AMIT ASTHANAMar 195 min read
How to create a website
In contemporary time everyone is aware about the applicability of the websites. There are omnipresent now. For some its still a wonder and they think how to go about it.
Here is a comprehensive way which can be used by anyone to create a website. Enough intro, lets get on the step wise approach.
- First you have to answer some questions to yourself, why you have to make this website, what will be contents and how will I move forward.
- At this point you should be able to come to point where you have a topic of concept in your mind, of which you want to make your website.
- Technically there are two things, a website and a web application. A website is a thing which is static and remains as it is, have fewer changes from time to time when needed, and a web application is a dynamic thing which has user interaction and changes more frequent. However, this is actually a older way to classify websites, because now a days almost every websites has some kind of user interaction. I will divide websites in two categories which is trend in these days. One is a Blog type site:- These are the sites in which there are articles which have some videos and some pictures etc. In this type there might be a space to comment by the users and sharing options. Apart from these things, there will be menu on top or side, some login system etc. Most of the people who want site would want something like this as I described now. The other kind of website which is prevalent is Dynamic Web application :- These are the sites which either solves a problem or brings a new concept in the market which others can use, like Google or Facebook. These are also made by people to solve some sort of business management or making the work a lot more faster like in banks or any other department.
- For Blog type sites time could not be more easy, there are lot of services freely available in the market which can give you this kind of site as described above, You can head on to WordPress.com for this kind of site initially you will get a domain like yoursite. wordpress. com. Which you can change according to you, its very simple, You have to just log in and write as you write on quora, and your pages are ready. There will be many options available in the market just google for free blog or get a blog. Yes blog is nothing else but a kind of website. If you are looking for more customization, you can move on to wordpress .org. You have to get a domain and a web hosting service from GoDaddy Helps Small Businesses Get Noticed Online » or any other service provider, where you can install Wordpress .org in few clicks and minutes , one way to do is via mojomarketplace, no need to worry you will get all the details and things when you start hosting and domain with any provider, there are many of them. Now in this there are lot of themes available from where you can choose from WordPress › Free WordPress Themes , the default these is pretty awesome you can take a look at Change the way you think . With similar to wordpress you have Joomla! The CMS Trusted By Millions for their Websites. If you are lazy like me you can take a look at this video
This will make you almost a pro in making website, and in no time. Your dedicated 4–5 hours are more then enough for your website. See this video if you really want to make a website, it will give you many ideas and things and answers to questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0KCyurKQDU
- There is is Dynamic Web application which real web developers do, even you can learn and start. For this you need a much deeper will to stand and make a website. There are various languages and tools to do this, but the most simple thing is to start with a XAMPP Server, you can learn the installation here Page on amit.asthana.me Now there are certain parts of this, the single most important thing is the webroot directory which ishtdocs in this case. You will keep your coding content in this folder, now you can open http:// localhost . And you can start working. You can view this PHP Tutorials Playlist and get started with the php, the easiest way to do web programming. In the mean time you can start with theBootstrap . What is this for, this will give you the power to make modern websites which sets their size according to device also know as the responsive property, a important thing these days, also learn some css and keep refrencing to w3shools.com from time to time, or whenever you get time. I belive that this single paragraph can enough things to go with and you will learn many new things in your journey for which you will find help here Page on amit.asthana.me .
- Now you have to integrate various social media things in your website, you can search fro plug-ins in wodpress or chunk of codes for implementing it manually. and create pages in facebook and twitter and you-tube following, and other networks which you prefer. One thing which i use is An easy, customizable sharing bar for your content.
- Remember to keep updating your site regularly and write useful articles which people like to read and share, one things which top blog sites are doing these days is writing lists. You must have seen titles like 20 things for this tasks or Do this in 5 ways kind of article. Solve a issue faced by people in a article and share that on your facebook and twitter and with friends.
- Be passionate about your website and the things which you are doing and see it of increasing and reaching to the more and more who is genuine need to the articles which you have written, do not forget to submit you site to the google webmaster. You can also install a pingdom,com on your website, so that you can find out how your site is performing.
- You have to regularly keep reviewing your site and things you have done or something which you want to add or remove, ask your friends, family and people about your site and ask their suggestion, try to implement those things which you liked.