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What
You
Need
To
Know
About
HeaderGenerator
Software
Let's
talk
about
Software
Technology
That
Lets
You
Make
Professional
Grade
Headers
and
Banners
For
Your
Websites
Why
Would
You
Ever
Want
A
Header
Making
Program?
Before
I
answer
that
question
let's
understand
one
thing
about
headers:
they
are
little
billboards
that
advertise
your
web
page.
Pure
and
Simple!
What
you
want
in
the
header
is
a
powerful
headline
to
grab
the
attention
of
prospects,
clients
and
surfers.
It's
usually
the
first
thing
visitors
see
when
they
stumble
across
your
page.
If
you
want
your
billboard
to
perform
multiple
tasks
you
can
also
mention
the
name
of
your
website
and
you
can
include
links
for
people
to
click
to
your
order
page
right
from
the
header
or
to
go
to
a
"frequently
asked
questions"
(FAQs)
page
or
other
destinations.
The
reason
you
want
the
header
is
to
catch
the
attention
of
your
visitors
and
help
them
slip
down
through
your
eCommerce
sales
letter
page,
as
though
they
were
sliding
down
a
slippery
slide,
right
down
to
the
order
button.
Face
it,
when
you
start
writing
an
eCommerce
salesletter
page
you
begin
with
a
blank
page
and
that
blank
page
isn't
going
to
sell
or
do
anything
for
your
sales.
So
the
first
step
is
to
create
a
powerful
headline
and
you
display
that
headline
in
your
site's
little
billboard...The
Header!
Let's
look
at
this
tool
called:
The
HeaderGenerator
It's
an
easy
to
use
program
for making
graphic
headers
for
your
eCommerce
websites.
I
created
the
header
at
the
top
of
this
page
using
"HeaderGenerator".
It
took
less
than 52
minutes
to
make
(total
elapsed
time
51
minutes
and
26
seconds).
This
was
the
second
banner
that
I
made
using
Armand
Morin's
HeaderGenerator
software
and
the
reason
it
took
that
long
had
more
to
do
with
my
pickiness in
selecting
text
fonts
and
font
colors
than
with
any
slowness
on
the
part
of
the
program.
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Creating
This
Page's
Header
Was
Easy!
Let
me
explain
exactly
what
I
did
to
make
this
page's
header.
But
first...
You
need
to
know
that
the
program
was
bought
by
me
a
couple
of
weeks
earlier
and
it
was
installed
onto
my
computer's
hard
drive
before
I
made
my
first
header
(you'll
learn
more
about
that
first
header
later
in
this
review).
So,
this
time
around...
I
didn't
have
to
spend
any
time
installing
the
program
before
making
this
review's
header.
Oh,
by
the
way,
installing
the
program
was
straight
forward
and
I
had
no
problems.
The
instructions
were
both
straightforward
and
user
friendly.
Also,
the
installation
wizard...
did
all
of
the
work
for
me.
Here's
the
timeline...
I
opened
the
HeaderGenerator
program
by
double
clicking
on
its
icon
at
precisely
12:56
p.m..
Within
two
minutes I
had
chosen
a
background
image
from
a
list
of
over
340
stored
background
images.
Counting
all
those
images
for
this
review
took
a
couple
of
minutes
that
were
not
directly
related
to
making
the
header.
I
started
step
#2
at
12:58
p.m.
and
it
took
me
until
1:05
p.m.
to
settled
on
a
proper
combination
of
font, font
size, text
color
and
position for
my
website's
name.
I
picked
a
white
text
to
contrast
sufficiently
against
the
dark
background
in
the
lower
left
corner
of
the
header.
By
1:37
p.m.
I
had
decided
on
the
headline
and
subheadline
copy.
That
took
me
the
most
amount
of
time
since
I
hadn't
thought
about
this
part
of
the
"header
making
project"
before
jumping
into
it.
And,
since
I
had
to
try
different
combinations
of
font
styles,
sizes, colors
and
positions,
it
took
me
longer
than
I
had
originally
expected.
Before
naming
the
file
and
saving
it
I
did
a
little
online
research
to
decide
whether
I
wanted
to
save
the
header
image
as
a
jpg
or
gif
file.
I
chose
to
save
it as
a gif
image.
I
named
the
file
"headerbanner600X115.gif"
and
saved
it
to
a
special
folder
on
my
hard
drive
from
which
I
could
later
upload
the
image
to
my
web
server
via
ftp.
The
600
and
115
numbers
in
the
image's
file
name
remind
me
that
I'll
usually
specify
the
image
size
as
having
a
width
of
600
pixels
and
a
height
of
115
pixels.
The
first
banner
that
I
made,
using
this
"graphical
header
generating"
program,
can
be
found
at
the
top
of
the
page
at
www.sellinfoproductsonline.com/site_map.html.
In
the
past,
I've
paid
professional
graphic
design
artists
as
much
as
$120
to
create
headers
for
me.
While
the
least
amount
that
I
paid
was
$60
in
every
case
it
took
days
from
the
time
of
ordering
the
header
and
receiving
an
acceptable
final
product.
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This
is
what
usually
happened
when
I
ordered
headers
from
a
Graphic
Design
Artist
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I
would
begin
by
sending
an
email
to
the
graphic
artist
containing
all
the
information
about
the
header
I
wanted.
In
this
first
communication
I
mentioned
the
kind
of
background
image
and
colors
that
I
expected,
the
text
fonts
and
colors,
special
arrangements
of
the
text
relative
to
the
whole
header
design.
The
graphic
artist
would
then
acknowledge
receipt
of
the
email
commission
and
ask
for
me
to
clarify
any
particulars
in
my
order.
By
the
time
I
responded
a
day
or
more
could
have
elapsed.
Usually
within
1
or
2
days
the
artist
would
send
me
a
sample
image
for
my
approval.
If
it
was
acceptable
the
artist
would
send
me
a
finished
version
of
the
image
file
and
that
would
be
it.
But,
If
the
image
needed
fine-tuning
there
would
be
a
back
and
forth
exchange
that
would
take
place
until
both
of
us
were
satisfied
with
the
header
and
I
gave
the
final
"O.K."
for
delivery.
The
shortest
time
for
delivering
a
header
via
this
"commissioned-based
method"
was
never
less
than
48
hours
and
the
longest
took
over
a
week
because
of
complications
and
previous
work-load
commitments
on
the
part
of
the
graphic
design
artist.
Compare
the
48
hour
turn-around
time
with
the
"less
than
1
hour"
that
it
took
me
to
get
exactly
what
I
wanted
and
it
will
not
come
as
a
surprise
to
you
to
know
that
I
really
prefer
using
the
HeaderGenerator
program.
Not
only
that,
but
the
one-time
fee
to
get
control
of
the
program
and
make
unlimited
numbers
of
headers
was
less
than
$120.
What
do
I
think
of
HeaderGenerator?
Is
the
program
perfect?
No,
but
it
produces
results
that
are
just
as
good
as
the
results
I've
gotten
from
my
graphic
design
artists.
Are
there
graphic
design
artists
out
there
who
can
produce
nicer
results
than
-
the
artists
I've
hired
before
and/or
-
HeaderGenerator?
Maybe,
but
I
don't
know
who
they
are
or
how
to
get
in
touch
with
them.
So,
in
the
meantime,
I'm
sticking
with
HeaderGenerator
for
my
immediate
header
needs.
Having
said
that,
there
are
several
things
about
the
program
that
I
would
change
if
I
had
the
power
to
do
so.
And
here
they
are:
1st:
It
would
be
nice
to
be
able
to
save
headers
made
with
the
program
in
such
a
way
so
they
could
be
retrieved
within
the
program
to
act
as
jumping-off
points
in
designing
future
headers.
In
this
way
you
could
use
pre-selected
fonts
and
font
sizes
and
colors,
that
were
already
chosen
to
match
and
contrast
sufficiently
with
the
header's
background, and
simply
change
text.
2nd:
Maybe
there's
a
way
to
do
this,
but
I
haven't
figured
it
out
yet,
but
whenever
I
used
the
Text
Layer
Dialog
Menu
(it
appears
when
adding
text
in
step
2
of
the
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