Learn How To Build Your Own Website
Step by Step Guide
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New Website Owner
Welcome to build-your-website.co.uk.
Are you looking to learn how to build your own website, and are feeling overwhelmed by the technology, terminology and options.
Perhaps you've already started making a site but are close to giving up.
Making a website isn't difficult - once you know how, and where to start!
In fact, website building methods have changed over the last few years making it much easier for you to build your own website.
However as the technology has changed the website building options have increased making it extremely confusing for new website owners to know which one to use to start their website .
You undoubtedly have many questions like:
- Do I create a website or blog?
- Should I Use WordPress or an HTML/PHP template?
- How do I get a domain name?
- Do I need a web page editor?
- Do I need to learn HTML?
- How much does it cost?
The site aims to cover those questions and more, to help get you going in the right direction from the start.
Website Building vs Design
In order to build a website you don't need to be a web designer! Which should be good new to most of you.
There are so many professional designs available in the form or themes( WordPress) and templates (HTML/PHP). It is simply a question of choosing a design for the site rather than creating a new design from scratch.
Software Tools and Costs
You can build a website using basic software that you should already have on your home PC, or that is available for free on the Internet.
For small basic 1-10 page websites then the cost of website building software like Dreamweaver is totally unjustified.
If you create the site using WordPress then the web page editor is included as part of the platform (online editor).
If you do most of the work yourself then Making a Website for under £100 is easily achievable.
Starting Your Website
My recommended approach is to use WordPress as the site building platform. Here is the step by step guide to starting a website using WordPress:
- Choose and Register a Domain Name
- Choose a web hosting provider
- Setup Your Hosting Space and Email Addresses
- Install and Configure WordPress
- Add Your Content
If you follow these 5 simple steps then you can have your very own website online in a matter of hours. They are covered in detail in the 5 steps to build your website tutorial.
Of course WordPress isn't the only option. If you are interested in evaluating the other options they are covered in understanding your website building options article
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Courses
Over the years I have created many courses covering many aspects of website building.
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- Website hosting FAQ.-Answering Your Web Hosting Questions.
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