How do I Make a Website?
Let’s talk about first what is the purpose of your website? There are a lot of reasons why folks put up a website, so you first need to decide what the purpose is, before asking How do I make a website?
Some common reasons people want to make a website, they want to make money online; they want to build a list of their own; they want to sell products; they wish to share experiences and photos with family and friends.
As you can see there are many reasons some one will put a website online. So depending of course what your reason is will depend on how you make a website.
If you are interested in selling products or services, then I suggest you take the time to learn about the coding aspect of HTML where you can control what your webpage does and looks like. This is not difficult to do and if you go and pick up the ebook Introduction to the Basics of Webdesign it will walk you through the process of making a website.
If you are just wanting to make a website for sharing photos and experiences with family and friends? My first thought is to use a Blog and not a website, this way you can interact with them about what you write about. It is much easier this way than to figure out website designing. I would recommend that you first start out checking this website out WordPressMadeEasy.net
Some things to consider on how do you make a website is that you will need a few things, you can’t just put a website up at no cost, well you could, of course get one of those free services at Yahoo or something, but you don’t have much control there. I highly recommend that you get some hosting and a domain name of your own.
For hosting I highly recommend and use – Hostgator they are reliable and very supportive of your needs
For domain name registration I highly recommend – Godaddy.com they are inexpensive and very reliable and helpful.
Your next step is to find a FTP program/software that will let you upload your work to your host. You will also need to find a way edit your HTML file, these are easy to find and do not cost you anything to use.
But there very first thing you need to remember is what is your website going to do? Before asking the question How do I make a website?
Again, I’d like to highly recommend the ebook Introduction to the basics of Webdeisgn it has complete stey by steps to follow and you can start using it today to make a website.
I hope this has helped and will give you some tips on where to get started.
Please do leave your comments below and questions and I’ll be glad to help you out.
Laura
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