subject: Web Hosting & Web Design Tips, Getting Started With A Website In Three Steps [print this page] The question of how to craft a website is of great interest for a lot of people looking to get a piece of online real estate. While some desire to make a website for personal use, most are looking to create money online or to promote a business.
The Internet is absolutely massive in scope, with billions of users around the world and a near unlimited potential. Learning how to build a website starts with these three factors.
The very first step to do is to buy a domain name, with a registrar. This registrar is a company that provides domain registration. The average cost for this is around, $10 for .com, and a smaller amount for other extensions.
This domain name is your unique spot on the web where people can find you. Choosing your name will depend upon keywords, brand name, how easy it is to remember and more.
Moving to the next step, you have to find high quality web hosting. Web hosting is the service that stores your files and pages, and allows people to access them from their own computers. There are dozens and dozens of different web hosting companies out there today.
Learning how to choose between all of these web hosting options is very important, because the host you choose can have a lot of influence in how your site ultimately performs. Choosing a web hosting company that provides guarantees of 100% of uptime or other very high numbers is important for your business.
With web hosting out of the way, now you have to find the platform you want to use to build your website. These are the tools and pieces of software that actually creates your website for you.
The pro designers can put up a site using hand written code, the beginners and those who have no knowledge of HTML, which is the prime language of website design, will need tools that are much more easy to use, user friendly, understandable, and free of charge.
