Design Your Own Anime Website

Do you dream of having your own anime website but don't know where to start? Here's some resources to get you going.

Think it Through
Like anything else, creating a website requires a little planning if you want it to really be good. Will you have a blog? A forum? What series or character will you feature? A little planning now will make the development much easier so take the time to map out your site. If a blog sounds like the way to go, try blogger.com. It's free, its a cinch to modify and you can host it on blogger's server or your own.

Picture Perfect
All good anime sites have one thing in common - Anime. Your site's theme should revolve around your series or, at the very least anime in general which means you'll need some cool graphics to work with. Where to find such gems? Check out the collection of free anime layouts and templates.

Put Your Site To Work
If you're going to have a site anyway, why not let it earn a little money while you're at it? Anime affiliate programs such as AnimeSlide, Anime Nation and RightStuf are great ways to add some anime merchandise to your site and a little extra cash to your pocketbook.

Give Your Site A Home
Okay, you've got all these great ideas but no where to put them? Do some comparisons before settling on a web host - there's a ton of bargains out there. If free is the way for you, check out AnimeWebHost.com where you can get 20 megs of free space and you can choose from several domain names such as yourname.tuxedomask.com or yourname.theclow.net. There's a number of other free web hosts out there so do a little browsing and pick the one with the best options for you.

Promote, Promote, Promote
And last but not least, you'll want some traffic once that site of yours is up.. Why not send me your link? :)