How to Create Your Own Website: The Beginner’s  Guide 

Steps to create your own website.

1 Get Your Domain Name

A domain name is the name of your website. Eg : http://www.pakrus.com, http://www.fresherscenter.com

To get your domain name, you need to pay money anually. You have to register the domain name using  a domain name registrar. 

Eg : name.com ,godaddy.com

Getting a domain doesn’t mean that you have a website. Its just a name and nothing more than that. Its like registering a name for your company. 

If you are not ready to pay money for a domain name you can get free domains.

Free Domain Names

Check the following websites which provide free domain names

http://www.freedomain.co.nr/

http://www.co.cc 

2. Choose a Web Host  to host your files

A webhost is simply  a powerful computer(s) connected to the internet. You can copy your files to that computer and make it available to the world.Getting a web host account is like renting an office for your business.Following is a list of Good web hosts

http://www.Godaddy.com

http://www.hostmonster.com/

Free webhosting 

 If you are looking for a free webhosting I strongly recommend www.xtreemhost.com.

3. Designing your Web Pages

For designing a website from scratch , you must need atleast basic knowledge of HTML . If you don’t know what is HTML you can  visit http://www.w3schools.com/htmL/. Knowing a language like PHP, ASP.NET etc will be an added advantage.

4. Testing Your Website

After you create a website , you need to test it in all the major web browsers, because different browsers render same page in different ways. The common browsers include Internet explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Safari. Also you can use Free Html validators to make sure that your site is free from design errors.

5. Let  others know that your site exists

Following are some ways in which you can create more visitors.

1. Submit your site to search engines like google, yahoo ,ask etc.

2. Link your site from other web pages

3. Add your site name in free directories

If you have enough money , consider advertising in google, yahoo etc.