People who are new to websites might feel intimidated to start solely because websites look like they take quite a bit of skills and knowledge.
Although this is partially true to a certain extent depending on the website you need, it is very possible to build a website in just a matter of hours.
The key to instant websites is making full use of what's available online, using as little money as possible for startup.
Firstly, you will have to register a domain name.
Use a well-known and reliable registrar like GoDaddy or Dynadot, or anything similar with great reviews.
It is important to read a good number of reviews from different sources before you settle the registrar of your choice.
A dot com should cost around $5 to $20 or slightly more, depending on the features you want to add with the registration.
After you setup your domain, you should find a webhost with great reviews.
Popular registrars normally offer hosting plans so if you see something you like you can always try it out.
You will be starting so do not find a webhost that offers large storage space and bandwidth.
Choose shared hosting and the budget plan.
If you require something more along the way you will always have the option to upgrade your monthly package.
Many webhosts use cPanel with Fantastico.
You can ask your webhost if they offer this.
The reason for this is that Fantastico allows you to install any of its collection of open source softwares in a matter of minutes! From the widely-used blog freewares like WordPress, CMS which includes Joomla and Drupal, ecommerce softwares like osCommerce and Zen Cart, forms like PHP Form, community forums e.
g.
PhpBB, SMF (Simple Machines Forum), etc.
You can have your website up in no time! After you've set this up, it's time to customize how it looks.
Open source softwares have thousands upon thousands of themes/skins to choose from online.
Simply do a Google search, for example "WordPress green theme" or "drupal beach theme" and you will be presented with a list of websites that offer such themes.
Edit the logo of the theme for it to match your domain name (it doesn't have to be extravagant) and then upload the theme to the correct folder on your website via FTP or file manager on the cPanel.
There you have it, your very own instant website that didn't take more than a day to build!
Although this is partially true to a certain extent depending on the website you need, it is very possible to build a website in just a matter of hours.
The key to instant websites is making full use of what's available online, using as little money as possible for startup.
Firstly, you will have to register a domain name.
Use a well-known and reliable registrar like GoDaddy or Dynadot, or anything similar with great reviews.
It is important to read a good number of reviews from different sources before you settle the registrar of your choice.
A dot com should cost around $5 to $20 or slightly more, depending on the features you want to add with the registration.
After you setup your domain, you should find a webhost with great reviews.
Popular registrars normally offer hosting plans so if you see something you like you can always try it out.
You will be starting so do not find a webhost that offers large storage space and bandwidth.
Choose shared hosting and the budget plan.
If you require something more along the way you will always have the option to upgrade your monthly package.
Many webhosts use cPanel with Fantastico.
You can ask your webhost if they offer this.
The reason for this is that Fantastico allows you to install any of its collection of open source softwares in a matter of minutes! From the widely-used blog freewares like WordPress, CMS which includes Joomla and Drupal, ecommerce softwares like osCommerce and Zen Cart, forms like PHP Form, community forums e.
g.
PhpBB, SMF (Simple Machines Forum), etc.
You can have your website up in no time! After you've set this up, it's time to customize how it looks.
Open source softwares have thousands upon thousands of themes/skins to choose from online.
Simply do a Google search, for example "WordPress green theme" or "drupal beach theme" and you will be presented with a list of websites that offer such themes.
Edit the logo of the theme for it to match your domain name (it doesn't have to be extravagant) and then upload the theme to the correct folder on your website via FTP or file manager on the cPanel.
There you have it, your very own instant website that didn't take more than a day to build!
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