how would I create my own website???

What sort of site are you wanting to create?

If you're looking to get content online then personally I'd suggest the Wordpress platform - free, easy to install, simple to customize and loads of plugins, themes and community support.

If you're looking to put up a sales letter or squeeze page then you'll need an HTML editor, a little know how and maybe a template to work from (until you get your head around it). Something like Nvu or Komposer is free, something like Dreamweaver is much more powerful but quite pricy... Horses for courses!

Perhaps if you can give us more information about what you want to achieve we can point you in the right direction!

Bill

What kind of website would you like to create?
What kind of experience do you have?

First purchase a domain name with hosting from a reputated website whose servers are always active and reliable then learn about CSS/HTML, u will surely create ur website bro.

Theoraga,

Creating your website is a simple and easy process, though as stated many times in the answers above, the method you will choose to create it largely depends on the goal(s) you have set for your website.

The quick and easy ways to do it:

1. Go for FREE solutions
> Blogger, the free blog engine of Google: www.blogger.com
> WordPress, the most popular blog engine that can also be used as a CMS (which means that you have both static pages for your regular info and a "blog" page where you can add your latest news): WordPress.com — Get a Free Blog Here
> Tumblr, micro-blogging solution, considered more "artsy" than the previous ones: https://www.tumblr.com/

The good news is that all of the above will get you started using a website with ZERO upfront fee and ZERO technical bits. Also, they are fairly secure solutions rather than throwing together quick HTML or PHP pages that could be exploited by the average hacker.

Once you get a hang of the basics (how to upload videos/photos, how to publish a post, how to add a comment, etc.) you can then start to dig further into the absolute basics for either installing your blog on a domain that you would have purchased or even creating the website of your dreams upon the solid foundation of a CMS.

Do not jump the gun! Give yourself the time to understand how it works before getting it to work. I believe following this order will make your learning curve more enjoyable.

2. Learn from the pros!
A website I highly recommend to learn anything is: Software training online-tutorials for Adobe, Microsoft, Apple & more (not an affiliate link.) You can check out expert video classes for an extremely affordable monthly rate.

I wish you good luck in your webdesign journey!

- Patty

I think wordpress platform is very good start for you.
Just install wordpress application from your host cpanel into your domain. Then upload a good free theme from wordpress dashboard.
Good Luck.

I have to agree, Wordpress is the greatest CMS. Extremely easy to install and use. Plus, there are tons of video tutorials and how-tos out there. Also, there are lots of themes available to make your sight look great!

+1 for using WordPress. You could even try using WordPress.COM instead of the .ORG just to get familiar with it and see if you'd like it. You'd be able to get a website up in less than a few minutes.

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Wordpress is the best platform for use and its plugins and features are great.

The simplest place to start is with a totally free blog on blogger.com Then try using Wordpress to advance.
Then finally for a serious business website of your own you need to hire a reputable Web Host company, setup a Hosting account with them, decide on a website Domain name, Register it with an ICANN Registrar ( preferribly unrelated to the Host ) and take their Privacy option, set the DNS ( Domain Name Servers ) at the registrar to your Host servers, create and publish your website pages, etc.

If you want free site, like blogs in blogger or wordpress, you can create it easily. But if you want your site in your own domain name, you need to know how to work on it or better hire someone.

1 Option

Buy a Domain, hire a hosting, design your site, and code it, upload it via FTP.

Get the domain in godaddy, design it in Photoshop, code it in notepad++, or dreamweaver, use filezilla to upload to your hosting.

Godaddy is easy to use , just choose your domain and buy it, buy a hosting plan in Hostgator, learn photoshop(it is not necessary, you can just put images and with some css you are done), learn html, ans css or Learn to use dreamweaver .

2-Option get Kompozer and learn to use it.

3-Option Go to wordpress dot com, and get your own free blog, just put the content in it.

You can create your own website by useing a free htm editer like
KompoZer - Easy web authoring
Designing & Publishing a Site with KompoZer
Tutorial on how to create your first web site with this free WYSIWYG web editor
How to Design and Publish Your Website with KompoZer (thesitewizard.com)

Derral

Hey, the best help I've read here is the question..." What kind of website do you want to create?" Once you know that, you can decide the depth you have to head for. (simple, complex or somewhere in between). You could go for the Unstoppable Affiliate guy, he does walk you through it even if it takes a month or so, who cares.

Also, you need to decide on the niche (Unstoppable Affiliate is not so IM oriented)

Hope that helps a bit^x^

I'm about to go down the Wordpress route for some niche sites - there's loads of info right here on this forum to get you started.
I echo the "what kind of website do you want to create" issue - the more you plan, the easier the creation will be. Kind of... :-)

Have fun!

Andy :-))

visit Weebly, easy and fast for beginners. just google it and select the first link and its going to show you the steps to making a free easy website

It depends if you want to create a website or a blog, now blogs are much easier to get started with and also appear to be indexed quicker than a traditional website.

If you go the traditional website route you will most probably need to learn a little html. now if you search on Google you can find lots of free website templates and you might find one that seems acceptable, you can use that to start with, modifying it where necessary by editing the html to suit your needs.

I highly recommend Edit Plus as an html editor as it produces really clean code and is simple to use, do not bother use the the likes of Microsoft Word to build a website as there is a mass of redundant code.

Try to avoid spending money on website building software such as Dreamweaver, Frontpage, Microsoft Expression , they can be difficult to learn and complicate matters.

You need to keep things simple and if the website is for a business, spend a lot of time researching your keywords and content even before choosing a name for your site.

You can you Wordpress it works good really ;-)

You MUST answer the question before you'll get an intelligent response, what is your goal?

If you're just looking to throw up a simple, practically useless website then use one of the freebie do it yourself hosting companies or pieces of software out there.

If you're looking to write articles, use Wordpress.com.

If you're looking to make money you're better off skipping the 'do it yourself' approach and hire an expert that has the experience necessary to help you compete.

There are different frameworks available in the market to create your website. You have to first design your website in it by sketches and contents regarding to your website.

If you are a newbie, I suggest you to build it on blogger. It is easy to maintain. If you have a knowledge on HTML, Php, you can go for wordpress.

First of all i will suggest to do experiment with wordpress or joomla. you will get lots of tutorial over internet. do experiment you will learn everything from internet,.

It is sad to note that the person who started this thread appears to have made this one post then left, it defies rhyme or reason. perhaps this thread needs to be closed so that others do not waste their time on someone who is not listening.

I think it is important to decipher the main goal of your website and what you want to achieve. Through this you can build and develop a consistent theme that is relevant to your goal. Getting creative and furthering your skills as a designer is also paramount as to give your site an edge that other similar products may lack.

Look around for wordpress CMS, its the best you can get and all for free.
Thanks

just start with static website and later if you want to extend you can check for free opensource softwares such as wp, joomla etc

worpdress is the best option for creating website.You made your website just 15 mints..Just try it..

I always suggest that you get your own domain name and hosting from godaddy and then in the admin panel install wordpress. From there you can ad plugins that list your articles and posts into google etc automatically. There are thousand of free plugins etc that tutorials are available for free. You need to "promote you" , free web pages are great to add a place to add links back to your main page/s but you need to build your own presence which of course is your virtual store/ place to have families meet or whatever your are wanting to do with it. If you are going to promote internet products or real products to drop ship etc then word press works well. todaysentrepreneur dot info is a site to see the typical layout of a wordpress style blog which of course Google just loves to index quickly.Youtube had 1000's of video tutorials as well.

good luck !

I would disagree about only using Wordpress if you want to do blogging and not for a website. There are a ton of really nice sites out there now that use pages within WP. For a beginner, I would definitely recommend going that route. Just start experimenting within a Wordpress.com free site and then look into routing a URL after that.

Here are the Seven Simple Steps I recommend to my clients and friends.

Step One: Write your content, till it's 70% 'right'. Don't worry about the other '30%'. You'll be continually improving it, and it will never reach 'perfect', so only aim for 70%.

Step Two: Create a free account at https://en.wordpress.com/signup/

Step Three: Tinker around with WordPress.com and see how it works.

Step Four: Copy and paste your web pages into WordPress.com as 'Pages' and your articles (optional) as 'Posts'.

Post vs.Page — Support — WordPress.com

(You can actually combine the first four steps into one, by writing your content within WordPress.com. But you could get sidetracked by using a new 'program' to write in, so if that could possibly slow down your content-writing process, don't let it. But if you can handle it, the content editor in WordPress is just as easy, if not easier, to use as Word or other word processor programs.)

Step Five: Sign up with a hosting provider. Your options are:

1. A normal hosting account

2. A managed WordPress hosting account

A 'normal' hosting account should cost under $10 a month, and often include registering your domain name* in the package. You'll be responsible for keeping WordPress and any plugins you use up-to-date, and you'll be responsible for keeping backups of your site's files, and daily or weekly updated backups of the WordPress database (which contains all your content). This can be automated via a WP plugin, to make backups easier.

Also, you'll need to install WordPress (the WordPress.org 'self-hosted' version) yourself, or hire someone to do it for you.

A 'managed' hosting account means that WordPress comes already installed on your account. And you don't have to worry about upgrades/updates of WordPress or your plugins, or backups, because all that is handled automatically for you. It's great for anyone who isn't geeky. (Or even if you are geeky - I use a managed WP hosting account for my main site, as well as a normal account for other sites.)

You'll pay $20 and upwards a month for this service, and it's well worth the extra $.

Step Five: If it didn't come included with your hosting package, register your domain name. (That's your website address - like http://warriorforum.com or Google) Note - you don't own your domain name, it's more like you rent or hire it on an annual basis. If you forget to renew it, you can lose it if someone else snaps it up. That can be a major disaster.

I use Namecheap.

Avoid GoDaddy - they seem very popular but a lot of that has to do with their affiliate scheme. I've worked with many different domain name companies on behalf of my clients, and I can tell you for sure that Namecheap is the best I've come across. GoDaddy is a real headache in comparison.

Step Six: Now you can export your content from WordPress.com to your new hosting account. (If you didn't go with a managed WP hosting account, you'll have to install WordPress first. If you chose a normal hosting account, it might have a simple set-up wizard called SimpleScripts you can use (I used to use Fantastico but I'm not fond of it anymore). If not, this may get complicated - talk to your hosting company's tech support. WP has a famous '5 minute install' but who really enjoys setting up a database? )

It's really easy to export your content from WordPress.com to your new WordPress installation on your hosting account.

Step Seven: Now that your content is on your own account, you can work on the design and extra features you want to add. The design is called a 'WordPress Theme'. You can find lots of free themes in the official WordPress Theme Directory (which have been checked that they're spam-free - don't get free themes anywhere else). But you get what you pay for - these aren't really suitable for a professional small business. (They suit hobby bloggers more.)

You can buy premium WP themes - some are great quality, others suck. Thesis, for instance, is marketed with lots of hype as being suitable for a newbie to create something fantastic with, but in reality it's more suited as a blank canvas for professional web designers to start with. (I'm not saying it completely sucks - just that I believe it's better as a framework for designers/developers, not so much for newbies.)

This is the point where it pays to invest some money in hiring someone who knows what they're doing to design you a proper theme - someone who knows the principles of professional web design, and how to add extra features to your site by installing the best plugins (some are great, some will slow your site right down and possibly lower your ranking in Google).

And if you've already got all your content in your WordPress site, you'll save a good chunk of money because your designer can work on the important stuff that only a designer can do, instead of spending lots of time putting your content in (which you've already done yourself).

*Note - you don't need to set up the WordPress.com site first and do the export/import thing - but I'm suggesting you do it this way because it's free, and it's low risk - if you decide you don't like it, you haven't spent a cent on WordPress.

If you know how to create a website, then great, you can create it and put it online. There are free web hosting sites on the internet. You can try it and test the effectiveness of your site or you can consult a professional to help you create your website.

Finally i found the template to create own website like share backlink site.
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I'm all about WordPress, it's quick, it's easy, and it's SEO friendly I've built websites in 15 minutes just to prove it

Creating your own website is really a process that requires time, energy, some money and skill. But if you want to use the services of eBlogger.com and wordpress.com, then you can set up a blog in no time.

If you really want to create your own website but not a blog, then you either have to source for paid services from professional web designers around you (can also be obtained over the internet) or you can choose going the hard way of learning HTML language, the language used in designing websites. But be ready to spend some sleepless nights and long hours of sitting, learning and practising what you have learnt before you can finally develop your own website.

I chose to learn web designing so as to design my own websites and I actually advocate for it. There are many benefits when you acquire the skill. Every serious, passionate and enthusiastic person can learn it.

Get a few custom made templates [HTML] from code canyon or active den and edit them .. You will make your website within a day with dreamweaver.
If not U can use serif web plus or xara designer pro
All the best

use wordpress and youtube for tutorials

Dear everyone,

Maybe check the date of the OP before getting into it

I think easiest way to do that, dear theoraga, its type same letters in the google...

You have got plenty of answers. I will provide you a link to my short and crisp tutorial on creating websites: How to build a website

If you are planning to put up your contents then you can use WordPress. If you want to start your own website then you should have knowledge of HTML, CSS and few basic programming concepts. If you are good at designing then use this skill to its full extent so you wont require a designer.

How you would like to appear your site online. Your purpose of having a website. What kind of business if ever. How much would you like to invest with your project. These are just a few factors that might affect on how you would create your website.

If you have already learned the basic and would like to see what is like to have a website, try installing WAMP Server on your computer. I enjoy to test my projects using it. It's free to download. Though it has a built-in Wordpress, you can still start building a site from the basic HTML. It's really a great start. Later on you may decide to have your own domain or just place your content with free hosting.

Good luck.

The original question was asked in 2008!

It is time to stop reviving this thread...