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You Don’t Need to be a Genius to Design a Converting Website
In 2021, anyone can make a website without knowing anything about web development, design or coding.
Whether you want to create a website for yourself or your business, you can easily do so using the right tools and resources.
This way of making a website we will help you build a website from scratch without having to spend money on freelancers, agencies or website builders.
All you need is 1 to 2 hours of your free time to complete the guide and set up a website. And if you need stunning beautiful sites you can also hire the services from FirstCom Solutions website design. At FirstCom we grow your conversions. We build digital solutions with an excellent user experience and interesting graphic designs.
Things You Need to Build a Website
- Domain name (your custom web address, www.YourSite.com)
- Website hosting (service hosting your site)
- Word Press (free and commonly used web platform)
To create a fully functional converting website, you must protect a domain name (web address) and a web host account. These two ensure that your site is fully accessible to others. Without one or the other, you won’t be able to set up a site.
Once you have a domain and hosting, you can create a Word Press site. Word Press is the most popular website creation platform that uses 39% of all websites on the Internet.
Setting up a Word Press website is usually a simple one-click process through its web hosting service.
After you finish the guide, you will have a fully functional online website, in a custom domain name and fully accessible by others.
Ready? Start.
- Choose a Domain Name
To create a site, the first thing you’ll need is a domain name.
The domain name is the name of your site and address. This address is used by visitors when they try to find your site through their web browsers.
The domain name of this site is websitesetup.org. Yours could be anything.
Domain names can cost $10 to $50 per year. The normal price is around $15.
If you are making a website for a company, your domain name must match your company name. For example: YourCompanyName.com
If you are planning to create a personal website for you, then YourName.com is a great choice.
Use a “generic” domain name extension, such as .com, .net, and .org, if your goal is international or U.S. visitors. Use a “local” domain name extension, such as .de, .for, or .ru, if your target is country visitors.
Don’t worry if your preferred domain name is already taken. There are more than 300 million different domain names registered, but there are another billion possibilities that are still available.
- Register a Domain and Sign Up for the Web-based Account
In addition to having a domain name, you will also need website accommodation (web host).
Web hosting is a service that hosts and stores site files (content) on a secure server that is always up and running. Without a host, your site will not be accessible for others to read and explore.
Affordable and reliable web housing for new sites typically costs between $3 and $10 per month. Less than a cup of coffee, but an important investment for the success of your site.
- Configure the word Press Site (via the web host)
Once you have your domain name and web host ready to use, you’ll need to choose and install a website authoring platform (also known as CMS).
We recommend choosing Word Press as it is easy to use and come with thousands of free designs and plugins that make your site look professional and unique.
Setting up your Word Press site is easy, and your web host usually does it for you, so you don’t really need to get too dirty.
If you don’t use Blue host as web host, don’t worry. Many web hosting providers have “Word Press install” located somewhere in the hosting cPanel. If you are dealing with a web host that does not provide “one-click installations”, try setting up Word Press manually.
1) Installing the Word Press Site on Blue host
Sign in to your blue host account
Click “My Sites” and then click “Create Site”
Provide basic information about your site and word Press installation will start. Everything’s going to happen on autopilot.
When the installation is complete, Blue host will show you the installation and login details. Be sure to keep this information in a safe place.
2) Test Your Website by Typing Your Domain Address
With Word Press installed, what you should do next is test if everything works.
The easiest way to do this is to enter your domain name into your web browser.
With Word Press installed correctly, what you’ll see is a very basic site like this:
If that doesn’t seem very attractive, don’t worry, you’ll soon learn to change the design to something more attractive.
- Customize the Design and Structure of Your Site
With your naked site alive and kicking, now is the time to make it feel more like yours, choosing a nice design, customizing it and adding brand elements.
Starting with:
- Choose a theme for your website
- Install the theme you like
- Import a design
- Add a logo
- Experiment with the theme you built
- Add content/pages to your site