What are the first steps in creating a website?

Planning for Your approach is the starting point when creating a website:

• Map out Your Website- (have a physical layout of what Your web site will be about)
• Create a sketch of Your Website- (You will also want to make a rough drawing of how Your web site should like when finish)

There are 6 main steps involved in creating a basic website and having it viewable over the Internet:

1.) Plan the site
2.) Decide on the type of hosting and domain names
3.) Design and build the Site- See Website Design
4.) Promote the Site- See Website Promotion
5.) Monetize- Even personal websites can make money for the site owner. The various methods available are covered in making money with websites.
6.) Monitor and Maintain the Site

Website Making Approaches ..
There are two main forms that you can use to create/build a website :

1.) Complete self build approach (Often known as Content Management Systems - C.M.S.)
2.) Partial self build approach (Website building software)

Which one you take will depend mainly on:

• How technical you are
• How much you already know about websites
• How much time you have
• Type of site- Business or personal.

Web Site Costs
You can build a website using basic software that you should already have on your home PC or that is available for free on the Internet. Making a Website for under £100 is certainly easily achievable and it's even possible to Make a free Website.

Start with the Basics
Before you even consider purchasing a domain name etc you need to understand the basics, and be able to create web pages and link them together etc.