{"id":392,"date":"2016-05-12T09:21:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T09:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hostingnotes.com\/?p=392"},"modified":"2019-11-24T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-24T11:30:00","slug":"put-web-site-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webdevelopersnotes.com\/put-web-site-online","title":{"rendered":"How do I put a web site online?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A lot many people who are new to the world of <a title=\"What is the Internet? Fundamentals and a brief on the global computer network\" href=\"\/\/www.webdevelopersnotes.com\/internet-fundamentals\">internet<\/a> think it is <strong>difficult to put a web site online<\/strong>. This is how most web development companies make tons of money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, creating an online presence for your business is not rocket science. It&#8217;s actually a simple process &#8211; the technical knowhow comes only at a later stage when you want to <a title=\"Instructions on how to create a web site\" href=\"\/\/www.webdevelopersnotes.com\/create-a-website\"><em>create the web site<\/em><\/a> for which you might like to source out the work to a professional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FYI, you can also create your web site on your own even if you are not well versed with the intricacies of HTML &#8211; the HyperText Markup Language &#8211; and you can get the details at the end of this article of from other pages of this web site.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"clr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bottom-ads\">\n<h4>Sponsored Links<\/h4>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Inner Page Top - Non Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1043128618639037\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5670477364\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clr\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Putting a web site online requires just a few steps and I shall go over each:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"withbullets wp-block-list\"><li><a title=\"Details on how to get your own domain name for an online presence\" href=\"\/\/www.webdevelopersnotes.com\/get-own-domain-name\">Get a domain name<\/a><\/li><li><a title=\"How to purchase web hosting for a domain name to put up your web site\" href=\"\/\/www.webdevelopersnotes.com\/web-hosting-for-domain-name\">Purchase web hosting<\/a><\/li><li><a title=\"Instructions on how to make your own web site\" href=\"\/\/www.webdevelopersnotes.com\/make-my-own-web-site\">Make your web site<\/a><\/li><li><a title=\"detailed instructions on how to upload your web site to a web server\" href=\"\/\/www.webdevelopersnotes.com\/upload-website-files-to-web-host\">Upload web site on web server<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>By the way, if this is a completely new field for you, be prepared to learn a lot. And if you are not comfortable with that, your best option is to hire a web development company \/ individual and get the entire work sourced out. Having said that, I would strongly suggest you read this article and a few others on this web site just to have a feel of what you are stepping into.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get a domain name<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The first step in having a serious online presence is getting a domain name for your prospective web site. Domain names do not come for free; however, they are really cheap nowadays. Each domain name can be registered for one year or multiple years. Getting a domain name for more than one year has its benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though registering a domain name is quite simple &#8211; it&#8217;s like buying a product online &#8211; the most important aspect is choosing one which you really like because it&#8217;s going to stick with you for some time to come. There are hundreds of companies through which you can get a domain name and I strongly recommend you go to reliable domain name registrars like [affiliate link &rarr;] <a href=\"\/\/www.kqzyfj.com\/d481p-85-7NQROWXSQNPOSVQXQW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Network Solutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each domain name is associated with three contacts &#8211; people who control the domain name. They are <em>Administrative contact<\/em>, <em>Billing contact<\/em> and <em>Technical contact<\/em>. Ideally, all these contacts should be yours, i.e. your name, address (postal and email) and contact numbers should be featured in all; however, make sure that the administrative contact belongs to you and no one else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Buying web hosting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As I mentioned above, domain names are not free, but many web hosting companies bundle them with hosting plans and so they &#8220;seem&#8221; free. I do not recommend taking a free domain name + web hosting package unless you are sure all the contacts of the domain name will be owned by you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Web hosting companies are dime a dozen and, again, it&#8217;s kind of difficult to pick one because the amount of choice will cause confusion. I advise checking out the <a title=\"List of reliable web hosting companies\" href=\"\/\/www.webdevelopersnotes.com\/reliable-web-hosting-companies\">reliable web hosting companies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Web hosting plans for $100 &#8211; $150 are more than sufficient for small and medium sized web sites. For example, I have a couple of web sites that get almost a million visitors per month hosted on both Hostgator and Lunarpages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating a web site<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Web sites consist of web pages which are digital documents written in <abbr title=\"HyperText Markup Language\">HTML<\/abbr>. Web sites also have other files that are associated with these web pages like images, video, audio, flash animation movies etc. To create a web site for you business, you can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"withbullets wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Learn HTML<\/strong>: Yes, I know this is not the easy approach and will take a bit of time.<\/li><li><strong>Use a WYSIWYG HTML editor<\/strong>: An HTML editor helps you create professional looking web sites. The learning curve for these editors varies but it&#8217;s obviously not as steep as learning the language itself. If you have good working experience with text editors and other programs, you would not find HTML editor very different.<\/li><li><strong>Get a professional to create your web site<\/strong>: The last approach is to hire a web development company or a professional to create the web site for you. But don&#8217;t just leave everything to the developer, read a little about this process and offer your &#8220;polite&#8221; inputs along with way.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upload web site files to the server<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have given the web site project to a professional, make sure you get a copy of all the web site files on a CD\/DVD or as a compressed zip file over email. The web developer will upload the web site files and for this they would need the web hosting <a title=\"What is FTP - File Transfer Protocol?\" href=\"\/\/www.webdevelopersnotes.com\/what-is-ftp\">FTP<\/a> username and password. If you are not confident of sharing sensitive information with others, create a new FTP login or change the username\/password once the files have been uploaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I guess, that&#8217;s about it. 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