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My name is Reggie James and I was born in 1960. My first start on the internet was in 2002 and I have been trying/wanting to build web sites ever since. I've tried a lot of free site builder downloads, a few online builders and 3 site builders I paid for. I didn't find any of the free downloads to be of much use, as all of them lacked something crucial for building a well functioning site.

The best web site builder I found was paid for, of course, but it does an excellent job, easy to use, very good help topics, tons of features and all drag and drop placement. You can read more about this site builder on my 9wired.com site.
Editor's note: The 9wired.com site is in dire need of being rebuilt and needs updating but there is still a lot of of good information there.

All the software I use for graphics and image editing are free. I'm on a very tight budget and would like to use all FREE software but I've found it necessary to invest in a decent website builder.

Also, I use Windows 7 which I believe to be their best operating system since XP and I'll continue to use 7 until they come out with something equally as good. My internet connection is 1500MB DSL and I use a Compaq laptop with a 1GHZ processor and 2GB Ram. I mention all of this to let everyone know you don't need the best of everything to build web sites.

I am by no means a Techie, I have no formal training and I learned everything I know about web site building from Google and trial and error but I believe anyone who wants a presence on the internet should be able to do so. With today's technology just about everybody should be able to achieve this. If you follow my articles hopefully it will take a lot of guesswork out of the process and save you from some painful mistakes and probably save some money.

I've made a ton of mistakes over the years, so that should qualify for something. Hopefully, some of what you find here will be of some help toward getting your first site up and running.

Thanks for looking and good luck,

Reggie James

Updated on 1-29-2018

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