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Step 1
Get a domain name (web address - www.yourname.com) for your business web site.
(Click Here to find out why you need a domain name and how to order
yours today!
Step 2
Sign up with a Web Hosting Company
so you can use your domain name (web address).
Once you have a domain name, you will need a web hosting company (a company like ours that has the
ability to store your web pages on a server and to display your web pages on the
Internet). You will receive a user name and password so that you can
modify, add and delete pages whenever you like.
Your Options are:
- You can use your current Internet Service Provider (ISP) i.e. AOL, GTE, MCI,
PacBell, Earthlink... who will provide you with free space for your web pages.
or
You can sign up with a company that is independent of your current ISP, for
example our company "WebBusinessServices"(http://www.webbusiness.com).
- What If I Use My Current ISP (Internet Service Provider)?
If
you use your current ISP for your web pages the space is free. They will allow you to save
your web pages on their server (computer). There is no additional monthly charge. The free
web space is one of the features that is included in the monthly fee that you pay to them
for giving you the ability to dial into the Internet.
Keep in mind that if you use your current ISP's web space - your web address
may be "http://www.ISPname.com/yourname".
However, if you should decide to change ISP companies you will not be able to
maintain the same web address that they gave you because you would no longer have access
to their server.
- What If I Use WebBusiness (Web Hosting Services)
The advantage to putting your web pages on our server is that we are independent
of your current ISP and therefore no matter who you use for your ISP service (the company
that provides you the ability to dial into the Internet), your web pages and web address
will not change. Once you get your own domain name (web address), you can have anyone host
your web site.You may say "Why Pay When I Can Get It Free from my
ISP?" As indicated above, if you should decide to change ISP's you will not be
able to maintain your same web address and plus by having your own domain name (web
address), being that you have a business web site, this is your unique identity on the
Internet. Because our service is independent of your current ISP and we provide you
with space on our servers, there is a monthly web hosting fee. (See our low cost web
hosting rates by clicking on the following link: http://www.webbusiness.com/web-hosting
We also provide e-commerce web hosting for internet storefronts. A secure
server is provided for your credit card transactions and shopping carts for your
customers. This is ideal for a business who wants to sell their products on the
Internet.
Click Here to get
information on setting up an e-commerce web site
Step 3
Create your web site. How? What are my options?
Option 1 - Create Your Own Web Site
- Pros - Saves Web Site Designer Cost. You can also maintain yourself.
Cons
- You will need to get familiar with HTML (language used to design web pages) or
learn a software program that will generate a web page for you automatically. Also, you
will spend time looking for graphics and creating the page.
Click Here for links to web
site page editor software
Option 2 - Have a Web Site Designer Create Your Web Site for You
Option 3 - Use one of our Free Web Templates that is included with
our Web Hosting Plan 1.
Step 4
Transferring Your Web Pages to the Web Host Server
After signing up with a web host, you will be
able to
transfer/copy your web page files to the computer server of your web host. You will do
this by using a "File Transfer Protocol" software program. The
company that you have chosen to host your web pages can provide you with information on
how to get the FTP program or they may have this feature automated for you. They will
provide you with a User ID and password to transfer your pages to their
server. Also, if you use a program such as "Microsoft
Frontpage", a
file transfer/publishing feature is included with the program.
Step 5
Register Your Web Site With Search Engines
After you are on the Internet, it is time to let the world know you have
arrived. Your next step is to get your web site indexed by the top search engine
sites. What are Search Engine sites? A search engine site is where web surfers
can go and type in key words or makes an inquiry when looking for something. The
popular search engine sites are Google, Altavista, Excite,
Webcrawler, Lycos and Yahoo.
Step 6
Advertise/Promote Your Web Site
How? Click Here for Guidelines to Promote Your Web Site
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