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How_to_Build_a_Website
| How to Build a Website
Many businesses and companies are finding it hard to build their
own websites. Nevertheless, it should not be daunting as they
envision it to be. In fact, it’s easy. You just need your basic
knowledge in computer, internet, a free HTML editor and space in
the web. And off you go with your new web site!
The first thing to do is to plan your objectives. They must be
reflected in your web site. You must also think of the visitors.
You are making the website for them and not to yourself alone.
It must cater to their needs. I mean individual needs.
The next step is to think about the design. This involves
layout, colors and content. These elements are crucial since
they make up the totality of your web site. Wrong choice of
color may result to hard to read content. Because of this, your
visitors might be annoyed and switch to another site. The
drawback is, you might lose all your visitors. Sure you don’t
want it to happen so be extra careful with these elements.
Find a server to publish your site. This is the next thing that
you must do. There are sites that offer hosting for free. You
can have them if you don’t want to spend a penny. However, if
you’re running a business, it is advisable to have your own
domain. It may cost you about 70 dollars for two years. Not bad
though because your site will be free from pop-ups that the free
hosting servers are giving.
Now, you can copy your pages to your chosen server. You need not
memorize all the tags and format but you must know about HTML.
Though, there are hundreds of WYSIWYG or What You See Is What
You Get editors out there, nonetheless, you can create a better
site with just your basic knowledge on HTML. Proofread and
meticulously examine your site. Is navigation satisfactory? Is
the content fulfilling in your own point of view? How about in
the point of view of the visitors? How about the graphics? If it
is not satisfying, you can redo the pages. If you are fulfilled
with the overall appearance and function of your site, then you
are ready for the next step - to upload it to your host and
promote your site.
After the aforementioned steps, you are now ready to accept
visitors. However, it doesn’t stop here for web site is a cycle.
It’s not enough to be visited by visitors you must keep them
from coming back. To do this, update your site more often to be
acquainted with the recent events at the same time to make it
more useful so as to cater to everybody’s needs.
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