How do I build my website?

Posted by ToddS on Wednesday 13 February 2008

I get asked that question a lot it seems, and it’s kind of a loaded question. My answer is usually, “It depends.”.

But actually, after you build a couple of websites you will find that for the most part they have the same basic framework and most websites are the same steps repeated over and over.

So building a website using Dreamweaver might look something like this:

  1. Purchase Domain Name
  2. Purchase Hosting
  3. Create a FTP account
  4. Setup a Adobe Dreamweaver site definition
  5. Create page design in Adobe Fireworks
  6. Convert page design to Dreamweaver template
  7. Create new page using template
  8. Push web page to web server
  9. Test in multiple browsers
  10. Repeat steps 7-9 until website is complete

That might seem like a lot of steps, but you will find that none of them are particularly hard. Especially after you have had a bit of practice.

Over the next couple of days I will break those steps down for you so they don’t seem so daunting.

If you just focus on one piece at a time, you will have your site up and running in no time. :)

::ToddS
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4 Responses to “How do I build my website?”

  1. Pete V
    Wednesday 13 February 2008 6:51 pm

    Ok, you talk about about the “do’s”, the things to do to start your own website. What about the “don’t s”. For example I have heard that it is actually BAD to have your site linked by some linking sites? That Google and others will actually rate you lower if you are linked with some services? Is this true, and what other “don’t s” are out there?

  2. Prod.Net
    Friday 15 February 2008 3:56 pm

    Default vs index, html vs htm….What is the difference? I thought it was basically a Linux vs Windows webserver issue. I thought most Linux or Unix based webservers used default.html and most Windows servers used index.htm, but that doesn’t seem to be the case today. Can you give the background and the rule of when to use which?

  3. ToddS
    Friday 15 February 2008 4:40 pm

    Hey Pete V…

    I think that’s a great topic for an article. I haven’t really ever sat down and created a list of “Don’t Do’s” before. Gonna have to think about it.

    I will post a comment here once I get the article written.

  4. ToddS
    Friday 15 February 2008 6:15 pm

    Prod.net… [Check here]

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