Website Development
How to Build a Website
by:
Maricon Williams
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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