Many of us try to start a website, but they don't know how to do it. This article will tech you everything about it: from designing your
site to SEO.
First of all, decide what you want your website to be about. Do you want to host an article site? What about a video sharing site like
youtube? Maybe a personal blog?
The next step is to find a domain name and get hosting. Try thinking up of a creative domain name. If you're making a site about pancakes,
the domain www.thepancakelab.com sounds pretty niffy, and is still available at the time of writing. Be creative!
Now you need to find some hosting. You should stick with free web hosts if you're not really serious about the website. I recommend
000webhost. To sign up, use the link at the beginning of this article. If you're thinking about the website more seriously, consider
commercial webhosting. 000webhost also has some nice premium hosting that offers everything you'll probably need, for just $4 a month.
That's a pretty nice deal. Here are some things to look out for while getting a web host:

Get a free webhost - Includes all of the below
Free domain
MySQL databses
Fair bandwidth
PHP
FTP Support


The free domain comes with a lot of hosting plans. This is a plus as you do not need to pay 10 bucks for a domain name. MySQL databases
are quite important, and you want a lot of them. Think of a MySQL database as an excel worksheet. They bssically hold information, and the
information can be accessed at various times. Bandwidth is definitely something you want because bandwidth basically limits how many users
you can have visit per day. PHP is very useful if you want to make your website dynamic, such as membership. That requires PHP. FTP is an
easier way to upload your files online, look for that. Uptime is a must. You want your website to be available for as much as possible.
Allright, now that you have a domain and host, let's get started.
First of all, you want to see if can use a script to greatly simplify your work. Here's a basic list:
Blog
Wordpress
Drupal
Joomla
Forum
phpbb3
vBulletin
myBB
punBB
BBPress
If you have a blog, Wordpress is definitely the way to go. It makes the website for you basically, and you can make posts simply without
even touch your files as the admin panel does it for you. Drupan and Joomla are very similar.
If you want to run a forum, phpbb3 is the way to go if you want to stay free. Its used a lot and is free. vBulletin is also used a lot,
but its not free but more professional. myBB, punBB are other alternatives, and BBPress is ideal if you have Wordpress installed.
If you can't use one of those, I suggest getting a freelancer. You can find one at getafreelancer.com, and they'll design a website for
you at a small price.
Logo: You need a clean, professional logo to give your site a trademark. Freelancers will do this as well.
Now that your site is complete, you'll need to let people know about it. How? Simply submit it into search engines. Here's a nice website
for it. http://freewebsubmission.com/

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