This article provides links to the information you need to create your Web site. Click each link to open a new topic where you can find more information and instructions for customizing your Web site. When you have read each topic, return to this topic and continue on to the next one.

 Note   If you partially redirected a domain name to your Office Live Small Business account: Before you can make changes to your Web site after partial redirection, you must change the primary domain to your free Office Live Small Business domain that ends in .officelive.com. For more information, see Make changes to your Web site after partial redirection.

• Step 1: Familiarize yourself with the Web site feature

• Step 2: Design your site look and layout

• Step 3: Customize your Web site header

• Step 4: Add content to your Web pages

• Step 5: Add HTML and improve your search engine optimization

Step 1: Familiarize yourself with the Web site feature

Make creating and editing your Web pages easier by learning where to find your pages and the design tools. Learn about the following.

1. The five main components of the design tool
2. Where to find a list of Web pages, how to change your home page, and how to delete pages
3. How to create a new Web page and control page navigation
4. The different ways to find your Web pages and make changes to them

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Step 2: Design your site look and layout

You can change the look of your entire Web site using the Site Designer tab. The design options you select here are carried across every page of your Web site.

1. Change the page layout
2. Change page width, search, and frame-color options on your Web pages
3. Change the text style, font, and color
4. Change your Web site navigation
5. Change the footer content and links

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Step 3: Customize your Web site header

You can create a unique heading for all of your Web pages.

1. Change the look and contents of your Web site header
2. Change the page title
3. Add or remove a header image or logo
4. Use the advanced design features to customize each page header

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Step 4: Add content to your Web pages

Keeping your Web pages up to date is important. Adding new pictures, fresh content, and using modules with automatically updated content, such as weather or stock prices, will help draw repeat visitors to your Web site.

1. Add or remove an image
2. Give your customer links to documents or files
3. Create links to other Web sites or Web pages on your Web site
4. Compare your products using a table
5. Add Live Spaces blog content
6. Let customers contact you using a Web form
7. Show customers how to find your business
8. Showcase your products using a slide show
9. Keep customers abreast of the latest stock prices
10. Show your customers the local weather
11. Add a PayPal button
12. Add or remove a video

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Step 5: Add HTML and improve your search engine optimization

Use the advanced features to create specialized content on each Web page. You can also optimize your site for search engines.

1. Use HTML code
2. Make your site attractive to search engines

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