How to Set up a Website in 2021
Setting up your own website is much easier than you think. More and more people want to have their own online presence. You don’t need to depend exclusively on an Instagram profile, a Facebook page, or a Twitter account.
Why not create your own website?
To get started, let’s take a look at the most common questions we received from ambitious beginners like yourself in the past:
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Will I need technical skills?
This depends on the purpose of your website. The most complicated way would be to learn how to code HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP – the basics of practically any website.
But this isn’t the only way to create a website: even if you aren’t very familiar with the technical side of things, you can easily set up a good website.
But how?
By using a Website builder. If you can use Word, Facebook, or PowerPoint, you’ll be able to use these tools without any problem. These easy-to-use platforms offer a visual editor, hosting, and you can get a domain name through them: a one-stop-shop.
How to set up a website: 5 steps to get started
Most website projects go through these steps:
- Make a plan for your website’s structure and content
- Register a domain name – ideally pick a .com
- Find a website builder (and hosting provider) to create your site
- Optimize it for search engines
- Launch your website
The 3 most popular ways to set up a website
Let’s go over the most popular ways to start a website. There are many solutions. Some are more flexible than others, and some are more complex.
Setting up a website with a website builder
Let’s start with the easiest option: a website builder. This is an “all-inclusive” package, so to speak: a single company will usually provide the template (design), editor, hosting, domain name, email address and support. The web builder takes care of the difficult tasks.
This isn’t only useful for beginners. It simply depends on the project. Why complicate your life if there are easy ways to do things? Almost all site builders let you create a free basic website on a subdomain (e.g. yourname.sitebuildername.com), which is ad-supported. Using such a plan you can try it in detail before deciding if the cost is worth it.
Prices start at around $8/month, but it includes all the essentials. If you don’t particularly need an email address, it can be even cheaper.
To better understand exactly how it works, please watch our step by step tutorial to website creation!
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