What is the first step to Create a Website?

 

Your first step will be to register for a domain name (web address). By having your own domain name, you will be establishing your own identity on the Internet.  Click here for more information on how to get a domain name .  

 

After I get a Domain Name for my Website  - What is Next?

 

Your next step is to sign up for web hosting services.  We provide professional low cost web site hosting services as well as other internet services that will help you market web site.

 

What is Web  Hosting?

 

Web hosting is whereby we host your domain name (web address) by providing you with space for your web site pages on our servers (computers) so that internet surfers can come to your web site.  Our company provides low cost website hosting services.  Free shopping carts for e-stores are provided for free.  Click here for our low cost rates and plans.

 

How Do I Design My Web Site?

 

If you want to design your own web site, there are a variety of web designer programs available.  A few of the popular ones are:  Microsoft Frontpage,  Dreamweaver,  Printshop, PrintMaster,  etc.  (Note:  If you have Microsoft Word, you can create a web page by saving the file you create as a "html" file.  With any of the programs you decide to purchase, you will need to spend some time learning the program that you decide to use.  Most of the products have templates already developed and all you have to do is select a template for your business and fill in your information. 

When you sign up with us you will get  free website templates as well as have access to our online FREE Site Studio website generator. If you are a beginner and don't have time to learn how the html and css web design programming languages - this is a quick way to get your site up and running. Your other option is to have a professional web designer do it for you.

 

How Do I Put My Website on Your Server?

 

One will also need to know how to upload (copy) their web pages to the server so that they can be displayed on the Internet.  Some of the web designer programs, however, will have their own publishing feature that will automatically upload your files to the server.  For the programs that do not have this feature, you can use a third party FTP (file transfer protocol) program.  The program that we use is called WS-FTP. You can get more information on this product by clicking on the following link:  WS-FTP

 

How Do I Promote My Web Site?

 

You will need to register your web site with the search engine sites, i.e. Yahoo, Google,  etc.  You can manually register your site with each company by going to their web site and looking for the "Add URL" link (usually at the bottom of the page)  and be sure to read and follow their guidelines.  Also, be sure to do Link Exchanges with other sites that are related to yours. Related links are especially important in getting good placement in the Google Search Engine.  

 

Click Here to get more information on automated site promotion software that will allow you to register your own web site with the search engines and other site promotion tools.