Website design for beginners is a not a very big deal. Though the subject may
be new to you, you can master the trade with some training, practice and patience. It is needless to say that
today’s world is governed by the Internet. Internet is the biggest repository of
information and entertainment that reaches you through websites. The number of
websites today is endless. Each website is designed for a specific purpose - it
may contain corporate information, may be programmed for online trading or even
may house an entire dictionary. You need three things to create a new website.
First, you must have knowledge about HTML, second, you need to register for a
domain name, and third, you need to find a web hosting service.

Let’s first understand what a
domain name is. Like each one of us, every website must have a name (called
domain name) by which it is identified. Domain name is nothing but the site’s
address by which it is identified in the Internet. For example,
www.microsoft.com is the domain name of Microsoft. You should give your site a
name that is easy to remember, and somewhat identifiable with the nature of
content of your site. Your domain name should not have too many characters,
words and any combination of weird characters. You cannot buy domain names, but
can have them on lease for a period, say two years. There had been a mad war for
domain names and almost all popular domains ending in ‘.com’ and ‘.net’ have
been exhausted.

After you have booked your
domain name, the next big thing is to create the structure of your website.
People see websites in web browsers and the browsers can only interpret websites
written in HTML (Hypertext Markup language). You can create websites by taking
the help of WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editors, or, you can
hand-code your site’s content by learning HTML language itself. Although it is
very easy to work with WYSIWYG editors and come up with visually appealing
websites without much effort, it is always better to learn HTML and code your
site’s content at least in the beginning stage. According to experts, website
design for beginners can take off well if people are ready to invest some time
in HTML. All we require is will. Moreover, it has been experienced that sites
directly hand-coded in HTML tend to be error free and versatile. By writing your
own code, you are in a much better position to understand the inner workings of
your site and that will boost up your confidence immensely. If you are ready to
spend a few hours each day over an elementary book or tutorial on HTML, you will
become ready to take the plunge soon.

Once you have completed
coding, you need to host the html pages on another bigger computer (known as
host) so that your website can freely be available on the Internet. You will
need to use a File Transfer Program (FTP) to transfer your site to the host
computer. Let us now have some idea on
hosting. The host is a computer that stores your website for viewing by
visitors. Whenever you type a web address in your browser and click “Go” or hit
Return key, you will be connected to the site’s host computer and access the
site from there. Professional website
hosting is a booming business and you might need to spend anywhere from $10
to hundreds dollars per month. The price depends on the amount of memory your
site requires, the speed with which you want your visitors to access the site
and the amount of traffic you generate. Though you might get some free hosting
services, there might be strings attached to it.

This gives you some idea about
the creation and hosting of websites. Books, tutorials, references of hosting
companies from Internet and above all the will to see your site on the Net will
see you through. Remember one thing - visual appeal of your site is as important
as your content. Put in quality content (preferably periodically changing
content) into your website. This will make your visitors come again and again.

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