Learning how to create a website is turning out to be one of the must-have skills. This is especially true for those who aspire to build online businesses and even for people looking to make some part-time cash. The process of building a website is rather easy as you are going to learn in this article.
As you will notice, it is as simple as 1, 2, 3.
1. Buying a domain name
A domain name is the address of your site and is the URL which appears on your browser. The process of choosing a domain name is one to be taken with utmost importance. The reason for this is that once your site is up and running, you will never get a chance to change the domain name to something more appropriate.
When deciding on which name to pick, there are various options that you should consider:
- Choose a name relevant to what you are offering
- A catchy name easy to remember
- Short and interesting
Take note: when choosing the domain extension, go for a .com, .net or .org.
After deciding on a name, the next step will involve picking on the most-suitable domain registrar (company offering domain names).
As you will note when picking on your domain name, most of the names have already been snatched. However, with a little bit of research and creativity, you will be able to spot just the right name for your site.
2. Getting a hosting account
Once you have acquired a domain name, the next step will involve choosing a hosting account. This is the place where your site and all its contents, images, etc. will be hosted.
There are various factors to consider when deciding on the right hosting provider:
- How experienced the provider is
- Customer support
- Their rates
A tip: Although you might be operating on a tight budget, you would be well-advised to stay away from dirt-cheap offers. Such offers might come back to haunt you, e.g. when your site goes down or you need technical assistance and can’t get it.
This therefore means that you will have to do a bit of research before settling on any one hosting provider.
3. Connecting the domain to the hosting account
Finally, you have now managed to acquire a domain name and have purchased hosting services from a reputable provider. The next step in line will involve connecting your domain to the hosting account that you have just purchased.
Although this might sound a bit technical, don’t let it scare you!
Your hosting provider will be more than willing to assist you on how to go about these. In addition, there are various tutorials online in case you want to tackle the whole process yourself.
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Wow! This article is really great because it gives me a clear understanding the basic of creating the website. I already done the number one step but I still on the process of doing the number 2 steps. You are right, choosing a web hosting site is very important that is why until now, I’m still on the process of looking for web hosting company. There are cheaper offers at 2 USD per month while others have from $4.99 and up per month. Thanks for such reminders and Im looking forward for my site to be hosted in few days. Your article is of great help to me.
Thanks for sharing. Didn’t paid much attention to the domain name when registered mine, so it’s very long and hard to remember 😀
Great tips how to build website on your own. Today we don’t need to hire experts. Softwares and CMS are much easier to edit, update and maintain.
Thank you for post!
I use wordpress as a web bloging platform, is easy to use and can get many free vidgets, right now own website is much cheaper then few years ago
If I may add, You can use wordpress as it is a great CMS for beginners due to its easy to understand and use interface.
Very useful and interesting post for the beginners in website designer.