XsitePro is a family-friendly website builder

The kids are right into computers and their sports, mum has a great small business which needs a bigger audience, dad has been tracing his family tree, uncle Bob is a motorcycle fanatic whose knowledge would fill an encyclopedia, and granny's recipes are so good the world should know about them.

Each person has a very different need, but all of them would benefit by having their own website.  While perhaps none of them have any experience in building a website, XsitePro, a very user-friendly software package, can have them all managing their internet presence in no time.

It is possible to build multiple websites with XsitePro, putting them together from scratch or by using one of the inbuilt templates.  The design and complexity of your website will be dictated by the webmaster.  There might be only five of granny's recipes online initially, but adding to these and including photos, is managed with a click of XsitePro's 'publish' button.  Starting small and growing as your skills do is a great way to learn website development.

The kids have probably picked up a few computer and internet skills at school, and many will have left their parents behind in this area.  It is really important for parents to stay in touch with any internet activity in which their children are engaged, and learning the steps in website creation with XsitePro, and actually creating your own site, is a great way to start.

There is no need for any html knowledge.  All data that you put on your site is typed in as you would using a word processor.  This is known as WYSIWIG (what you see is what you get), and all of the html happens in the background.

The XsitePro tutorial is excellent and geared for novices, taking you step by step through the whole process.  They have a very understanding support desk and offer online tutorials on new topics.  Information exchange with other users via XsitePros forums is also a good source of help if needed.

Building family websites is a great 21st century way of staying in touch with your kids, and being able to understand the communication process involved in a contacts page, will assist in monitoring messages coming through to them. 

A big hint - never put your email address on the site, always link to it instead.  This will help limit spam emails, which can have unsavory content, coming to you and to your children.  And counsel your children to never give surnames, addresses or any other personal information to anyone on the internet - and to let you know if they are asked for these details.

Enjoy your internet building bonding sessions!