It is no longer news that part of the important factors that decide the success of businesses in this age is online presence. The modern day clients/customers are extra smart to browse through the internet searching for lists of service providers that can deliver an awesome product or services for their money. Having an website gives you an edge against others in your field, as your website can serve as a representative for you in hundreds of location at the same time while disseminating the same information about your business. If you want to learn more about how a website can aid your business growth read about why you should consider getting a website for your business

In this post, I’m going to highlight some important points you need to understand to make the process easier enough for you on deciding the right channel to direct your fund. I assumed that since you are reading this you already know how to surf the internet, no any other prior knowledge is assumed as this post is meant for non technical individual or business trying to know the steps that are required before they can have their website on the World Wide Web.

Below are some of the things you need to know before proceeding to develop your own website.

1. Establish the objectives of your website

For a better result, planning should precede any other action, so also is it in website creation process. Before taking any step, you need to map out the inner workings of your business and decide on how to present your website to convey the business’s messages. This can be achieved by going into a lot of research about your field and see what others are doing and draw some inspirations from them but do not copy, it is very detrimental.

2. Purchase a domain name

This is one of the most important feature of your website, it is the URL that will be used to look up your website on the internet like example.com. A domain name is very important and has to be chosen carefully, avoid choosing domain name that is too long to remember, contains abbreviation, acronyms or numbers. Choose a short, easy to remember domain name, remember your website is meant for the public. You also need to decide on which TLD (Top-level domain) best suits your brand, TLD is the suffix you see at the end of domain names for example, .com, .gov, .org. The most common TLD is .com but others too are in use depending on the type of institution it represents. You can purchase your domain name through a domain name registrar like GoDaddy, Namecheap, Shopify, etc.

Purchasing a domain name does not automatically get your website up and running, it is like registering a business name which does not translate to having a functioning business.

3. Sign up for a web host

How does this work? A web hosting company has many computers that are always connected to the internet. The hosting server is where you will upload your website before it can be accessed by others from their own computer or mobile phone. When you purchase a hosting plan it can be likened to renting a store which will house your goods (website) and of course bear the company name you earlier registered (your domain name). When purchasing a hosting plan the available options are two; you can purchase a dedicated hosting or a shared hosting. A dedicated hosting gives you a private server but it is usually expensive unlike a shared hosting that is pocket friendly but you will have to share a server with other websites which could affect your website’s speed.

There are numerous hosting companies around, each with one juicy offer or the other. Before chosen your hosting company make sure you enquire about their operations. Below are some of the factors to consider before chosen a host.

Uptime: Typically, hosting companies do promise a 100% uptime but that is not entirely true, but it can very close. Any web hosting company with a low uptime will cause your website to go offline unnecessarily and this is going to affect your business negatively.

Customer support: No doubt, as a first timer you might run into some configuration issues on your server, this is going to require you in most cases to contact your web hosting company for support. A hosting company with poor customer support will make you lose some customer as your website might be down due to some error that needs their professional assistance. Usually, hosting companies have phone numbers, email or a live chat feature put in place to handle user complaints.

4. Build your website

The next step is turning your idea into a working thing, in this stage since my assumption about the reader is that you have little or no background in IT, so I will recommend you give this part to professionals to handle.

Below are some useful information you need to be aware of when hiring a developer for your website projects.

1. Supply all the details you will love to have on your website, including the graphics; logo, company pictures, team members and other useful resources.

2. Explain in detail what you really want and ask the developer for explanation on any area that is not clear.

Need a website? Read this first! Steps involved in creating a website

From this stage on, most of the work is left for the developer, depending on the type of website, there might be the need to integrate a third party application for example an ecommerce website will require a payment option which requires your website to make use of third party applications for payment processing, ensure you obtain a working knowledge of these components from the developer.

After completion, the project is set for deployment on the server and then you can perform some tests to ensure all the features are functioning accordingly.

Website creation is entails a lot of process which cannot be fully explained in a post, I hope this piece clears some of your doubt.

Lastly, the information above is a guide to help you understand the processes entail in having your own website up and running. If there is any information you need but not found in the article, feel free to post a comment below and you will receive a reply as soon as possible.


https://www.concord.com.ng/viewpost.php?ref=2&&post=Need%20a%20website?%20Read%20this%20first!%20Steps%20involved%20in%20creating%20a%20website

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It is no longer news that part of the important factors that decide the success of businesses in this age is online presence. The modern day clients/customers are extra smart to browse through the internet searching for lists of service providers that can deliver an awesome product or services for their money. Having an website gives you an edge against others in your field, as your website can serve as a representative for you in hundreds of location at the same time while disseminating the same information about your business. If you want to learn more about how a website can aid your business growth read about why you should consider getting a website for your business

In this post, I’m going to highlight some important points you need to understand to make the process easier enough for you on deciding the right channel to direct your fund. I assumed that since you are reading this you already know how to surf the internet, no any other prior knowledge is assumed as this post is meant for non technical individual or business trying to know the steps that are required before they can have their website on the World Wide Web.

Below are some of the things you need to know before proceeding to develop your own website.

1. Establish the objectives of your website

For a better result, planning should precede any other action, so also is it in website creation process. Before taking any step, you need to map out the inner workings of your business and decide on how to present your website to convey the business’s messages. This can be achieved by going into a lot of research about your field and see what others are doing and draw some inspirations from them but do not copy, it is very detrimental.

2. Purchase a domain name

This is one of the most important feature of your website, it is the URL that will be used to look up your website on the internet like example.com. A domain name is very important and has to be chosen carefully, avoid choosing domain name that is too long to remember, contains abbreviation, acronyms or numbers. Choose a short, easy to remember domain name, remember your website is meant for the public. You also need to decide on which TLD (Top-level domain) best suits your brand, TLD is the suffix you see at the end of domain names for example, .com, .gov, .org. The most common TLD is .com but others too are in use depending on the type of institution it represents. You can purchase your domain name through a domain name registrar like GoDaddy, Namecheap, Shopify, etc.

Purchasing a domain name does not automatically get your website up and running, it is like registering a business name which does not translate to having a functioning business.

3. Sign up for a web host

How does this work? A web hosting company has many computers that are always connected to the internet. The hosting server is where you will upload your website before it can be accessed by others from their own computer or mobile phone. When you purchase a hosting plan it can be likened to renting a store which will house your goods (website) and of course bear the company name you earlier registered (your domain name). When purchasing a hosting plan the available options are two; you can purchase a dedicated hosting or a shared hosting. A dedicated hosting gives you a private server but it is usually expensive unlike a shared hosting that is pocket friendly but you will have to share a server with other websites which could affect your website’s speed.

There are numerous hosting companies around, each with one juicy offer or the other. Before chosen your hosting company make sure you enquire about their operations. Below are some of the factors to consider before chosen a host.

Uptime: Typically, hosting companies do promise a 100% uptime but that is not entirely true, but it can very close. Any web hosting company with a low uptime will cause your website to go offline unnecessarily and this is going to affect your business negatively.

Customer support: No doubt, as a first timer you might run into some configuration issues on your server, this is going to require you in most cases to contact your web hosting company for support. A hosting company with poor customer support will make you lose some customer as your website might be down due to some error that needs their professional assistance. Usually, hosting companies have phone numbers, email or a live chat feature put in place to handle user complaints.

4. Build your website

The next step is turning your idea into a working thing, in this stage since my assumption about the reader is that you have little or no background in IT, so I will recommend you give this part to professionals to handle.

Below are some useful information you need to be aware of when hiring a developer for your website projects.

1. Supply all the details you will love to have on your website, including the graphics; logo, company pictures, team members and other useful resources.

2. Explain in detail what you really want and ask the developer for explanation on any area that is not clear.

Need a website? Read this first! Steps involved in creating a website

From this stage on, most of the work is left for the developer, depending on the type of website, there might be the need to integrate a third party application for example an ecommerce website will require a payment option which requires your website to make use of third party applications for payment processing, ensure you obtain a working knowledge of these components from the developer.

After completion, the project is set for deployment on the server and then you can perform some tests to ensure all the features are functioning accordingly.

Website creation is entails a lot of process which cannot be fully explained in a post, I hope this piece clears some of your doubt.

Lastly, the information above is a guide to help you understand the processes entail in having your own website up and running. If there is any
information you need but not found in the article, feel free to post a comment below and you will receive a reply as soon as possible.


https://www.concord.com.ng/viewpost.php?ref=2&&post=Need%20a%20website?%20Read%20this%20first!%20Steps%20involved%20in%20creating%20a%20website

pls how can I reclaim my money that was debited from my account this morning for the purchase of domain from goddady.com without my authorization