How to Become the Webmaster of Your Own Website
Becoming the webmaster of your own website is a fairly straightforward task. The main decisions you need to make are what the address (domain name) will be and how you will design the site---whether you will create it yourself, use a content management system or blogging platform, or have someone else design the site for you.
You will also need to decide what to put on the website, but you can determine that during the design phase.
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Things You'll Need
- Computer with Internet connection
- Credit card or PayPal account
- Web development software
- File transfer protocol (FTP) client
Instructions
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How to Become Webmaster of Your Own Website
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Register your domain name and purchase a hosting package. A domain registrar and hosting company is listed under Resources below. This step requires a valid credit card or PayPal account.
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Design your website. Do this yourself with a Web development program---a variety of paid and free options is available (see Resources)---or hire a designer to do the job.
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Upload your website to the Internet using a file transfer protocol (FTP) client. A free one is listed under Resources. If you used a designer for Step 2, she will likely include this in her services.
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References
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