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One of the most asked questions for beginners is how to create their own website .There are hundreds of different ways to build a website.
on this article I'll show you some basic and easy steps to begin . It's quick to read and will get you start the right way .
STEP : DOMAIN NAME
what's a domain name ? A domain name is the internet address of a website
(for example : www.google.com ) . It's the home of your website .
let's break it down a bit , every person is known by his name , that name defines him and give him an identity , and when you want that person you just call him by that name . it's the same for a website and domain name , a website has an IP adress and because the IP adress is bit hard to remember , they give each adress a name ( mostly easy to remember ) and that's what a domain name is .
Now that you realised that you have to get a domain name to build
a website , you just got now to look for the company that you like and register your domain .
If you decided to buy your domain from HostGator you will recieve :
- A free domain locking : this prevents hacking for your domain
- Easy to use domain management panel .
- A free sitebuilder
- 24/7 technical support
buy a domain now !
STEP : WEB HOST
The web host houses your website files , pictures , videos ... A web host company hosts the information that you create for your website and makes it available for anyone else around the world to locate , visit and browse .
There are a lot of such companies these days , it just come down to the cost and who you feel your website is safe with .
One of the most famous host companies is HostGator , they offer many services that you may need as a beginner with low prices .
STEP : CREATE YOUR WEBSITE
Now that you have registred your domaine name and choosed a host for your website , it comes the time to build your website .There are many ways to build a website these days , and you don't even have to be a programmer as it was earlier , if learning HTML language and CSS is difficult for you or you just don't have enough time to learn and control it , then I got good news for you : you can create your website from begining to the end without any code .
if you want to make a blog or a website , wordpress is the best tool you can use , wordpress is a FREE source blogging tool and a content management system .
By using wordpress you'll have access to a big variety of templates you can choose from , and when you want to change the design , you'll only have to choose another theme and your website will update instantly .
Wordpress is highly recomended nowdays to build a website and it's currently the most popular blogging system in use on the web ,
Yet there are many ways to create your website without learning
web programming , there are a bunch of softwares that helps you create pages as much as you want , but they differ from one to other in term of quality , design ...
DREAMWEAVER Dreamweaver is an Adobe product , it's a WYSIWYG software (What You See Is What You Get ) , which means that it allows you to see how your website pages will be like while you're creating them .
DW has 3 views : the design view , the code view and the mixed view where you can see both of the design and the code .
Anyway , if you want just to make some static pages and learn some basic HTML codes at the same time , Dreamweaver is your best tool . It has a very large popularity and even a lot of web programmers use it . A bad new is that Dreamweaver is not for Free .
You can check out this link to know more about Dreamweaver
10 good and 10 bad things about Dreamweaver
WEEBLY Weebly is a free website building tool , it's an online tool and it doesn't require you to install anything you do all the job online . What's good with weebly is that it doesn't only allow you to create your website but also host it for free .
You don't have to know any web Programming skills , it gives you all you need everything is there you just choose what do you like to use and how you want your website to look like .
So that was it , the main steps to create your website and put it online .
