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 likehttp://www.instantdomainsearch.com/ which
can also help you find out if a similar site name has not been registered.
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:
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GoDaddy.com
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1&1 Internet
Hosting
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HostGator.com
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Hostmonster.com
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BlueHost.com
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DreamHost.com
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and countless other
3
Website navigation/
Website content - Make sure your idea for your website is clear. 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.
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. Some of these
are really good and very cheap. Freewebtemplates.com and templatesbox.com.
5
Design your website -
Decide what software you're going to use to design your website. Some of the software platforms that you
can use to create and edit your websites are:
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Frontpage
office.microsoft.com/en-us/frontpage/default.aspx
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Dreamweaver
www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/
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NVU www.nvu.com/
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Bluefish
bluefish.openoffice.nl/
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Amaya
www.w3.org/Amaya/
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Notepad and Notepad++
notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
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Text/Graphics and Web
buttons - Use Adobe Photoshop to generate a page header for your website. 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.
7
Website design and
development tools - There are many sites available for learning how to design
and develop websites:
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W3Schools Online
www.w3schools.com/
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PHPForms.net tutorials
www.phpforms.net/tutorials/
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Enter
www.entheosweb.com/website_design/default.asp
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How-to-build-websites.com http://www.how-to-build-websites.com/
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Web Design Tutorials
www.webdesigntutorials.net/
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About.com
webdesign.about.com/
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HTML Help Central
Forum www.htmlhelpcentral.com/messageboard/
8
Search engine
submission - Don't forget try to get it on all the big guys, Google, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, and Ask.com
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Their pages will walk
you through the submission progress, from adding your sitemap and including
your child pages as well. Don't
forget to submit to DMOZ
and Searchit.com too.
10
Last but not least
advertise, you can always use Yahoo or Google Adwords and maintain your own
budget.
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