How to Create a Website Without Knowing HTML: 5 Steps

How to Create a Website Without Knowing HTML: 5 Steps

No Experience Needed! Did you know that anyone can create a website? Not only that, but did you know that you could make your own website within the next 30 minutes?

Well, I'm about to show you the quickest and easiest way to create a website.

Steps

1. Register a domain.

• Before you even think about building your website, you should register a domain name. A domain name is the thing that looks like this: "yourdomain.com".
• Your domain name represents the URL (or permanent web address) of your website. Therefore, when anyone types in "yourdomain.com" or "www.yourdomain.com", they will see your website.
• You register your domain name through a domain name registrar or hosting provider. You simply check that your preferred domain name is available, then register it (online).
• Domain names are registered on an annual basis, and you can usually register it many years in advance (or set 'auto-renew').
• Prices can range from between $10 to $15 up to as much as $35 or even $45 (this is for the same product!). Zappy Host has some of the best prices on the web - and if you purchase hosting at the same time, the domain name is even cheaper ($1.99 at time of writing).
• If you don't have a domain name yet, get your domain name now (before someone else beats you to it!)

2. Get a web host.

• A web host (or hosting provider), is a company that makes your website available for the world to see. They have the equipment and technical skills to make sure your website is available to the world, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

3. Choose your hosting provider carefully - a good host will have excellent support. A bad host can have almost no support at all! If you're new to creating websites, good support can reduce the stress that comes from doing something for the first time.

• Also, some web hosts have an online website builder. A good website builder can enable anyone to make a website - even complete novices.

4. Build your website.

• This part can be as easy or as hard as you like it to be!
• The easy way? The easiest way to build a website is to use your web host's website builder (assuming they have one). As mentioned, ZappyHost provides Website Tonight which makes it extremely easy for you to make your website.
• The hard way? OK, if you think a website builder sounds too much like cheating, you probably want to learn how to build a website the way the pros do it - by coding/programming. If this sounds like you, then see this introduction to making your own website. Also check out the Quackit homepage for links to thousands of pages of tutorials and other web building resources.

5. Also, if you need to build an e-commerce website, check out the Quick Shopping Cart e-commerce website builder.