The first step to creating a web site with this feature is to download a free version of Serif WebPlus 6 from freeserifsoftware.com. Later versions are paid for - here's a review of WebPlus 9.

We also discussed how web sites are shaped by their content, and menitoned popular sites such as Metafilter, Football365 and Friends Reunited.

Other software reccommended was Cheetah Audio Converter for changing the format of music files, Google-owner photo organising programme Picasa and RSSOwl. On the RSS theme, the BBC offers news feeds from its site - read all about it here.

Of course, there are other free web editors than WebPlus, and Nvu impressed us - it's available for download here.

Finally, here's some extra copy we simply couldn't squeeze into the magazine - a bit of further reading on using weblogs to update your site, and Really Simple Syndication (RSS) to keep your visitors up-to-date with the latest happenings on your web site.

Providing more content for a site is the best way to keep visitors coming, back but they need to know that the new stuff exists. An RSS feed is a good way to alert people to new content on your website or just add news and thoughts quickly when the mood takes you.

Creating an RSS feed from scratch is a little too complicated for WebPlus but there is a simple solution by using www.blogger.com. The results can be integrated into your main website using links. The files for the blog are held on your website. First, create a folder on your web host for the blog in the same way as explained for the photo album but create a folder called blog in the www folder.

Next, create an account with Blogger by visiting blogger.com and clicking on the Create your blog now button. Fill in the form with a username, password, name that will be shown and your email address. Click on I accept the Terms of Service option and then on Continue.

Click on the Advanced Blog Setup link at the bottom. Give the Title for the blog and leave it listed. Enter the ftp server as used for adding the photo gallery, such as ftp.my-site.co.uk and enter the ftp path /www/blog . The blog filename should be blogger.html and the blog URL the address of your site followed by /blog so www.my-site.co.uk/blog . Enter the word verification box and click on Continue.

Choose a template and click on Continue. There will now be the option to create the first post. Click on publish post and then enter the username and password for the ftp server as given by your ISP and used earlier. The entry will be added.

The last step is to create a link on the website for the feed and we will create this on the What we do page. First create the link to the blog itself on the home page. Double click on the text box to start WritePlus and add the text "For regular updates see our blog. Subscribe to the RSS version here" and click on the green tick. Click on the Captial A icon to change to text mode, highlight 'blog' and press Ctrl and K together. Enter the website you gave earlier with the blog file name so http://www.my-site.co.uk/blog/blogger.html for the example here. Click on OK to save the change. To create a link to subscribe, higher 'here' and press Ctrl and K together. This time replace blogger.html with atom.xml. and press OK. 

RSS software such as RSSOwl looks at a special page on the website. New stories on the website look like emails, with a subject line, a summary of the story and a link to the full story. You can also include feeds from other websites such as the BBC. More information about this can be found on the BBC website.