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Compared with most business activities, building web sites involves relatively few set up costs.

However, we need a computer and an Internet Connection. I would also suggest setting up a special place to do the work. It can be difficult to share this place with other members of the family and it is worth discussing and negotiating with the family for certain periods in the day (or night) when you would prefer not to be disturbed! If you are a one-computer family at the moment and you can afford to have your own computer just for this work, then I would recommend purchasing your own computer. Some people will say that it is more economical on time to have a broadband connection. Others find a dial-up connection perfectly adequate for this kind of work. Whether we choose a dialup connection - and particularly if we choose broadband - we need have good firewall and virus protection installed. We need also to have a way of backing up our work regularly; preferably away from our house.

Everyone has different levels of technical skill and the software we choose for our work will depend to some extent on our level of skill. For instance, many professional web designers like to use very basic software, such as Notepad, to design their web pages because it enables them to work with the raw html code without interference. In any case, most of us will require office software including a Word Processor, and a spreadsheet and a way of writing web pages. We will also need Email software; ideally with the facility to have different personas for each of our sites. We will also need FTP software.

As our web site business grows, we may wish to invest in further software but in the early stages it is probably wise to stick with the basics until we have built up our knowledge and have a clearer idea of where we wish to take our web sites. I would encourage anyone to enjoy the learning process, to spend as little money as possible early on, and to keep his or her options open!