Make My Own Website...I Can Do It & So Can You!

"Make My Own Website" series of articles will discuss the steps, software and services necessary for you, the individual internet user, to quickly establish an online presence. This series is intended to tear down the mythical barriers and misconceptions that creating a website can be exceedingly complicated, time consuming or even expensive. By the time you complete this series, you will have all the knowledge you need to make your own site and publish it.And with the foundation laid down in this series,
you will gain a better understanding of the overall website creation process, as well as more confidently make informed decisions regarding the selection of tools, software and services, to enhance your specific website needs.
This first article will serve as an overview, providing a step by step outline of the process to make your own site. Check back to this article often. By doing so, you will stay focused on your current as well as your next step. In subsequent articles I'll be discussing in greater detail each individual step introduced in this article.
The time has come, let's make your site. How to make a web page can be broken down into 10 steps.
1) Select a Domain Name
2) Select a Web Host
3) Redirect Your Domain Name to Your Web Host
4) Select a Web Editor
5) Changing Fonts and Colors on your Web Page
6) Resizing and Adding Images to Your Web Page
7) Adding Text in a Table to Your Web Page
8) Saving your Files Correctly
9) Publishing your Web Page
10) Creating Links
Prior to beginning step 1, you should have already completed your web plan, identifying your who (your target audience), what (type of web site), when (target date for completion and being online, as well as update intervals), where (host location of site) and why (purpose of site) for your website. These initial decisions will be the basis for subsequent design decisions as we complete our website.
Once again, this first article will serve as a reference guide, steering us through the process together. And by working through each step, you'll overcome some of the mystery and uncertainty surrounding the internet and website creation. So that by the end of this series, you will be able to understand the process and make your own websites; repeating this process time and time again, as often as you care to.