Transcript 10 Steps on how to create a website Step #1

10 Steps on how to create a website
Step #1
Choose a domain name.
There are various tools you
can use to pick a name if
that gets difficult for you.
Step #2
• Determine what kind of hosting package you will need. Many
web hosting companies offer different packages, some of which
are free, which will usually fit almost any web hosting needs.
Some popular web hosting companies with low-cost starting
packages are:
• GoDaddy.com
• 1&1 Internet Hosting
• HostGator.com
• Hostmonster.com
• BlueHost.com
• DreamHost.com
• and countless other
Step #3
• Website navigation/ Website content - Make
sure your idea for your website is clear. Get a
notebook and sketch out what you want the
pages to look like and write out as much of
the content as you can.
Step #4
• You might also want to use a web
template to make it easier for you
as well if you don't have time to
do it yourself. Some of these are
really good and very cheap.
Freewebtemplates.com and
templatesbox.com.
Step #5
• Design your website - Decide what software you're going to
use to design your website. Some of the software platforms
that you can use to create and edit your websites are:
• Frontpage office.microsoft.com/en-us/frontpage/default.aspx
• Dreamweaver www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/
• NVU www.nvu.com/
• Bluefish bluefish.openoffice.nl/
• Amaya www.w3.org/Amaya/
• Notepad and Notepad++ notepadplus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
Step #6
• Text/Graphics and Web buttons - Use Adobe
Photoshop to generate a page header for your
website. There are websites that can help if
you're not a pro at Photoshop. You can use
these sites to generate banner ads, buttons
and everything else you need. Check out
freebuttons.com, freebuttons.org,
buttongenerator.com and flashbuttons.com You can always use these sites to create
advertisement banners for your website.
Step #7
• Website design and development tools - There are many sites
available for learning how to design and develop websites:
• W3Schools Online www.w3schools.com/
• PHPForms.net tutorials www.phpforms.net/tutorials/
• Enter www.entheosweb.com/website_design/default.asp
• How-to-build-websites.com http://www.how-to-buildwebsites.com/
• Web Design Tutorials www.webdesigntutorials.net/
• About.com webdesign.about.com/
• HTML Help Central Forum
www.htmlhelpcentral.com/messageboard/
Step #8
• Search engine submission - Don't
forget try to get it on all the big
guys, Google, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL,
and Ask.com
Step #9
• Their pages will walk you through
the submission progress, from
adding your sitemap and
including your child pages as well.
Don't forget to submit to DMOZ
and Searchit.com too.
Step #10
• Last but not least advertise, you
can always use Yahoo or Google
Adwords and maintain your own
budget.