How to Make a Web 2.0 Site
A decade ago, website visitors could not do anything but view the content that was displayed to them. Websites today, such as social networks or blogs, aim to give visitors an opportunity to interact and actively express their thoughts to one another. This is what is meant by "web 2.0." If you want to have a platform where you can post content as well as develop a community of people around that content, it's essential that you know how to make a web 2.0 site.
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Register for a domain name. Go to a hosting company website to do this, such as GoDaddy.com or HostGator.com. Type the domain name that you desire and see if it is still available. Continue typing in domain names until you find one that is available. Select the desired domain name and register to buy it.
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Buy hosting for the domain name that you registered for. Check the hosting plans for different features. More expensive hosting plans will have more features such has being able to have unlimited domains for one hosting account or having a free toll-free number with a hosting account.
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Sign up for a publishing platform. The fastest and easiest way to make a web 2.0 site is through a blogging publishing platform. For example, WordPress.org is a platform that can be used as a full content management system, allowing you to install thousands of plugins, widgets and themes. So whether you want to add an interactive Facebook, Twitter or RSS icon to your site, using a blogging publishing platform such as WordPress can help to integrate the look and feel of a web 2.0 website very quickly.
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Connect your publishing platform with your hosting service. You will need to do this to store all your content in a hosting area so that you can view all the files later on. Contact your hosting representative to help set up your MySQL Database, which will connect your publishing platform with your hosting service.
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Add web 2.0 features to your website. Start by going to your WordPress Dashboard to see what features you can add on. For example, click on "Appearance," "Install Themes," "Find Themes" and select one of the hundreds of available themes to install and activate. Go to "Plugins," "Add New," and type in keywords such as "Facebook" or "Twitter" to find plugins that will offer your site social medial support.
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Sign up for an RSS Feed service and integrate RSS Feeds into your website by getting the URL of your feed and putting it into WordPress Syndication. With the Feed URL your visitors can keep up to date with your content via an RSS Reader.
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Save all your options and press the "Publish" button when you're done.
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