Sunday 10 October 2010

Web Development - 5 Essential Steps for Developing Successful Website

Are you serious about your business? You should be! At some point you’ll have to develop your own web site. Web design doesn’t have to be painful process as long as you follow these tips.

1.      1.Choose Correct Domain Name

This may not seem to be important, but choosing correct domain name is one of the most important events in your web development. This is because domain name represents your business. Think of it as your shop sign. Make it memorable for your customers. Avoid long names and you should avoid using numbers. Make sure you don’t break any law when choosing domain name. This means that you should always check with authority such as companies house (UK).

Here is a quick video on setting up domain name:

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#2       2.Web Hosting

Now, don’t freak out! There is nothing complicated about this. Since your website consists of files they need to be stored somewhere. This storage space is called server that provides web hosting. Once you create your web page, you need to upload them on the server. Many hosting providers have free videos that explain step-by-step the process of how to upload your files.

Here is a list of great web hosting providers:
Here is a quick video on how to set-up web hosting with GoDady:


3.       3.Designing Your Pages

Don’t worry you don’t need to know HTML or any other web developing language. But if you know that’s plus! The reason why you don’t need to know any HTML is because these days you can develop websites using What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) editors. With these you simply use graphical user interface. It’s very, very simple.

Here is a list of free WYSIWYG editors:
No one says that you need to create web site. You may as well create blog. It’s little bit different than website. Blog is basically an online diary. There is many free blogging platforms out there. Here are two of the most popular ones:
4.       4.Testing Your Site

It’s always good idea to test your site even if you use blogging platforms or if you develop your own sites from scratch. There is an excellent resource that you can use to test your site – HTML validation service.

5.Start Pumping Traffic

What is the point of having beautiful website if no one can find it? Once your website is ready, you need to start pumping constant streams of traffic - customers. The more customers you can get the more money you make! Never forget this! If you want to find out more about how to get traffic to your website read this traffic generation article.

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