It use to be the case, that only computer experts could hope to sit down and create a website worth visiting. No more, today anyone can create a great looking website, without any special web development skills. Differentiating your website from the pack comes from your own creativity and knowledge, not from your technical abilities. On this page we will compare the different ways of how to make ur own website.
The CMS VS traditional web pages
Tradition web pages are like Microsoft Word Documents. You have a doc file and you use Microsoft Word to view it. Just like that you have the html files and you open them with Internet Explorer. The only difference is html files are on a remote web server, while the doc files are on your hard drive.
It does take some technical knowhow to edit traditional web pages. With a CMS(Content Management System) making ur own website is much easier. The CMS is like a program running on the web server. A good web host will allow you to login to your control panel and install one of the more popular CMSs with a few clicks.
Once you have installed the CMS you can log into the CMS’s admin area. From there you can easily add pages to your website.
Even skilled web developers frequently use CMS’s to make a site, for 2 reasons:
1. It is easy to download a free theme for your CMS, instantly giving it a great look.
2. There are many free and powerful plugins for most CMSs which greatly increase their functionality.
There are 2 types of CMSs and we will look at the most popular ones in each category.
WordPress
Wordpress is a blog. Blogs are a great way to make ur own website, if you are going to update your blog frequently. Blogs are setup in such a way as to keep the freshest content on front page. This keeps your readers coming back to read your most recent posts. WordPress is well optimized to rank well with the search engines. Also Google loves the frequently added content.
Joomla
If you want to make ur own website with a traditional layout. Joomla is the quickest and easiest way to do it.
Search for free Joomla extentions, to find plugins that expands Joomla’s functionality and Search for free Joomla templates to get a nice look for your Joomla site.
Make ur own web pages
Of course you don’t have to use a CMS to make your website. If you want, you can make the pages and site with an html editor.
There are 2 good options to help you do it:
Publisher comes standard with Microsoft Office, so you probably already have it. It’s a great web page creation tool for beginners.
Dreamweaver is the alternative for professionals. I use it to create php pages and it’s very good for thatpurpose .
Hopefully you now have a clearer idea of how to make ur own website.
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