Step 1 : Domain
Domain basically is the name of your website. For example, Yahoo or Google, their domain name will be yahoo.com or google.com. You might wonder what you should name your website. Try to register a domain name that similar with the products or service that you offer to your clients.
If your product name is 'ABC' register a domain ABC.com Below is some of the websites that offer this service.
1. Moniker.com
2.NameCheap.com
3.GoDaddy.com
4.Exabytes.com
If you would like to buy Malaysia domain eg: yourdomain.com.my or yourdomain.my
Step 2 : Hosting
After registering a domain name, now is the time to register a Hosting package. Hosting company basically owns a lot of computers and is connected into the internet. When you sign up a package with Hosting company, you may place your website into their computer so that your website can be view in the Internet.
1. HostGator
2. LunarPages.com
3. UltraWebsiteHosting.com
4. ThinkHost.com
Step 3 : Create Website
If you are totally new into creating website, i suggest study up the basic HTML. HTML basically is a language that we use to create a website. If you know what is HTML, you may skip this step.
1. WYSIWYG Editor
You may use Dreamweaver to create website. Please logon to Dreamweaver to find out more information. This is the most easy way to use if you are very new in creating websites.
2. HTML Tutorial
You may visit some of the websites that provide free tutorial. This can guide you a lot when comes to learning HTML.
Hope tutorial able to help you to have a understanding in HTML.
Step 4 : Upload to Server
1. Download your FTP, you may click HERE to download. FTP is a tool you can use to upload all your files into your server so that it can view live.
2. Username & Password
Remember in our Step 2, you need to register your hosting package? After registering a Hosting Package, normally they will email you the details such as Host Address, Username and Password. Please refer to their email.
After you finish the installation of the Filezilla or any other FTP program that you are using. Enter the details
Address : YourDomain.com
Username : Your Username
Password : Your Password
Port : 21
If you have enter all the details correctly, you may connect into your server successfully. If you failed to connect, please make sure your Host Address, Username and Password are enter correctly. If you are not sure whether you have make any mistake regarding the Username and Password, please contact your Hosting Company and get more help from their Support.
Hope this little tutorial may help you in creating a simple website. Enjoy ~
