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Miguel
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« on: September 09, 2008, 03:18:42 PM »

Any idea how will I start to make or create my own website? Any online tutorial for this matter? Thanks
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Wesley
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« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2008, 12:16:56 PM »

Hi there amigo, I have some tips for you on how to create your own website.

* Get Your Domain Name - A domain name is the name you want to give to your website. To get a domain name, you have to pay an annual fee to a registrar for the right to use that name. Getting a name does not get you a website or anything like that. It's just a name. It's sort of like registering a business name in the brick-and-mortar world; having that business name does not mean that you also have the shop premises to go with the name.

* Choose a Web Host and Sign Up for an Account - A web host is basically a company that has many computers connected to the Internet. When you place your web pages on their computers, everyone in the world will be able to connect to it and view them. You will need to sign up for an account with a web host so that your website has a home. If getting a domain name is analogous to getting a business name in the brick-and-mortar world, getting a web hosting account is analogous to renting office premises for your business.

* Designing your Web Pages - Once you have your domain name and web host, your next step will be to design the web site itself.  Although there are many considerations in web design, as a beginner, your first step is to actually get something out onto the web. The fine-tuning can come after you've figured out how to get a basic web page onto your site. There are many commercial and free web editors around.

* Testing Your Website - You will need to test your web pages as you design them in the major browsers: Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 6, the latest versions of Firefox, Opera and Safari. Since all these browsers are free anyway, it should not be any hardship to get them and install them. The trick however, is testing with two versions of Internet Explorer since the later version will overwrite the earlier.

* Collecting Credit Card Information, Making Money - f you are selling products or services, you will need some way to collect credit card information. You should read up on How to Accept Credit Cards on Your Website.

* Getting Your Site Noticed - This is where promoting your website is important. This involves many things, including the usual way people did things before the Internet: advertisements in the newspapers, word-of-mouth, etc.

* Conclusion - Naturally the above guide is not exhaustive. It is a distillation of some of the basic steps to getting started with your site. However, the above tutorial should get you started in putting your website onto the Internet.

Well, I just hope that this could be of help. Goodluck.
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