How to Create Your First Website

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Choose a domain name.

   There are various tools you can use to pick a name if that gets difficult for you.
   
   Check out Nameboy.com, makewords.com, and eBay also has some.
   
   You can determine if the domain name is available by using sites like http://www.instantdomainsearch.com/ which can also help you find out if a similar site name has not been registered.
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   Step 2: Determine what kind of hosting package you will need.

   Many web hosting companies offer different packages, some of which are free, which will usually fit almost any web hosting needs.
   
   Some popular web hosting companies with low-cost starting packages are:
   GoDaddy.com 1&1 Internet Hosting HostGator.com Hostmonster.com BlueHost.com DreamHost.com and countless other , Get a notebook and sketch out what you want the pages to look like and write out as much of the content as you can. , Some of these are really good and very cheap.
   
   Freewebtemplates.com and templatesbox.com. , Some of the software platforms that you can use to create and edit your websites are:
   Frontpage office.microsoft.com/en-us/frontpage/default.aspx Dreamweaver www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/ NVU www.nvu.com/ Bluefish bluefish.openoffice.nl/ Amaya www.w3.org/Amaya/ Notepad and Notepad++ notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm , There are websites that can help if you're not a pro at Photoshop.
   
   You can use these sites to generate banner ads, buttons and everything else you need.
   
   Check out freebuttons.com, freebuttons.org, buttongenerator.com and flashbuttons.com
   - You can always use these sites to create advertisement banners for your website. ,,, Don't forget to submit to DMOZ and Searchit.com too. ,
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   Step 3: Website navigation/ Website content - Make sure your idea for your website is clear.

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   Step 4: You might also want to use a web template to make it easier for you as well if you don't have time to do it yourself.

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   Step 5: Design your website - Decide what software you're going to use to design your website.

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   Step 6: Text/Graphics and Web buttons - Use Adobe Photoshop to generate a page header for your website.

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   Step 7: Website design and development tools - There are many sites available for learning how to design and develop websites: W3Schools Online www.w3schools.com/ PHPForms.net tutorials www.phpforms.net/tutorials/ Enter www.entheosweb.com/website_design/default.asp How-to-build-websites.com http://www.how-to-build-websites.com/ Web Design Tutorials www.webdesigntutorials.net/ About.com webdesign.about.com/ HTML Help Central Forum www.htmlhelpcentral.com/messageboard/

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   Step 8: Search engine submission - Don't forget try to get it on all the big guys

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   Step 9: Google

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    Step 10: Yahoo!

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    Step 11: and Ask.com

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    Step 12: Their pages will walk you through the submission progress

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    Step 13: from adding your sitemap and including your child pages as well.

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    Step 14: Last but not least advertise

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    Step 15: you can always use Yahoo or Google Adwords and maintain your own budget.

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