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Easy And Intuitive Ways To Make a Website for Free

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While a host of user-friendly solutions for hosting a free website are out there, it’s very easy to feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of ‘tips’ and ‘tricks’ the internet will present the second you search the topic. Today we’re going to cut through a lot of that, and show you a simple and intuitive way to go from having no website, to be set up with adequate coverage for a small business. All in layman-friendly terms.

Understanding what goes into a website

While there are simple ways to take a free website from dream to reality, you don’t merely click your fingers and a website appears. It is going to take some initiative and design from you. So it helps if you have a basic idea of the process ahead.

Firstly, if you’re wondering whether you even need a website, the answer is yes, you do. Seriously. We don’t even need to know much about you. It doesn’t matter if you’re setting up a small business or ‘side hustle’, or trying to form a hobby group. The modern world runs on digital interactions, and you need to ‘stake a claim’ in a corner of the internet as yours.

To ‘have a website, you need a set of files that will be written in HTML. It’s a little like any software language. Although it’s really just lines of code, it will be interpreted by backend software, files that are referenced will be located and shown, and that code will display a pretty website to the visitor. But this code, your website, isn’t enough by itself. If you think of your website as a picture, there’s no point in having it sitting in your cupboard. You would, instead, want to rent a spot in the gallery (the entire internet) to display it.

To do that, you need a domain name, which you can think of as a ‘map’ to find your picture in the gallery. And you need a website host- think of them as the wall the picture gets hung on. 

If you’re still a little confused, or perhaps even wondering, “What is a domain?”  or how to tell whether you need a website or a blog, don’t worry. We’ll explain that in a minute. 

Finding space on the web for your site

Creating a site for free is, surprisingly, easier than hosting it for free, or finding free domain names. Both are critically important parts of the process.

Firstly, domain names are what appear in the search bar as www.YourDomainName.com. There are some tips and tricks to picking the right one for your business. Typically you would buy these from a domain registrar (these people administer the addresses that happen after the second dot-like .com or .co.uk) and if you’re founding a business, it may be worth buying one instead of taking a free option. While many free website hosts offer free domain names, it usually has their own name in there too, and that can look unprofessional. It’s only a small annual fee for the domain. Should it expire, that’s when you see the ‘domain not found’ messages we’re sure you’re familiar with.

Hosting, when paid, will be a monthly cost and by far the most expensive part of having a website. Hosting a website means you pay someone for a little corner of their server to host your site files on, and that’s what makes your site from a pile of code to a destination people can visit on the web. These servers also hold the ‘backend’ code that interprets the website, added the domain name, allows you to create email addresses and store them, and do all the cool things we associate with having a website. Unless you are a backend developer yourself, it’s best not to concern yourself about that too much, however.

There are many quality free website hosting services out there, and you’ll recognize famous names among them, so finding the right one won’t be an issue. 

The basics of making a website

Unless you have experience with HTML, it’s likely best to look for a template that matches the specs you want from your website. Many quality free website hosts will offer you a range of templates to choose from readymade. Plug in your own photos and details, and you’re done. In an era where every business, no matter how small, needs a website, nothing could be simpler. 

If you’re looking for a more personalized option, you can find that too. If your host allows you to make a site via a website builder, there are both free and paid templates available, and the systems are fairly intuitive to use. Otherwise, you will need to look for HTML templates to upload to your host. These can be harder for a layperson to grasp but aren’t too hard to use if you have a little time to get to grips with the basics.

Conclusion

And there you have it! It’s possible to get both free and paid help through all key points involved in the creation of a website. Simply make sure you have your three key aspects the way you would like them, and your free website will soon be a reality.

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