Having a website is not a luxury anymore. If you decided to present yourself or your business on the Internet but you have no idea how to build a website, don't delay this task too much. There are web hosts such as GoDaddy, FatCow or HostGator and programs like Wordpress or Macromedia Dreamweaver that can teach you how to make your own website fast and cheap.

 

When you want a website, you should firstly get a web host. There also are free ones. Their disadvantage is that they limit your design abilities, place ads, pop ups and banners on your site and you'll get a subdomain, instead of a regular domain. 

 

That will make your site look unreliable and inferior. Some visitors are so skeptic about these sites that they think they all contain viruses so they close them immediately. Also, free sites will usually be ranked much lower in search engines. That means very low or no traffic. For a few extra bucks, you should better get hosting from a reputable brand. These include names like HostGator, FatCow, BlueHost or GoDaddy. Check which offer suits you best.

 

 

After you have hosting and a domain name, you'll need simple services to learn how to build a website. You might have the content in mind, but you'll need a skeleton – the web design. If you don't master HTML, CSS or other design languages, you can use a special program that will make matters easy for you. Wordpress and Macromedia Dreamweaver are the most popular. Wordpress can also include a web hosting plan so that's just great. It doesn't require any programming language. The design elements are controlled by a menu. There are thousands of themes and you'll learn how to make your own website the easy way just by customizing the great templates. 

 

If you want to expand your skills even more, you can get Macromedia Dreamweaver. It will save you of learning complicated codes and add the HTML codes manually. It's very simple too, but it requires a bit more dedication than Wordpress.

 

Using one or two simple services, you can find out how to build a website. It will be a fun thing to try and who knows, you might want to explore much further. The more you get involved in learning web design, the more accomplished you'll feel. After a while you might even be able to design websites yourself and create more elaborated pages from scratch.