How To Get Your Website Up And Running

Many people are intimidated by the idea of creating their own website so they approach expensive professionals

. Actually if you are only after a simple website with just a few static web pages, the job is rather simple.

First of all, you dont even need to be a programmer anymore to have your own website these days. There are many turn-key solutions out there and you can set up a blog within just a few clicks. Their online control panel lets you customize your pages layout and colour without requiring any programming knowledge whatsoever.

Where do you begin?

The first step is to register a domain. There are many websites out there offering domain registration service such as Godaddy and 1and1. Pick a few domain names you like and search for them on these websites. Some of your desired domains might not be available so you need to have a few backup domain names.

Once you have registered the domain, you need to find a web server. There are many web hosting companies out there. You just need to pick one. There are mainly 3 types of servers: shared, VPS (virtual private servers) and dedicated. Shared servers start from as little as $1 a month while dedicated servers cost at least $100 per month. If your website contains just a few static pages with information about your company, shared servers will be more than enough. If you are looking to launch an e-commerce solution or a website with interactive apps then you will probably want the freedom and performance offered by dedicated servers. You can order a server online. If you are not a programmer, be sure to have a server with an user friendly operating system such as cPanel, which will make server administration significantly easier.

Once your server is ready, you need to point your domain to your server. This can be done in your 1and1 or Godaddy account (or the account at whichever website you used to register the domain). Pointing a domain involves updating the domains DNS record. This tells anyone who is trying to access your domain to download the web pages from your web server. Once you have updated the record, it could take anywhere between 30 minutes to 24 hours for the process to complete.

Once your domain is pointing at your web server, you are ready to upload your websites content onto your web server. You only need basic HTML knowledge to create a website with a few static pages containing information and photos about your company. You just need to upload the files onto your server and your website should appear instantly on the world wide web.

Even if you want to hire a professional to create a more complex website for your business, it is still a good idea to manage the domain yourself. Basic server maintenance can be done in cPanel quite easily.

by: Dawson

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