How
To Set Up And
Create A Website
If you
are new to the internet or you just want to have your own
presence on the web you may be wondering how you can set
up your first domain name and website hosting account and
what tools you will need for creating HTML pages and transferring
files.
The
process of creating your own website may seem daunting at
first but its actually very easy and its essential that
you master this skill if you are serious about earning a
living on the internet. Without your own website you will
find it much harder to generate consistent profits and long
term success.
The
first thing you will need is a domain name which is very
important because you need to choose a name that accurately
represents what you intend to use it for. Its best to use
a dot com domain because this is what people are familiar
with but as they are the most popular it can be hard to
find names that are available so you may want to use a dot
net or dot info domain (adding hyphens between words can
find available names).
When
you have decided which niche you want to target its important
that you find out what search terms are used by your target
market because if you include a few keywords in your domain
name it can help you improve your rankings in the search
engines. You can buy a domain name from a company such as
Go Daddy.
The
next thing you will need is a website hosting account which
is also very important because you need to choose a service
that provides sufficient disk space and data transfer as
well as supporting all of the latest versions of PHP, Perl,
JavaScript, and CGI. Its best to use a service that provides
multiple domain names so that you can set up new websites
in the future.
With
website hosting accounts now available for as little as
$3 per month for 5 gigabytes disk space and 50 gigabytes
data transfer there really is no need to use a free service
anymore. Most companies will also allow you to upgrade your
account if you ever need more disk space or data transfer.
You can buy website hosting from a company such as Host
Excellence.
The
next thing you will need is an HTML editor which is essential
because it allows you to create and edit HTML pages which
are used for your website. It uses a simple "what you
see is what you get" (WYSIWYG) interface which allows
you to quickly and easily create pages exactly how you want
them without needing to use any HTML code.
There
are many free tools that you can use but if you are serious
about your business you really need to buy an HTML editor
called Dream Weaver which is the most advanced software
application available for creating websites. It has all
of the essential features and many which are not available
with free HTML editors.
The
final thing you will need is an FTP client which is essential
because it allows you to connect to a server and transfer
files into your website hosting account. It allows you to
either transfer files in ASCII or binary and also set permissions
using the CHMOD feature. Without an FTP client you will
have no way of transferring your HTML pages into your website
hosting account.
There
are many free tools that you can use but if you are serious
about your business you really need to buy an FTP client
called Cute FTP which is the most advanced software application
available for transferring files. It has all of the essential
features and many which are not available with free FTP
clients.
There
are of course other features of your website hosting which
you will need to learn how to use such as how to set up
an email account for your domain and how to create a MySQL
database for a blog or forum. It may seem complicated but
its actually very simple and you can always get support
from your host if you need any help.
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