{"id":632,"date":"2022-03-07T21:48:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T21:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/?p=632"},"modified":"2022-03-05T17:10:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T17:10:11","slug":"how-to-create-a-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-website\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_633\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-633\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/create-a-website-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"create a website\" width=\"900\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/create-a-website-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/create-a-website-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/create-a-website-1024x739.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/create-a-website.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><center><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scribd#\/media\/File:Scribd_Books.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Thesampsonator \/ Wikipedia<\/span><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/span><\/a><\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-website\/#Very_Generic_Question_yet_so_Complexly_Answered\" >Very Generic Question yet so Complexly Answered<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-website\/#The_First_Step_to_Create_a_Website_%E2%80%94_Decide_How_To_Create_Your_Website\" >The First Step to Create a Website \u2014 Decide How To Create Your Website<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-website\/#Hire_a_Clever_Programmer_to_Code_your_site\" >Hire a Clever Programmer to Code your site<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.normanbalberan.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-website\/#Step_Two_to_Create_a_Website_%E2%80%94_Domain_Names_and_Web_Host\" >Step Two to Create a Website \u2014 Domain Names and Web Host<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Very_Generic_Question_yet_so_Complexly_Answered\"><\/span>Very Generic Question yet so Complexly Answered<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most probably you\u2019ve been lead here with a bit of interest, if not an <strong>extreme desire to put up your very own and grandiose website<\/strong>, and like most other, myself included, have been intimidated by not knowing the whole process. Fewer rants, more on the topic.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_First_Step_to_Create_a_Website_%E2%80%94_Decide_How_To_Create_Your_Website\"><\/span>The First Step to Create a Website \u2014 Decide How To Create Your Website<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yep. The first thing is to figure out how to build your excellent website. Building the site can be one of three:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Hire a programmer to make the site for you.<\/li>\n<li>Find an easy point-and-click website builder software.<\/li>\n<li>Code the site yourself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I prefer the latter. Since, <strong>being able to code my websites from scratch, gives me the fullest control over it<\/strong>. Specifically, I meant being able to put up videos, customized styles, and my favorite JavaScript scripts \u2014 to make slides and other fancy animations with menus and stuff. In shorter terms, <strong>coding a website from scratch is the best but hardest way possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hire_a_Clever_Programmer_to_Code_your_site\"><\/span><em>Hire a Clever Programmer to Code your site<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just my opinion, but <strong>wits on programming, it&#8217;s better than any skill or experience<\/strong>. Dealing with codes is like making something out of lego pieces, or even sand, then build an empire. It\u2019s a matter of a programmer\u2019s approach to coding your website, so chances are, you will get better quality, easier to maintain, and user-friendly internet sites.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However the otherwise also applies. <strong>Going overboard with a website\u2019s features (keep in mind) compromises the performance of the said website.<\/strong> More features equal larger files, more complicated codes, lots of memory, equals slower sites.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most that was stated also applies to the last option: <strong>coding from scratch.<\/strong> For starters, if you just want a website, no fancy stuff, I\u2019ll say go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3schools.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">w3schools<\/a>, a pretty much standard place to learn HTML for beginners. Within days to a week, you\u2019re ready to go.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you wanted more complex CSS and JavaScript, or even, CGI, Perl, PHP, and so on, it\u2019ll take maybe months. But don\u2019t ask me, <strong>I bored myself to this for years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But then again, there\u2019s always an easy mode to everything. Get a <strong>WYSIWYG (mouthful short for \u201cwhat you see is what you get\u201d software)<\/strong>, shorter: point-and-click software to create your website. You only just point a rectangle, drag-and-drop, draw a little here and there somewhere, type in contents, no codes what not, <strong>in thirty minutes you have a website!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_Two_to_Create_a_Website_%E2%80%94_Domain_Names_and_Web_Host\"><\/span>Step Two to Create a Website \u2014 Domain Names and Web Host<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The three essentials to building a website are;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Making the website.<\/li>\n<li>Registering a domain name.<\/li>\n<li>Uploading to a web host.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A <strong>domain name is www.yoursite.com, www.domain.com<\/strong>, which isn\u2019t free. Today&#8217;s prices are bound to $10 give or take for dot com websites.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you don\u2019t want to pay, you may find <strong>subdomains a safe haven<\/strong>. Subdomains are like www.sub.domain.com, www.yoursite.blogspot.com.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another one which is very popular nowadays is called, <strong>\u201cURL Forwarding.\u201d<\/strong> These are sites that allow you to use their subdomain to redirect a user to your real website, not much difference to subdomains, except names go like these: www.yoursite.co.nr, which is cooler. www.mysite.cu.cc looks more professional, than something like www.mysite.someothersite.com. And best of all, URL forwarding is free!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Get a web host.<\/strong> Hosting is expensive, especially if you upload large files, such as videos and graphics to your site. Prices play neatly about $30 more or less. Again, the free option. <strong>Find a free web host.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>A good free web host will have features including, FTP (file transfer protocol) to upload your files, scripting supports (so you can use fresh and fancy scripts for your website), PHP support (few will offer this), large space, and a lot of bandwidths.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just a quick note, I always believed that <strong>people get what they pay for<\/strong>. Sometimes these <strong>free hosts will place advertisements<\/strong> on your website, at times not, but the <strong>hosting quality and features may fall apart somewhere<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To end this, I do suggest you <strong>try it out first using a no-cost self-made-website, in a free subdomain, and a free host.<\/strong> Because you are reading this far on the article kind of tells me you\u2019re a newbie or not even a programmer. And it\u2019s the best option first to get used to being a webmaster before you pay for these kinds of stuff. Always risky.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hope it helps. Best of Luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Very Generic Question yet so Complexly Answered Most probably you\u2019ve been lead here with a bit of interest, if not an extreme desire to put up your very own and grandiose website, and like most other, myself included, have been intimidated by not knowing the whole process. Fewer rants, more on the topic. 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