Start Your Website

Step 1 - Hosting & Domains

These are the first steps you must take: Purchase a domain name (e.g. yourwebsite.com) Choose a web host to host your website

Step 2 - Design your page

Figure out what you want your page to be about. It can specialize in a certain area or cover a broad range of topics. Create or find a layout that you like Write the content that you will have for your web page. You can design the webpage yourself (if you know HTML) or you can hire a web designer.

Step 3 - Test and validate your web site

Once you have the web site looking how you want it you should test it in other browsers and on other platforms if possible to insure that everyone will be able to use your site. It is also wise to spellcheck your page and run it through an HTML validator to make sure that you haven't made any mistakes.

Ideas for your home page

Include contact info - It is a good practice to get in the habit of having a clearly visible way for a visitor to contact you. That way if they have a question they won't have to scour the site just to find it.

Keep the page small - Even though you may have a high speed connection there are lots of people who are still dialing up to access the internet. Be considerate of the low speed users and it will make the page load even faster for those that do have a better connection.