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.


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I have been writing this program for sometimes now but whenever it gets to this particular level where I needed to verify a hashed password in the database against a user input password, it keeps returning wrong password. Below is my signup and login page code.




The login page:

if(isset($_POST['submit'])){

$email_verify = $mysql->real_escape_string($_POST['login_email']);
$password2 = $mysql->real_escape_string($_POST['login_password']);

if(empty($email_verify) || empty($password2)){
die('Error: Username or password is empty!');
}else{

$query = "SELECT id, username, email, password, user_level FROM userprofile WHERE email=? AND password =?";

$stmt = $mysql->prepare($query);
$stmt->bind_param('ss', $email_verify, $password2);
$stmt->execute();
$stmt->bind_result($id, $username, $email, $password_hash, $user_level);
$stmt->store_result();
$stmt->fetch();



if($email_verify === $email && password_verify($password2, $password_hash) && $user_level === $user){
$_SESSION['login_user'] = $email;
header("location: userprofile.php";
}elseif($email_verify === $email && password_verify($password2, $password) && $user_level === $admin){
$_SESSION['login_admin'] = $email;
header("location: adminprofile.php";
}else{
$_SESSION['error_message'] = "Username or password is incorrect!";

}
mysqli_close($mysql);
}
}


if(isset($_SESSION['login_user'])){
header("location: userprofile.php";
}elseif(isset($_SESSION['login_admin'])){
header("location: adminprofile.php";
}




The sign up page:



$password_hash = password_hash($password, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);
//To check if it is real image or not
if(preg_match("!image!", $_FILES['profile_image']['type'])){
//To check if the image copied or not
if(copy($_FILES['profile_image']['tmp_name'], $profile_image)){
$upload_sql = "INSERT INTO userprofile(first_name, surname, last_name, username, password, email, phone_number, country, state, city, user_image)" . "VALUES('$firstname', '$surname', '$lastname', '$username', '$password_hash', '$email', '$phone_number', '$country', '$state', '$city', '$profile_image')";

So, I wrote my examination on Tuesday and tried checking my result yesterday but they keep deducting my 50 naira without giving me any feedback. I think JAMB has now resort to duping students in the name of result checking. I have spent 150 naira on the result since yesterday without any success. Is there anyone here experiencing this same issue? Thanks.

iceboy4752:

Good day bro, please I'm about to register for UTME and ABU is my choice of institution. However, there is a problem I have with the process which I like to share with you privately maybe your input will help me to know what my options are. I'll love to chat with you on whatsapp of messenger, if you don't mind.

DaudaAbu:


https://archive.org/stream/AllInclusiveCalcsInPhysics/All-Inclusive%20Calculations%20in%20Physics_djvu.txt

Thanks for the solutions. I really appreciate it.

A screw jack whose pitch is 4.4mm is used to raise a car of mass 800kg through a height of 40cm. The lenght of the tommy bar of the Jack is 70cm, if the efficiency of the jack is 60%. Calculate (a) velocity ratio of the jack (b) M.A of the jack (c) effort required in raising of the body (g=10 m/s pi=22/7).

A screw jack whose pitch is 4.4mm is used to raise a car of mass 800kg through a height of 40cm. The lenght of the tommy bar of the Jack is 70cm, if the efficiency of the jack is 60%. Calculate (a) velocity ratio of the jack (b) M.A of the jack (c) effort required in raising of the body (g=10 m/s pi=22/7).

Kenny4lyfe:

Wow! Very insightful thread. So unfortunate that you guys stopped updating the thread but nevertheless we have gained alot and that's the most important thing.

Meanwhile, what advice can you give to a student who's not too good in Maths but developed a love for it lately and wish to pursue a degree in it.

Hope you have completed your program and how is/was it?

You can check Classic system infotech, though I'm not sure whether there's such program in their courses.
Do you reside in Osogbo?

etech:
You can install using a flash drive just make the flash bootable you can use a thirty party software like wintoflash to achieve that

Thanks.
Oh there was a mistake in the question I asked. What I meant was; I have a system that I can't connect the hard disk to it using the default port due to damage in the flex. Now, my question is, can I purchase an external adapter to connect the hard disk to the system? Will I be able to install windows on it even though it's connected as external.

concord129:
Hello everyone, I have a mini laptop MG101A6 like the one below. It has a problem of damaged hard disk connector flex. I have tried to look around for
replacement but the laptop is scarce (I reside in Osogbo), and I seriously need a laptop for my school program. Please if you
have a dead laptop of this type with the hard disk connector flex still working kindly help a brother.

Hello experts, can I install windows on my hard disk using external hard disk adapter? Or what other options do I have?

Hello everyone.
So I had an issue with my system hard disk connector. I reached out for help but couldn't get any. However, due to my desperation to use the laptop for some work I have to think of other possibilities. And now there's only one option that seems to be the only way out but I'm not sure whether it's going to work.
The hard disk did not work with the system directly due to damaged flex which I am unable to get the replacement. Now I'm thinking of buying an external hard disk adapter but I'm not sure whether I will be able to install windows on my hard disk through this method. Please if you have experienced this before kindly help or you've other solution(s). I don't have money to buy a PC now and I'm losing many things due to faulty laptop.

dragnet:
rather than posting the picture of the connector, your posting that of the laptop?

I'm very sorry bro, I lost my android phone to burglars so the nokia phone I'm using has a poor camera. But this is what it looks like.

jboixxx:
Can you post the connector's pix?

That's what it looks like. Sorry for poor camera.

Hello everyone, I have a mini laptop MG101A6 like the one below. It has a problem of damaged hard disk connector flex. I have tried to look around for
replacement but the laptop is scarce (I reside in Osogbo), and I seriously need a laptop for my school program. Please if you
have a dead laptop of this type with the hard disk connector flex still working kindly help a brother.

Hello everyone, I have a mini laptop MG101A6 like the one below. It has a problem of damaged hard disk connector flex. I have tried to look around for replacement but the laptop is scarce (I reside in Osogbo), and I seriously need a laptop for my school program. Please if you have a dead laptop of this type with the hard disk connector flex still working kindly help a brother.

wizod:
He must be an afonja. Very irresponsible set of people

Lol... Like waking early in the morning, heading straight to play draft under mango tree, sipping gin like there's no tomorrow while expecting wife to come back to rip her off the meagre she'd earned through hustling.

islamics:

It actually happened to me, in one health NGO in Abuja.
Name of organization: ehealth4...
The way he ended it, I was not even expecting a callback except maybe a miracle.

assalam alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa baarokatuhu.
Please sir, I'm a beginner in the world of programming and I will like to have you as a mentor.

ChiefAzubuike:
These noise makers and thrash talkers who call themselves Fuji and apala musicians.

Its even more pathetic someone like saheed osupa exalts himself by saying he's the oba Orin,.king of music, awa kawe, etc. The whack musician whose music doesn't travel past the yorubas and the Yoruba touts and agberos in particular should be comparing himself to Michael Jackson then.

How does this correlate with the post? Someone died and the best you could come up with is this story of fuji and apala.
You even called them nonsense and thrash talker. Lol.

Good day everyone, I'm currently running my diploma program in software engineering in a college of education but I found out there is only one university in Nigeria offering the course as a major and it's private, which I'm sure I can't afford. So I want to know if I can cross to computer science by direct entry into the university with ND software engineering.
Thanks.
Lalasticlala help a brother.

Wetechshout:


Oshogbo....

Onward area to be specific

Really? Can we discuss on a different platform? Fb or whatsapp.

Wetechshout:


Waoh, you have bypassed me...
Am also a beginner in the business.....

lol �. As much as I would have love to learn with you my laptop Bleep up. By d way where do you base?