Many people who would like to create a website, feel disheartened because they don’t know how to go about doing it. They believe that advanced programming skills are needed before they can build a site.
But such notions are just not true, because all one really needs is to follow a simple 3-step process. In just 10 minutes or less, your site will be up and running!
Overview of the Procedure
Here are the straightforward and easy steps that you need to follow in order to build your website in a flash.
- Choose a website hosting platform.
- Create a domain name and choose a hosting provider.
- Tweak and set up your website.
Definition of Terms
For total newbies, some technical terms used in this article are defined below.
Domain Name
The domain name is the name that you’ll use for your website. It’s commonly known as the URL (Universal Resource Locator), or the website address. The URL “Facebook.com” is one example.
Hosting Provider
The hosting provider provides hosting services on the Web. You can think of them as the company that will give your website a space on the Internet.
Website Hosting Platform (CMS)
A web hosting platform is also known as a Content Management System (CMS). A CMS is an application that’s used for digital content management and creation.
Steps Further Explained
1. Choose a website hosting platform.
This is the first and easiest step in web building because all you have to do is pick a program. But it’s still pretty hard if you don’t have a single CMS software in mind. Well, you can just check the programs listed below.
– Drupal
– Joomla
There are many web hosting platforms available, but these three are the best for beginners, and even for expert programmers. Why? It’s because they’re already an all-in-one package.
WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal are open-source platforms that don’t require any coding skills to set up. They’re so easy to utilize that using them would make you feel like you’re just customizing your Facebook timeline.
2. Create a domain name and choose a hosting provider.
Here it is! This is the most exciting part of building a website, but it’s also the most crucial. Creating a domain name is the most important aspect in web creation because a website’s popularity greatly depends upon its name. It’s like naming a business where the name should be based on the products or services being offered.
The domain name will represent your site. It should depend on the purpose of your website. Before finalizing your domain name, you must think of these questions first: What contents will I put on my site? Can people search for it quickly? Do not come up with a domain name that’s hard to memorize. You must focus on factors like simplicity, readability, and availability.
Now that you’ve created a domain name, it’s time to choose your hosting provider. There are tons of website hosting providers on the Web, but not all of them are safe and true to their offers. You must consider a few factors first before choosing one.
These factors are:
– Customer support
– Hosting packages
– Reliability
– Price
-Ease of use
– Provides one-click installation for popular CMS
– Dedicated hosting
– E-commerce hosting
3. Tweak and set up your website.
Once you’re done paying web hosting fees, it’s time to design your site.
The first thing you must do before you can design your website is to install your chosen CMS. Your hosting service provider will provide a one-click installation.
After installation, you can now choose a theme. There are thousands of free and excellent designs available for websites. Just log in to your CMS dashboard, select one, and install it.
If you’ve chosen WordPress, just type in the address bar your domain name and add /wp-admin. This will redirect you into the WordPress dashboard where you can personalize your site.
Congratulations! You’re done! You have just created your own website in less than 10 minutes.
What a fine tutorial. Gotta try this out. I’m not that tech savvy, but I think it’s manageable just by following these steps. Thanks!
Thanks Evan.
Nice post! Very helpful for those who doesn’t know how to design their own websites. This will save you a ton of money, I’m telling you.
Which one’s better? Drupal, Joomla or WordPress for a beginner like me?
WordPress. Hands down. That’s the easiest one to setup and they got a lot of free themes that looks good!
In depth tutorial. Thanks for the tips, man!
Nice post! Looking for some tips and I came across this one. Gotta try this out!
Informative to the extent that even a newbie like me can build a simple website on my own!
Can’t upload images? How can I solve it?
You can change the HTAccess path or contact your hosting provider. Check out this article: http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-image-upload-issue-in-wordpress/ hope this helps!
Nice tutorials here. Not still much familiarized in building websites. Think I’m still can finish almost an hour. But will focus this on much and need to learn more to finish building the website faster.
Want to try other alternative platforms aside from WordPress. Maybe I can do the design there faster. HAHA
It is best to use a domain website to be designed that has strength with a standard number of trust flow, domain and page authority and clean referring domains and IPs to rank better in search engines.