How to Set Up Your First Website no comments
It can be overwhelming trying to figure out how to set up a website for the very first time. In this article we’ll discuss the basic steps you need to take to get your website up and running and so you’ll understand how it all works too.
Initially we’ll discuss the essential components necessary for creating a website. If you get the big picture of how they all work together then it’ll makes things much smoother for you because you wont be in the dark on why you need to do certain things.
To set up your first website you need to take care of two basic technicalities. First you need to get hosting. Hosting is provided by a hosting company and they essentially house all the files that you want displayed on the internet. Any computer can be a host but we pay hosting companies because they make sure that your website is always online and that their computers never have any issues. Its very cheap and usually very cheap. Anywhere from $5-$10/month.
After you get your hosting set up you next need to get a domain name. The domain is the www.yourdomainname.com part of a website. There are many places to get domain names but I mainly use GoDaddy. It is the industry standard and provides excellent service.
Ok not that you have these two requirements in your possession its time to connect them. That way when someone types in your domain name the files kept on your hosting server will be shown to them and they can access your website. To do this you need to get your nameservers from your hosting account and then plug them into your domain name account. This will connect your domain to your hosting account so that everythings functioning properly.
The next step is install your content management system (CMS). Go into your hosting account and find the “fantastico” button. Open that up and you’ll be given a list of a lot of different CMS’s. These are programs that let you manage your websites really easily and many of them without having to deal with code. I usually go with WordPress but it really depends on what kind of website you’re going for.
After you have your CMS installed you’ve done it! The last thing to do now is to simply add content!
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