It seems everyone and everything has a website, Even school children often have their own sites, So clearly,most anyone can create a website, with a little time, patience and the right software, a professional - looking website can be put together and maintained with ease.
Register a domain name with a registrar, such as GoDaddy ( see link in References ) Fill out the application and follow the easy - to - follow directions, The site will search to make sure the name you have selected is not already registered, Often , your ISP may provide you with this same service, Find out if your service package includes a web - hosting service for setting up your own website, Before warmed, you may not get your own domain name, Instead, you might have something with your ISP in the name, Reliability may be an issue , In addition, if you were to change your ISP, you might not be able to retain your website.
2nd Step
Sign up with a web - hosting service, Often, your registrar will also offer you web host service, but you can use a web hot that is different from your registrar, From the website hosting service,obtain the name of their "named servers" This is found on the web host's website, Look in the FAQ or Support sections, Type in the names of the named servers into the appropriate from on your registrar's website, Note :- If your web-hosting service or ISP does the registration for you, that company is likely to do all these behind the scenes necessities also.
Sign up with a web - hosting service, Often, your registrar will also offer you web host service, but you can use a web hot that is different from your registrar, From the website hosting service,obtain the name of their "named servers" This is found on the web host's website, Look in the FAQ or Support sections, Type in the names of the named servers into the appropriate from on your registrar's website, Note :- If your web-hosting service or ISP does the registration for you, that company is likely to do all these behind the scenes necessities also.
3rd Step
Use web page editing software to create the pages for your website, Top of the line is "Dream Weaver" Note that some packages have WYSIWYG ( What you see is what you get ) editing, You can also learn "HTML" and write you pages from scratch, Many packages will allow you to use some "HTML" in designing your pages, Most packages are relatively intuitive to use as software packages in general use similar with tool bars and point and click commands.
Use web page editing software to create the pages for your website, Top of the line is "Dream Weaver" Note that some packages have WYSIWYG ( What you see is what you get ) editing, You can also learn "HTML" and write you pages from scratch, Many packages will allow you to use some "HTML" in designing your pages, Most packages are relatively intuitive to use as software packages in general use similar with tool bars and point and click commands.
4th Step
Design your pages with text, images and graphics, You may wish to use a graphics editing package, such as "Photoshop" once you have developed some web design skills through practice, In designing your website, consider font readability, Consider the colors used, Will they be easy on the eye or do you want them to leap out? Use photographs or other images to liven up the page and beak up long blocks of text, your web editing package will allow you to put in hyper links, GIF's and almost anything else, of course cheaper packages may come with fewer bells and whistles.
Design your pages with text, images and graphics, You may wish to use a graphics editing package, such as "Photoshop" once you have developed some web design skills through practice, In designing your website, consider font readability, Consider the colors used, Will they be easy on the eye or do you want them to leap out? Use photographs or other images to liven up the page and beak up long blocks of text, your web editing package will allow you to put in hyper links, GIF's and almost anything else, of course cheaper packages may come with fewer bells and whistles.
5th Step
Make sure all the pages you create are linked together, This is all done within the web editing package.
Make sure all the pages you create are linked together, This is all done within the web editing package.
6th Step
Use "FTP" software, such as "WS-FTP" following the directions of this package, fill in the appropriate boxes to communicate with your named servers via your domain name you generally set up this information once, In future uses, you simply click"Connect" to connect with your host server.
Use "FTP" software, such as "WS-FTP" following the directions of this package, fill in the appropriate boxes to communicate with your named servers via your domain name you generally set up this information once, In future uses, you simply click"Connect" to connect with your host server.
7th Step
Connect the "FTP" software to your host server and upload the files (or pages) you created with your web page editing software, You may need to upload any "JPGs or GIFs" etc, separately your "FTP" software may organize graphics separate from web page files, Forgetting to upload your graphic may result in having a small box with an "x"on your website page, in lieu of the image.
Connect the "FTP" software to your host server and upload the files (or pages) you created with your web page editing software, You may need to upload any "JPGs or GIFs" etc, separately your "FTP" software may organize graphics separate from web page files, Forgetting to upload your graphic may result in having a small box with an "x"on your website page, in lieu of the image.
8th Step
To update you edit the page file you have saved on your computer that the web page editor created, When finished upload the page again via you "FTP" software the program automatically overwrites you old page with the new edited page.
Tips: - Start with a simple design, Get a few pages working with basic text and perhaps a couple of JPGs Make sure it works before adding more pages or adding in more complex features.
To update you edit the page file you have saved on your computer that the web page editor created, When finished upload the page again via you "FTP" software the program automatically overwrites you old page with the new edited page.
Tips: - Start with a simple design, Get a few pages working with basic text and perhaps a couple of JPGs Make sure it works before adding more pages or adding in more complex features.
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