How to Build and Host a Free Website
Many people get intimidated by the thought of putting together their own personal website. Most have it in their mind that it is very difficult and that it takes a lot of time and money to get a good site up and running. While it definitely does take some time to build a great website, it doesn't cost a fortune to set one up. There are a lot of options out there that will help you create a great website free of charge, without paying for building tools or hosting.
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Choose the subject matter as well as a title for the website. Make sure before you get started building your site you have some information already preplanned. This will help you to be organized and will save you a lot of time when going into the building phase of your website. Once you have the subject matter and a title, you are ready to start building your site.
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Go online and sign up for either a FreeWebs (also known as just Webs) or a Weebly account (see Resources below). Both of these sites offer you free tools to help you build a professional looking website for free. They are both simple to use and will not require you to have any technical skills prior to using their tools. These sites also offer you free hosting as well. The only drawback is that you will not have your own domain name.
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Confirm your account. When you sign up for sites like this you will receive a confirmation email in your inbox. Follow the link in the email and confirm your account in order to get started building your site.
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Design and build your homepage. The homepage is the first page of the site that people will land on when visiting your website. Choose one of hundreds of different templates for the background of your website. Make sure that the color isn't too bright and that you make sure the type is easy to read. Place a banner on your homepage so people will know the name of your page and what your site is all about. Post up news and other information in the body of your homepage.
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Create a links page. Create a page full of links to other people's websites that contain content relevant to the subject matter of your own site. Make sure the links aren't broken and that the material covered on these sites will be beneficial for your website visitors.
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Create a blog page and a contact page. Giving your website a blog page will help you provide your visitors with up to date relevant content on the subject of your website. This will connect you to your audience and help you to drive more traffic to the site. Also you need to have a page that will allow visitors to contact you with questions or concerns regarding your website. On this page you can leave an email address, a home address or a phone number.
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Click "Publish Website" after you have made all the pages you would like your website to have. This will publish your site on the Internet for the world to visit. Since these companies offer free hosting your website will immediately hit the World Wide Web without you having to pay any fees.
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Download free website building software, if you prefer to build a site and have your own domain name. Consider PersonalWebKit and Website Builder (see Resources below).
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Build your site you using the tools offered to you in the program. The tools are basically the same type that you would get if you built your site using one of the free website building websites mentioned earlier in this article. Design and build your webpage and get it ready for publication.
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Sign up for a free web hosting package for your website. There are a few places on the web such as 110MB (see Resources below) where you can get free hosting. You might also want to sign up with FreeWebsite as well for your hosting needs.
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