Learn How To Make A Website

Are you looking to build your first website and are perhaps feeling overwhelmed by the technology, terminology and options.

Perhaps you've already started making a site but are close to giving up.

If so then please continue to explore this site, as here you will find clear and easy to follow step by step tutorials, courses and videos, designed especially for beginners, that show you how to build a Website .

You can Learn to build:

• A personal ,hobby, business or ecommerce/shop
• A simple one or two page business or personal website.
• A content management site or blog using WordPress.
• An online Shop/ecommerce site.

Making a website isn't really that difficult, but for new website owners the main difficulty appears to be where to start?

• Do you create a website or blog?
• Use WordPress or an HTML/PHP template?
• How do you get a domain name?
• How much does it cost?

What You Will Need To Start

There are only two things that you really need:-

• A Domain Name
• A Web Host

I recommend that you purchase them together from the same provider. I use:

• Blue Host -USA
• 1&1-UK

Website Building Options and Costs

The technology and tools used to build websites and web pages has changed considerably over the year and it has become much easier for non technical website owners to create their own site.

 This site covers two website building methods:

• Standard HTML/PHP templates
• WordPress

Don't worry if you don't know what I mean at the moment as both methods will be explained.

My preferred method is WordPress, but it is useful to learn both methods and then decide which you prefer.

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.

Web Site Types

In General there are two types of website you can build.

• Business -which includes offline business, online business and ecommerce/shop.
• Personal -Which includes cv, portfolio, family, and hobby sites

The process of creating an offline or online business site is very similar as it utilizes the same technology, basically a standard website which is usually WordPress or an HTML/PHP template.

The business website section will take you step by step through creating a business website (online or offline) from the initial site planning to running and maintaining the site.

Ecommerce/shopping sites are however different as they usually built with specialised software i.e. shopping cart software.

The Ecommerce section covers the various shopping cart options and the main aspects of building an online shop.

Personal websites are much simpler to make than business sites as there is no need to market/promote the site, you just need to make it.

Post Build

Once you have built the site there are a number of ongoing things you should be doing. If you have a business/ecommerce site then you will need to promote the site .(Website Promotion)

All site types will require ongoing maintenance and updates.-See Running Your Website

Popular Articles:

How to Plan Your Website - The most important part of building your website is the planning and yet most people don't seem to bother. Proper planning is essential to a successful website.

Making Money From Your Website-How to monetize your site using Google Adsense and Affiliate programs.

Websites for Business Owners- For those of you who aren't making it themselves but want to understand what is involved.

The Evolution of Website Building Tools, Technologies and Methods I look at the various technologies and methods over the last 15 years and were it is heading.