| So you are thinking about building your own website. | | | | is the order of your web pages? Starting at your Main |
| Here you will find some tips and great places for help | | | | Home Page, layout on paper how each page links to |
| building your own personal or business website. I will tell | | | | other pages. |
| you about two companies that I would recommend. | | | | Step #4: Pick your Domain Name Try to pick a |
| I will talk most about 1&1 Web Hosting as they are | | | | domain name that fits with your website content. Pick |
| the Web Hosting Company I use. They have been a | | | | a name or two and type them into a domain name |
| great company to work with. I will also talk about | | | | checker like the one at 1&1 Web Hosting or |
| GoDaddy, as they are another one of the best Web | | | | GoDaddy. You type in your Domain Name choice and |
| Hosting companies in the world. I recommend both | | | | it will tell you if it's free to buy and also give you many |
| these Web Hosting Companies because they have | | | | other word combinations for you to pick from. TIP: If |
| everything you need to make and run a web site. You | | | | you can, you should always try to get a domain name |
| pay one monthly price for a complete hosting | | | | that ends in ".com". |
| package. | | | | Step #5: Pick your Web Hosting Company I use |
| They have powerful tools that lets you construct a | | | | 1&1 Web Hosting and I also recommend GoDaddy |
| professional-looking site in minutes, with no | | | | Web Hosting. Both companies are great and they both |
| programming experience or HTML know-how. The | | | | have many options for building websites. They have |
| handy wizards they have will guide you through the | | | | low cost options for the first time website builders. The |
| site-building process from start to publish, with | | | | low cost websites start at $3.99 per month. They both |
| easy-to-follow instructions and simple point-and-click | | | | have all the options you could ever want. From an |
| prompts. You will be able to have feedback forms, a | | | | Online Web Store to a personal web site. You also will |
| visitor counter, guestbook, forums, shopping carts, and | | | | get hundreds of email accounts that you can use with |
| many other forms. | | | | your own domain name. |
| Steps to think about when building a website. (I can't | | | | Step #6: Pick your Template Each web hosting |
| stress this enough, but write everything down, plan, | | | | company has many website templates to pick from. |
| plan, plan.) | | | | They have many themes for all kinds of websites. |
| Step #1: Ask yourself these questions | | | | Pick your page layouts & color scheme. |
| - Why do you want to make a website? | | | | Step #7: Insert your Content Now the fun part, |
| - What is the purpose or goal of your website? | | | | designing your website. Start with your Home Page |
| - Who do you want to view your website? (your | | | | and work from there. Think about what kind of |
| target audience) | | | | graphics you want. Think about the placement of your |
| Examples | | | | content. Make sure you use the build-in spell checker |
| - Personal website for sharing photos and personal | | | | to make sure your content is grammatically correct. |
| information. | | | | Step #8: Evaluate the website Once the site is build, |
| - Business showcasing their products or services. | | | | have someone else look at the finished project and |
| - Online Store - selling one product or many. | | | | give you constructive feedback. |
| - Hobby - Setup information hub for your hobby. | | | | Ask these questions: |
| Step #2: Plan your content | | | | - Is the site easy to navigate? |
| - Where are you getting your content from? | | | | - Is it easy for your customer to find the information |
| - How are you going to show it on the web? | | | | they want. Should only be a few clicks away. |
| - What are you going to sell? | | | | Step #9: Launch you New Website! Now its time to |
| - Free giveaways? | | | | show all your hard work to the world. Publish your |
| - Order Forms & Checkout Carts? | | | | website on the Internet. Submit your site to search |
| - Are you going to have ads on your site? | | | | engines and directories. |
| Step #3: Plan the hierarchy of your web pages What | | | | Congratulations on your new website! |