Planning to build a website. What are the steps that I should follow?

Question

Planning to build a website. What are the steps that I should follow?

Answer 1

You can create a free website with Microsoft Office Live Small Business - http://tinyurl.com/officelive . It has a free design tool that allows you to create web pages without coding. It has no ads and has 500mb of web space. Just start designing right away! This is not just for business websites, works great for other kinds of sites. MS is giving a free domain name for the 1st year.

Answer 2

To make a website you need a domain and webhosting.The best way to buy a domain for free is to purchase your domain and webhosting together. In this way it is possible to get your domain for free. Some webhosting companies offer this as a gift .Bluehost is the best one

http://www.bluehost.com/track/bluehostwe...

Answer 3

If you are a total novice then there are some simple sites that help you create your own page.

But since you didn't say what kind of site you want, it's hard for us to answer this question for you.  

Do you want an e-commerce site, like an online store?  Do you want a site to set up forums and chat with friends?  Do you want to share Photos?

Many of these are do-able without learning how to design web sites at all.  

Answer 4

i can give you the email address of a web designer.

really friendly reliable guy - i hired him for some work a while back, he answered all of my questions.

want his email?

Answer 5

1. You need a webspace at web hosting server.

Recommended :: GoDaddy http://www.godaddy.com

Free webhosting:: Awardspace,freeservers,netfirm...

http://www.awardspace.com/

http://www.freeservers.com/

http://www.netfirms.com/

2. You need a Domain Name

like www.yourwebsite.com

Again Godaddy offers Domain names at lowest price available. You can get your website.info for as low as $ 0.99

Well,you can have free domain name like yourwebsite.awardspace.com with free webhosts. or you can redirect your paid domain towards free webhosts.

3. Web Designing

If you know Html +javascript+flash its a cakewalk, but if you are not equipped, there are loads of free web-publishing softwares available.

Here are a few for the layman:

Rapidwebsite

get free software

http://4minweb.com/

You can design a website by just creating a MS.Word file with same name of your buttons on webpage and they'll contain all those texts.Besides, you can insert pics in .doc file too. If you are aware(remember first page should be INDEX)

When your website is done take it out of your TEMP folder in

Document settings>>User>>Local>>TEMP

OR

you can put your website directly by in built FTP on *rapid website*

a4desk

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http://www.a4desk.com

This one is a cool , free flash website maker that you can try

4.Next you need to upload your designed website files on webhost.

You can use any of the free FTP softwares like:

CuteFTP ----just punch in your domain name +user id+password to enter the server by simply connecting at FTP.

http://www.cuteftp.com/

Now can put your website pages ..and you are done!

Note:: Always keep the folder structure of your designed website in your mind while loading it at server.

Cheers:)