Starting
a website in
4 easy steps
Domain Name Registration
Step 1
The first thing every great website needs is a great domain name. The domain
name you choose should be well planned and well thought out. So let's start with
what your new website will showcase. Is this a
small business website or is the website going to be a hobby website? Is it
a
blog or an affiliate site? Is it meant to be used for personal use or to
generate a little extra money?
Let's say you have a small flower shop and you would like folks to be able to
view some of your work, maybe get your address and a phone number, send you an
email or two. This is the most basic of websites. This is what we call a
"Brochure Site". For this type of website you'll need a domain name, a very
basic web hosting plan and a website builder.
First we'll pick a "Domain Name". No matter what kind of website you may need it
all starts with the domain name. In the example given above, we're the proud
owners of a small but very exquisite flower shop. In fact let's call it just
that, "Exquisite Flowers."
Your domain name is your internet address; same as the address on your house.
Where are we going? Use relevant keywords in your domain names. The name of our
flower shop is "Exquisite Flowers" so picking the domain name is pretty simple.
ExquisiteFlowers.com. Your business name can be used to "fetch" your website and
show your customers your company information and much more.
For those looking to create an online website for an affiliate campaign,
generating revenue and profit is what you're looking to do. In this case you
need to make sure that your website is picked and indexed by the search engines
as fast as possible and rank as high as possible as well. In this case you would
want to chose and domain name that has your "niche keyword" in the actual domain
name. This is very important to 'search rankings'. The websites "thelionseye.com"
and webhostingworld.com both showcase webhosting and website designs. But which
one would you think would have more information on the subject of
web hosting... Not thelionseye.com. You would of course pick
webhostingworld.com. ALL SEARCH ENGINES PICK WEBSITES THE SAME WAY!Check below
to see if your domain name is available and then go ahead and move on to Step 2
"Web Hosting".
Web Hosting
Step 2
Web hosting is what actually holds and presents your websites and the
information you would like to show to your visitors.
You've chosen a domain name by now and you're ready to move on to step 2. Your
website will need to be "hosted". Once you have a domain name so that folks can
enter your "domain address" they'll need to be taken somewhere. Just like your
domain name is the same as your house address your "web hosting" is your house.
It's where you store your information so that when a visitor types your "web
address" ExquisiteFlowers.com, it brings them to your house aka your hosted
website, presenting visitors with the website that you have designed.
The type of information you're looking to share on your website dictates your
hosting needs. The basic small business website or affiliate website will only
need the bare minimum of hosting requirements. Even with a basic web hosting
plan a very robust and user friendly website can be shown. DON'T OVER SPEND!
Most folks over spend when it comes to their
website hosting.
If you are a small business owner or you're looking to to have a personal, blog,
or an affiliate website than a basic
Windows Hosting plan will work for you. Simple, easy to use and navigate.
Below you can choose the web hosting that best fits your needs. Remember that
99% of most websites only need the most basic plan. The choice will be between
either Linux or Windows hosting, based on the options they offer. You've picked
a domain name, now let's pick a hosting plan. After which we'll move on to Step
3, pick the website builder program that best fits your needs and the websites
you want to build.
WebSite Builder
Step 3
Ok, we're moving right along here. So far we've picked a domain name, we've
chosen a web hosting plan to showcase our new website and now we have to
actually build a website for folks to visit.
Don't worry, it's not that hard! Just about everyone that sells domain names or
web hosting offers some sort of website builder. We'll be using our website
builder as an example. CreateOnlineWebSites.com's website builder is so easy to
use and has near unlimited design potentials. Our website builder is a bit
different than others in that it can be used to publish a website to any hosting
plan for any domain name. In other words you don't have to have your hosting
with us or your domains with us in order for you to use our website builder.
There are many different ways to build a website. Again you have to ask
yourself, "What will I be want to show? Will it be a website for my small
business or a website to show a product?" In any case, a website builder will
allow you to build a website of your own and post it to your hosting account so
that when someone types in your domain name/address they will be taken to and
shown your new website.
Use this link to "test drive" our website builder for just a bit. Try a few
different templates, try building a shopping website, try building a blog site.
Play with it for a while get to used to it and see if you like it before you buy
it.
Keep in mind most hosting companies have some version of a website builder. Most
will only let you post or edit one website. Ours can be used to build a website
and post it to any
domain hosting plan.
Test drive our website builder and we'll move on to the final thoughts, a few
how to's, and some great tips and links to help you get started.
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