Create A Website In A Few Easy Steps

by on June 15, 2008

If you want to create a website today, there are many methods that you can use. These methods vary from free services that are filled with advertising to groups that get paid a large fee in order to build your website from scratch. However, any person with a little know how and persistence can build their own websites by following the next few steps.

**Create a domain name** Before you can create a website, you have to have somewhere to put it. The name of your site is called the “domain name”. Potential users of your site will need to know this name in order to access your site. In order to get this name, you just have to go to a registrar for domain names (there are several to choose from on the internet). You then will need to pay a small yearly fee so that the name can be registered to you. Once you get this accomplished, it is time to move on to the next step.

* Choose a host for your site. In order to create a website that everyone can see, you need a place to hold it that everyone in the world can access. Web hosts charge another small monthly fee, but will often give you a discount if you sign with them for a long period, like a year. Try to find a reliable host that offers a lot of space for your site, too, so you can build an exciting site with a lot of bells and whistles.

* Design your web pages. This is the most exciting part of the process to create a website. You create the content, layout, appearance, and what your site is trying to accomplish. There are tons of site creating software packages available, from the simple free ones with basic templates you fill in to the creative, professional packages that you can create a masterpiece of a web site with. You can determine what the best package is for your needs.

Open up other browsers and test your website. There are some differences in software that may make your website appear fine in one browser but appear different and distorted in another browser. A large amount of website builders forget to do this. This can result in very unhappy website visitors.

*If you intend to make a profit, you can register with a service that allows you to take credit card payments in order to help you sell your online merchandise. Marketing is another method that earns money for people who have websites. The sum will be small initially but as you become recognized and increase the number of visitors to your site you will start to turn a profit.

Once everything is set, is it time to create a website and get it active and noticed. You can submit your website to search engines so that visitors will come across it during popular searches. You also have the option of paying for advertising and having it show up as links on other websites.

There are many ways that you can go about trying to create a website today, from free services that are filled with advertising, to groups that promise (for a large fee) that they will build your site from scratch. But, with a little know how and determination, any person can build their own site. You can submit your website to search engines so that visitors will come across it during popular searches. You also have the option of paying for advertising and having it show up as links on other websites.

– Tem Balanco

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