Creating your own website may seem like a daunting task, but depending on the type of website you choose, it will be a lot easier than you think. In this article we explain how to build a website using your Mac computer.
We'll help you start building a basic website, with a custom domain registration that you can use to add the content you want. If you're looking for something more sophisticated, we recommend reading one of these Udemy web development courses.
What do you need to start a web page?
If you want to create a web page, these are some points to keep in mind:
- Hosted hosting your website
- Buy a domain for your website
- Create and build your own page
Obviously, this is just what you need to get started, because building a website from scratch is a complex process that we cannot fully discuss in this document. We give you the basics for getting started.
Hosting of your website
Web pages need a guardian server It is the simplest way to rent space on a server. This will cost you some money, there are subscriptions that are made annually as you please.
These are some of our sites that you can find guardian your favorite website:
- 123-reg: one of the providers of guardian and major domains around the world.
- SiteGound: known and internationally acclaimed, highly recommended.
- TSOHost: It has excellent integration with WordPress
- Fatcock: They provide excellent customer service. A very popular option for small businesses.
These are just a few examples, but there are many companies that offer these types of services. Your choice will depend on you, on what you want to use and on the website you rely on.
Find the domain of your website
Once you have selected the service guardian and if you are a subscriber, you will have purchased a subset of the website with its IP address (Internet Protocol).
The IP address is based on a series of four periods separated by periods (such as 123.123.12.32). Introducing this IP address into a web browser takes you to an Internet server and restores the associated website.
Obviously no traveler remembers these IP addresses, so you need to find a simple name to remember as "webdesara.com", whatever you want to call it. This name is called a domain (although this is referred to in the end, it & # 39; .co.uk & # 39; or & # 39; .net & # 39; bit).
To do this, you must search your preferred domain name for the domain registration domain. If available, you can rent it for one year and link it to your IP address. Now, when someone connects and logs into the domain, they take it to your IP address, where your website will be hosted.
There are many domain registration services available, but if you can get a domain registration with the same company as hosting, It will be easier for them to link the domain directly to their hosting service, and make it easier to make changes online.
How to create a web page on a Mac
Once you have established the registration and domain name, it is time to create your own website.
There are many ways to achieve this, on many basic websites the use of HTML documents, CSS documents (in construction and navigation) and compiled image files. HTML and CSS are not difficult to learn, and gaining basic HTML knowledge is a good idea if you're planning to get into web design.
We recommend consulting Udemy HTML and CSS courses if you decide to follow that path. However, most users do not use the website manually and use the system to design a site or CMS online (content management system) such as WordPress.
We think designing a website with WordPress is an easy way to create a website where you can add articles regularly. WordPress is downloaded from the website of WordPress.org
This is different from the WordPress.com website. WordPress.com is used to create personalized pages on WordPress.com (such as mysite.wordpress.com), while WordPress.org is used to download the entire WordPress application and install it on your site.
You can choose between Themes theme for your own website design or search for WordPress themes on Google, you'll see that there are thousands available (usually for some money).
The process of designing pages and content for your website will vary depending on the theme you choose, but most have detailed guidelines and support available to help you find your way.
If WordPress doesn't convince you, you should know that there are many alternatives. Here are some of them:
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