Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Website - 8

Build a Website With No HTML Experience

The Basic Steps are:

1. Register a Domain Name
2. Set up a Hosting Plan
3. Get a Template, or Webpage Builder Software
4. Obtain or Create Graphics
5. Create and/or Customize the Home Page
6. Copy for Each Additional Web Page and Customize
7. Upload the Files to the Hosting Server Account
   Next Step:
8. Test, Modify, Upload - Repeat Until Done

Step 8 - Test on Your Host Server, Change, Upload, Test

I make my edits on my C: drive file and upload again for each test to make sure all the links and graphics work.

Once your files are uploaded onto your Hosting server account, you only have to type in your Domain Name in the address bar of your browser to display your webpage online.

Many websites could naturally be in this stage continually. In more advanced websites, there are server feeds and databases and other ways to move active or changing content into your website. They are not necessary for most home-based business websites.

For more help beyond "ALittleHTMLGuide", you can google and find several online HTML resource websites. They will explain and demonstrate many of the tags and options for the tags that are more advanced.

You can look up more on Cascading Style Sheets, or CSS. When you use styles for formatting most of your webpage, you can reduce your typing, make more "global" changes easily and try some of the cool commands that are available with style tags. A CSS file can be referenced in your HEAD section. It can hold all the style formatting which keeps your webpage code short and full of true content. Search engines like that.

PHP, XHTML, DHTML, Javascript, oh my! PHP could come in handy when you think of a reason to have forms on your website and databases behind the scenes. Most home based businesses will not need them, or the dynamic features of DHTML and other variations.

Javascript is useful for many things, but you don't need to code it yourself if you carefully copy and paste it into your HTML in the proper location. Javascripts are available free on many websites for the taking, though you may be required to credit the author. When you want to have a "BookMark Me", or date/time stamp, you can find them with a search command like "date javascript", or "bookmark javascript", or simply "javascripts". They usually include instructions on where in your HTML code the javascript code must be placed.

By all means delve into more advanced web programming if you have the interest and time. I find new stuff to try on the Internet all the time.

You can email me at webmaster@myminisites.net for a quick response to your inquiries.