How to Make a Free Website
Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, revealed in the first Transformers movie that they learned how to speak man’s language through the World Wide Web. The World Wide Web or simply the Web, is a system of information containing text, pictures, videos, etc. from a collection of publicly accessible websites. It was created by physicist Tim Berners-Lee in 1990 free to be used by anyone. It is the highway of unlimited information about anything under the sun, and it’s just a click away. This information is accessed using addresses formatted in Hypertext Transfer protocol (http). The Hypertext Markup Language (html) is used to create websites.
A website is hosted in at least one server accessed through the internet or a private local area network through an internet address known as Uniform Resource Locator (URL). There are a thousand and one website categories, each one created for purposes as personal, government, business, education, health, and others too many to mention.
Purpose
Why would anyone think of creating his or her own website? If you would create one, what would its purpose be? Some people create websites for their hobbies; others to showcase important events in their lives; and still others use it as a blog. Thousands of people around the globe have created their own personal websites for small businesses to earn money. Yes, in this day and age it is possible to earn money by simply creating your own website where you can advertise your skills, talents, training, and genius.
Planning Your Website
In creating your own web, you should keep in mind some principles that would enable your users fast and efficient use of your website. The web design is as important as the content of the website for it will determine if your visitor will stay on your site or move on to the next. Consider these tips:
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Make sure your users are able to navigate your website easily.
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Make sure they are able to get the information they need at the shortest possible time.
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Avoid having to ask them for too many clicks.
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Make sure the site content is relevant to the audience.
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It would be best to make the site as appealing as possible by using graphics, photo galleries, and videos.
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Make sure each site loads easily and so do the graphics.
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Make sure the links to the website have been tested.
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Make sure grammatical and spelling errors are non-existent.
Creating your Own Website
Create your Domain Name
To create your own website, the first two things you should do is to sign up for a free website hostingprovider and choose a domain name (e.g. —-.com). The internet address of a website or blog is called its domain name. Your domain name should be short and simple, obvious, accurate, and easy to remember.
Choose a Free Web Host Provider
Once you have a domain name, it’s time to pick out a web hosting provider which will show you exactly what to do to set up your website or blog for free. Make sure you choose an established provider that has a track record in the field already.
Install Word Press on Your Website
Word Press is a user-friendly, highly powerful tool in creating websites. It allows you to build websites even with little or no technical know-how by allowing you to use free pre-designed themes so you won’t have to hire professional webdesigners. All you have to do is type in your text and add your pictures, if any, and Word Press will create the pages, apply the chosen layout and add a link to each one of them from the menu bar. Word Press works on any computer or browser, even on smart devices like iphones since it operates from the internet.
Configure Your Website
Try to access your website and check the default theme. Follow the log-in link located at the right sidebar of your homepage. You should be able to see the Word Press (WP) Dashboard and be familiar with it because whatever changes you make on your website will be made using it. You can play around with Word Press and experiment on themes and the like to make to make your website more interesting. Install relevant plug ins which can enable you to speed up our website’s and search engine’s performance, enhance appearance and more. You can also find submenus at the left hand side of the WP Dashboard each with a purpose worth studying.
More About Websites
A website can contain an infinite amount of pictures, texts, links and pages. It can be created just for that if one wants it to be. Some examples of websites that can be created easily include business sites with contact details, a family blog with photos and text, and a photography site. The important thing is, once started, a website should be launched no matter how inadequate it is for the moment. Standard practice is to write ‘Under Construction” on the front page of the site.
Websites have simple beginnings and they only get better through time by careful nurturing. Find new ways to improve and expand your site. Keep building it by responding to feedback.
Website neophytes are often concerned with spam. However, a new site usually does not attract spammers since it does not initially get much attention.
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