How to Create a Free Website with SiteKreator

SiteKreator offers free web page building tools and free web hosting.

Make a website using these free online tools. You can have it hosted free by SiteKreator or (with the for-fee plans) have it published on your own domain.

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• A web browser
• A SiteKreator account

1. Sign up at SiteKreator.com. Select your plan.

2. The free plan offers five page designs and up to 10 MB of web hosting. The personal site offers 100 MB of web hosting, blog capability and image galleries for $7.95 a month. The business package offers 200 MB of web hosting, blogs, forums, email and forms for $19.95 a month. With a power package you get all that and a domain name, the best page designs and 1 GB of web hosting for $39.95 a month.

   The free plan is what is of interest here.

3. Once you are signed up, you can select a page design and start adding your own content and images.

4. Select a new area to add to your page by clicking the small A icon.

   The design interface uses tiny icons that allow you to add pages to the navigation or add areas of text and images to the page. One icon is a small M, from which you can select Menu options. Another is a small A, from which you can select new areas to add.

5. The small T icon allows you to add or edit content in the area.

   Once a text and image area is added to a page, there will be a small T icon that provides options for editing or changing the area.

6. The tools for formatting content or adding things like images and tables use familiar symbols..

   The range of tools available for adding text, tables, images or other media to a page are familiar icons that should be easily recognized.

   There are no widgets to allow you to add images from Flickr or any source other than your own computer. SiteKreator offers NO widgets for maps, RSS feeds, or other goodies with the free account.

7. New pages are easy to add.

   Insert a new page using the small M icon to add a menu item. The dialog for adding the new menu item allows you to choose to create a new page.

8. Manage the site or your account with the Control Panel by clicking the small P icon.

   A small P icon reveals the Control Panel, where you can enter site properties, review your account and perform other tasks.

9. When you click Publish, your site will be published using the free SiteKreator hosting. You will be able to give people the new URL for your site and start receiving traffic.

Tips & Warnings

• When you sign up with SiteKreator, you must activate your account by responding to an email. If you don't do this, your site cannot be published.

• The free version of SiteKreator has less to offer than other free online website creation tools I've written about in the past. (Search eHow for related articles.)

Resources

• Site Kreator