How to create your own website

What the process involves:


First I want to say that creating a good and productive website can be very challenging and time consuming, however, once you have completed it; the sense of achievement that you experience overcomes all of the previous frustrations. Before you learn how to make the actual website there are a few points that we need to know and discuss.

What is the purpose of the site:

what is it that you want to achieve with your site? Is it just for making money? Is there anything you'd like to share? Is it a hobby? These and many more questions are very common and need to be answered before we even attempt to make a site. The purpose of your site will dictate how successful it will eventually be. If what you want to do is just make money, chances are you might fail. Think about a subject or an issue wich you can control very well or something that you might have a lot of information, knowledge, and/or experience on. Do not just put up a site with the hopes of making money. Most sites generating good money these days did not start with the idea of making a lot of money. Of course you will make money with a well-built site that has constant traffic!!

How to build the website:

To build a website you'll need to know either basic HTML (Hyper-Text-Markup-Language) or how to use a website-building program. I personally recommend learning at least some basic HTML since these are the codes that the internet uses to decipher computer languages. It might be a little challenging at first, but after you become comfortable with the system it will be very helpfull when building any kind of website. If you are not interesting in learning HTML, there are some very easy programs to use and some of them are free. Programs like Dreamweaver, Nvu and Wpm are very user friendly and very easy to use, some of these programs will even allow you to use pre-made templates for your site. Again keep in mind that free sometimes is not the best choice, however, some of them do a wonderful job. For instance I created my first site, MusicoBiblico, using Wpm and it works so well that I now manage all my sites using WPM. These programs work as HTML editors (they basically work as HTML decoders) and somehow make the process of building a site a little easier. These programs (except for Dreamweaver) cost much less than the regular website building software. Now is the time to create your very own website and start making some money online. God Bless!!