to go out and find a
picture that would make sense for that
website so say for this one I want to
find the logo for Toronto dance salsa I
can go to Google Images comm slash
images and I’ll type in Toronto dance
salsa and here is a logo so I’ll click
on that I will save the picture and I’ll
call it
Toronto dance salsa Inc
there we go I will go back to my
dreamweaver I’ll make a new line and
then I’ll go insert image and let’s find
it trying to dance salsa okay and there
it is so I can either make a text link
here or the picture link as well now we
need to actually go get the link so the
link is here’s the website I’ll copy and
paste the link go back to my Dreamweaver
I’ll highlight the image and where it
says link I’ll just copy and paste that
in and if I want over the text I’ll also
put the link here now for pictures
you’ll see that blue borders come around
that I tend to find them a little ugly
so all I’ll do is click 0 for border and
it gets rid of my border I will save it
and then if I go back load my web
browser if I click home you’ll see that
now I’ve added my image and my text link
to trying to dance salsa and if I click
on it
there I am
so once you’ve gone through the step of
adding all the different pictures and
text links that you want in to run your
business we have to save the file
properly to do that you just go file
save as and then you name the file
whatever I created a new folder on my
computer called home page and then I
called it home page you can be more
creative if you like but that’s what I
did for my own site then you’ll see that
as a file that’s run off of my own
computer so this isn’t anywhere else on
the web for other people to use it’s
just stored on my computer and here is
the exact route so this will change
depending on wherever you want to save
it but it’s going to be on your own
computer then when I load up my internet
browser I’m using Chrome in this example
but all the different internet browsers
will have an option from here I’m just
going to click one of my options and
it’ll say home page open this page and
you can give it the URL so this is now
going to call my new dashboard home page
whenever I load up a new browser you can
see if I can home there it is
so if you’re using Chrome Firefox or
Internet Explorer or any of the
different browsers they all have an
option to set your default home page and
you want to make that your local file so
you can see here this is the same
extension name that I used when I saved
it through Dreamweaver
okay so I promised you another way to do
it if you don’t have Dreamweaver or you
don’t want to invest the time into
learning it and it’s simple and it’s
through notepad so this is really
bare-bones you have to know a little bit
of HTML but it’s not that complicated so
what I’m going to do here just to show
you I’m going to create a new file I
loaded up my notepad and I’ll call it
evans pool resources and if i want to
make it bigger I’ll just put a h1 in
front of it and I’ll close the h1 tag at
the end of it and if I want to link to
Toronto dice also as an example it’s
important to know that if you’re going
to create a link it’s a her F equals the
link Toronto dance also dossier then you
put in the text that you want to
actually show up so try to dance salsa
and then close close that off okay so
this page is only going to say open
school resources with the h1 so will be
bigger and then regular font will show
the link to the site ok so it’s very
bare-bones I can go save as and I’m
going to put it in the same folder so
home page and I’m going to call it home
page 2 and here is important you want to
call it dot HTM instead of dot txt which
is the default so saver dot HTM okay and
it’s been saved now if I go to my
internet browser I should be able to
click here and put the two at the end of
it and here’s my site so I’ve been
school resources trying to dance salsa
and if I click on it that will not work
if I wanted to add the picture in
instead of this text here a quick way is
go image’ SRC for source equals put it
in quotes
and close that off and then we have to
go find the picture again so if I just
quickly load up my google images images
fine Toronto and salsa find that logo
I’m gonna copy the image URL and as I go
back into my notepad I’m gonna paste it
in here and now I’m gonna save it again
safe then if I go back to here i refresh
this page you see it’s a picture and if
I load that there is a website so you
can keep going on and add more links and
more pictures until you’ve made it to
your satisfaction and you got a cool
list of tools that use on a regular
basis to help save you some time if I
wanted to then set this page as my
default I would copy that link I would
go back to my options and then I would
here paste the link and that would be it
then the next time I load my browser
this new page will load instead of the
existing one so hopefully this is an
easy way for you to be able to create
your own home page and if you have any
other questions I’d be happy to answer
them
thank you for joining me for another
edition of ask Evan if you liked the
video please give it a thumbs up I’d
also love to hear your thoughts and
feedback below if you want to leave a
comment and stay tuned for the next
episode
video edition of ask Evan today I’m
going to answer a question from one of
my readers max Max’s question is hey
Evan I was taking a look at the tools
you use and was wondering what program
you use to create your homepage that
you’ll owe for the internet you show a
pic but don’t tell how you did it if it
requires programming
I might need my programming to do it for
me but if I could do it myself that
would be best
max so what Max is talking about on my
website I have a list of my favorite
tools and these are a lot of the tools
that I use does help save me time and
really help grow my business without
having to add a lot of manpower
underneath if you scroll down you’ll see
a lot of different tools that I like to
use and under this section here running
your business
I recommend save time by creating the
home page dashboard I’ve also included a
full picture so you can kind of see a
little bit better on my Facebook page
and this shows you all the different
tools that I use on a regular basis and
it saves time by having it all in one
spot so that I can have access to
everything quickly as I click through on
my website these are the most popular
websites that I use on a day-to-day
basis to run my business some of them
you can see are personal
some of the my key suppliers business
and then the social media stuff that I’m
involved with as well so what I’m going
to do is show you if I load a new tab go
to home this is what’s going to load
every time I load up a new browser I’m
going to show you two quick ways to do
it
one is how I actually do it and then
also show you an easier method if you’re
not as technically savvy here we go
okay so the first method I’m going to
show you is what I actually use to
create my homepage dashboard I use a
program called Dreamweaver and it’s a
pretty common program that you can use
to make really advanced websites but
it’s also great for beginners as well so
this is what it looks like I’ll click on
my homepage and editing in is almost
like adding a word document if you know
how to do word you can get start with
Dreamweaver so say I want to add
something to my homepage and maybe under
personal I will add in Toronto dance
salsa which is where I do a lot of salsa
dancing I can either add a text link
like this I’ve done that a couple times
here or I’ll do that if I’m feeling lazy
or I could try to go out and find a
picture that would make sense for that
website so say for this one I want to
find the logo for Toronto dance salsa I
can go to Google Images comm slash
images and I’ll type in Toronto dance
salsa and here is a logo so I’ll click
on that I will save the picture and I’ll
call it
Toronto dance salsa Inc
there we go I will go back to my
dreamweaver I’ll make a new line and
then I’ll go insert image and let’s find
it trying to dance salsa okay and there
it is so I can either make a text link
here or the picture link as well now we
need to actually go get the link so the
link is here’s the website I’ll copy and
paste the link go back to my Dreamweaver
I’ll highlight the image and where it
says link I’ll just copy and paste that
in and if I want over the text I’ll also
put the link here now for pictures
you’ll see that blue borders come around
that I tend to find them a little ugly
so all I’ll do is click 0 for border and
it gets rid of my border I will save it
and then if I go back load my web
browser if I click home you’ll see that
now I’ve added my image and my text link
to trying to dance salsa and if I click
on it
there I am
so once you’ve gone through the step of
adding all the different pictures and
text links that you want in to run your
business we have to save the file
properly to do that you just go file
save as and then you name the file
whatever I created a new folder on my
computer called home page and then I
called it home page you can be more
creative if you like but that’s what I
did for my own site then you’ll see that
as a file that’s run off of my own
computer so this isn’t anywhere else on
the web for other people to use it’s
just stored on my computer and here is
the exact route so this will change
depending on wherever you want to save
it but it’s going to be on your own
computer then when I load up my internet
browser I’m using Chrome in this example
but all the different internet browsers
will have an option from here I’m just
going to click one of my options and
it’ll say home page open this page and
you can give it the URL so this is now
going to call my new dashboard home page
whenever I load up a new browser you can
see if I can home there it is
so if you’re using Chrome Firefox or
Internet Explorer or any of the
different browsers they all have an
option to set your default home page and
you want to make that your local file so
you can see here this is the same
extension name that I used when I saved
it through Dreamweaver
okay so I promised you another way to do
it if you don’t have Dreamweaver or you
don’t want to invest the time into
learning it and it’s simple and it’s
through notepad so this is really
bare-bones you have to know a little bit
of HTML but it’s not that complicated so
what I’m going to do here just to show
you I’m going to create a new file I
loaded up my notepad and I’ll call it
evans pool resources and if i want to
make it bigger I’ll just put a h1 in
front of it and I’ll close the h1 tag at
the end of it and if I want to link to
Toronto dice also as an example it’s
important to know that if you’re going
to create a link it’s a her F equals the
link Toronto dance also dossier then you
put in the text that you want to
actually show up so try to dance salsa
and then close close that off okay so
this page is only going to say open
school resources with the h1 so will be
bigger and then regular font will show
the link to the site ok so it’s very
bare-bones I can go save as and I’m
going to put it in the same folder so
home page and I’m going to call it home
page 2 and here is important you want to
call it dot HTM instead of dot txt which
is the default so saver dot HTM okay and
it’s been saved now if I go to my
internet browser I should be able to
click here and put the two at the end of
it and here’s my site so I’ve been
school resources trying to dance salsa
and if I click on it that will not work
if I wanted to add the picture in
instead of this text here a quick way is
go image’ SRC for source equals put it
in quotes
and close that off and then we have to
go find the picture again so if I just
quickly load up my google images images
fine Toronto and salsa find that logo
I’m gonna copy the image URL and as I go
back into my notepad I’m gonna paste it
in here and now I’m gonna save it again
safe then if I go back to here i refresh
this page you see it’s a picture and if
I load that there is a website so you
can keep going on and add more links and
more pictures until you’ve made it to
your satisfaction and you got a cool
list of tools that use on a regular
basis to help save you some time if I
wanted to then set this page as my
default I would copy that link I would
go back to my options and then I would
here paste the link and that would be it
then the next time I load my browser
this new page will load instead of the
existing one so hopefully this is an
easy way for you to be able to create
your own home page and if you have any
other questions I’d be happy to answer
them
thank you for joining me for another
edition of ask Evan if you liked the
video please give it a thumbs up I’d
also love to hear your thoughts and
feedback below if you want to leave a
comment and stay tuned for the next
episode
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