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Greetings, dear reader, to the InetSovety.ru blog. In this article I will tell you in detail how to make a website yourself from scratch and practically for free. I will share with you practical information and experience acquired over the past 5 years.

Having received ready-made step-by-step instructions for creating a website from scratch yourself, you will be able to develop and open a website not only for yourself, but also for a company, or a freelance customer.

Where to start creating

Before you open your website on the Internet, you need to clearly understand why you need it? For what purpose are you creating it? Your further actions to implement the project will depend on this.

Let's look at the needs for which websites are usually created:

• for the purpose of making a profit - commercial websites;
• non-commercial projects for communication and exchange of information among themselves, rare, but they do occur;
• information and educational portals with limited access to content (for a subscription or monetary payment, access to information is provided for a certain period of time);
• online stores for selling goods and pages for ordering services;
• thematic information Internet portals for collecting target audiences in order to make money on advertising and affiliate programs.

For example, you want to make money by providing your services. In this case, you will need a business card website. A place where you can post your portfolio with examples of work, a description of the services provided, their prices, contact information, and customer reviews.

The next task is directly related to commerce – trading goods via the Internet. A simple website using a website builder will no longer work here. And you will need a multifunctional portal, where it will be possible not only to conveniently place descriptions of the goods sold for the user, but also to accept orders, provide consultations and answer customer questions. Such sites are called online stores.

If the goal of creating your own website is to share your thoughts with readers. A blog powered by WordPress is just right. I will talk about it in more detail later in the article.

If you want to create a platform for people to communicate, a type of website such as a forum is just right.

A separate article is devoted to the issue of making money on various types of sites -.

First, decide why you need a website and what tasks it should perform, then choose one of the types of projects to implement your idea. Next, the main types of sites will be considered and their characteristics will be given.

Overview of the main types of web resources

Different types of sites have their own special names, due to their focus and the tasks they perform. You, as a future webmaster, should know what features each of them has.

Despite the similarities between Internet projects, we will classify them according to commercial criteria. The first will be those that are created directly to receive money from sales, and the second will be projects for the provision and exchange of information that receive indirect income from advertising.

Commercial websites

Online store for selling goods

It is not just a multi-page website with pages describing goods, but also additional services (online consultant, order form and online payment for goods via plastic cards or electronic money).
The application for the product completed by the buyer is sent for processing to the manager, who processes it. Payment is often made by cash on delivery upon receipt of the order by the client.

Developing a high-quality online store from scratch will cost at least 50,000 rubles.

Its main purpose is to provide potential clients with information about a private specialist or small company providing their services.

Such an Internet project contains pages with information about the company, services provided, prices for work, customer reviews and contact information.

Since the site is very small and consists of 4-5 pages, the cost of its creation is from 5,000 rubles. If you have free time and a desire to understand designers or CMS engines, you can make a website with ready-made templates with your own hands and almost free of charge. And you won't have to pay anyone.

Corporate project

This is a more complex version of a business card website. It is created by large companies. The corporate website publishes not only information about services, the company, and contact information; it may additionally contain a product catalog, news feed, product selection services, calculators, and an online consultant.

Development of a corporate resource will cost at least 30,000 rubles.

Langing Page

A one-page website for selling one product or advertising one service. In some cases, the landing page advertises a line of products that differ in more sophisticated characteristics.

The cost of ordering from web developers will cost at least 20,000 rubles.

Next we will talk about projects that primarily provide information to visitors and earn money indirectly, through placement different types of advertising, through which products and services are advertised to users. Such sites receive money for bringing customers through advertising. Most often, clicks on ads are paid, and much less often certain actions (purchase of a product, registration, subscription to a newsletter).

Information projects

News portal

A site about events in the city, region, narrowly niche (the latest gadgets, cars, etc.) or about all events in the country and the world. Only large websites with a whole staff of journalists can afford to write about everything at once. Beginners should start with narrowly themed projects if the budget is limited and there is little experience.

The main feature of these web resources is the frequent publication of notes. Visitors go to the site while the news is relevant. After a short time, she loses the public's interest. And if you don’t continue to fill the Internet project with new articles, people won’t visit it.

Creation will cost from 40,000 rubles.

Blog

It is believed that a blog is a personal page of one person, on which he shares his thoughts and expresses his attitude to various events and things. In addition to the fact that it is created for the personal expression of the author, it is possible to receive income from advertising and collect a subscription base for sending them advertising offers of your own or partner products and services.

Despite the fact that there have long been special blogging platforms where you can start your own blog for free on the Internet (the most popular is livejournal.com), it is better to spend about 1,500 rubles a year and purchase a beautiful domain and offline hosting.

Now there is a lot of information on the Internet on how to make a website yourself from scratch on the WordPress platform. Check this one out. It describes the entire algorithm for setting up a project with a second-level domain on paid hosting.

For freelance programmers, setting up a simple blog without a unique design will cost you 2000-3000 rubles. As for the development of a unique design and functionality, be prepared to pay an additional amount of money for a high-quality design.

Information sites

In recent years, the direction of information sites on which visitors find answers to their practical questions has been actively developing. The creators of such projects analyze the statistics of requested key phrases and write articles with information that meets user requests. And the income comes from advertising.

Unlike news sites, where traffic depends on the frequency of publishing new materials, information materials do not become outdated as quickly. A high-quality article brings visitors for several years in a row. People are constantly looking for answers to the questions “How?” How? What?" on the Internet.

You can open an information site on your own, devoting 3-4 hours a day to learning the necessary skills and applying the experience gained in practice. Or delegate setting up an Internet project, creating a semantic core, writing and publishing articles to freelancers. A minimum of 30,000 rubles will be required. to pay for the services of various specialists. But in order to be confident in the result and control the activities of the team, you need to understand how it should be done correctly. I recommend watching courses on creating websites and making money from them.

Internet portals

To understand what we are talking about, go to major sites about real estate, finance or cars. As a rule, such web resources contain a feed of the latest news in the industry, a catalog of companies or products, and a forum.

Without a serious base of knowledge and experience, as well as financial resources, it is difficult to create, much less manage, such a project. As for the cost, get ready to shell out a large sum of 200,000 rubles.

We have looked at what are the features of certain types of sites. Now you must think about what tasks you plan to create an Internet project for, and decide on the type. After this, you can move on to the next stage of creating a website from scratch - technical implementation.

Sequence of website creation and launch

Let's consider the stages of developing an Internet project. After determining the tasks for which you will create the type of site you need, you will have to choose how it will be technically implemented. Next, you will learn about designers and content management systems that help you customize the appearance and functionality of a web resource.

Technical implementation using a designer or CMS platform

An online website builder is a service that has all the tools for setting up and managing a website without technical knowledge in programming, HTML and CSS languages. To manage a website created using the builder, just log into your account. The intuitive interface of the designer's control panel contains an editor in which you can change the design of the site, manage sections and functionality, create and customize pages.

All constructors are free of charge. As soon as you want to connect a beautiful second-level domain or functionality, you will be offered to upgrade to a paid plan. Some designers broadcast their advertisements on free packages.

Here is a comparative description of popular designers:

	uKit	WIX	uCoz
Types of sites	Business card website, one-page website, online store	Blog, forum, business card website, one-page site, online store	Blog, forum, business card website, online store, coproparative website, information project
Ready-made templates with device adaptability	More than 150	From 390	300+, but not adaptive
Free/trial plan	Yes/15 days	Not really	Not really
Minimum tariff	from $5 per month	from $4.08 per month	from $2.99/month
Level 2 domain binding	Available only on paid plan	Free on paid plans	Allowed on a free plan, if you pay for the “Optimal” plan for a year, a domain is a gift
Link	Go	Go	Go

CMS platform (engine) is a website management system for working with its content and functionality. Provides unlimited possibilities for implementing various functions using ready-made add-ons or programmers writing modules for special tasks.

There are free and paid CMS. I would like to note that in the case of free CMS engines, there are no hidden restrictions, like with website builders. This is why I like WordPress, on which the Inetsovety.ru blog and many of my other projects were created. I only pay for the domain and hosting. And once I had to spend money on ordering a unique template.

Which engine is suitable for the types of sites discussed above can be clearly understood from the table:

CMS	What can be created
WordPress	Blog, business card, corporate and news sites, information project, portal with simple functionality
Joomla	Blog, business card website, corporate website with simple functionality, news project, online store with simple functionality
Drupal	Business card website, blog, corporate and news resource, online store with complex functionality, portals and services, even a social network
OpenCart	Online store only
1C-Bitrix - paid	Business card website, blog, news and corporate website, online store with complex functionality, portals and services, promotional website, social network
UMI.CMS - paid	Business card website, corporate and news website, online store with complex functionality, Web portal
osCommerce - paid	Online store

To help you make a choice on how to create a website yourself from scratch, let’s look at the differences between builders and CMS platforms:

1. With the help of designers, you can make a website yourself without technical skills or knowledge of programming languages ​​- this is a big plus;
2. The first disadvantage follows from the first point - free plans have functionality limitations. If you need to add a feature to your project that is not in the standard library of designer options, even a programmer will not be able to help you, since you cannot make changes to the source code of design sites.
3. A significant disadvantage of the designers is that you cannot transfer the site to another hosting. Once an Internet project is created there, it remains there forever. While web resources on a CMS are saved in backup copies and transferred between hosters quite easily.
4. Most designers allow you to attach a second-level domain name to a website only in paid plans.
5. Designers have restrictions on connecting SEO modules, which complicates promotion in search engines.

As you can see, you can make a website with your own hands for free using the website builder, but it will be limited in functionality. If we consider purchasing a paid plan, the costs may be higher than when hosting an Internet project on a free or paid CMS from a hoster.

Domain name

The next stage of creating a website with your own hands is choosing a unique name for it on the Internet. A domain is the address of a website on the Internet. All domain names have two components. An example site includes the name inetsovety and the zone in which it is registered is written through a dot - .ru. The zone indicates the region or country of location, or the purpose of the site.

Mentioned above were domains of the second and third levels. The number of levels is determined by the number of parts separated by a dot.

website is a second-level domain, and forum.site will be a third-level domain. If a 3rd level domain is created on the basis of a 2nd level domain, they have a special name - subdomains.

If you decide to create your own website on the Internet using one of the website builders, you can register a third-level domain for free. It will be something like this – moydomen.ucoz.com.

Hosting

Internet projects created on the CMS platform are hosted by hosting companies, which provide space for storing site files on their servers.

You can place your website on the Internet for at least 120 rubles per month from a good hoster. As traffic to an Internet project grows, it may require a more powerful server, therefore, the cost of renting hosting will increase.

I host my websites with two good hosters - Beget and Makhost. Primarily due to the fact that they have excellent quality hosting at a reasonable price. The sites work without failures, and if problems arise, a responsive support service will help resolve any problems that may arise.

Exterior design

At first, you can select and install a free template. There are many themes on the Internet for different CMSs that are distributed free of charge. If you are creating a serious commercial project, it is better to spend money on a design that will highlight your resource among competitors.

A wonderful theme for sale for WordPress Root, it has flexible design settings and is highly SEO-optimized for promotion in search engines.

In this case, you will have to contact a designer to develop a website layout. To understand what elements should be present on the site, analyze your competitors. Highlight successful solutions and indicate in the terms of reference your wishes regarding the structure of the future project.

Having received a PSD file with website elements drawn in Adobe Photoshop, you contact the programmers. They will do the layout - adapting the design to the previously selected CMS system.

You can find website developers on freelance exchanges; see the list of the most popular ones.

You can also make candy out of free templates if you understand a little HTML and CSS. Create a unique logo for your website in Photoshop, install a favicon, and set a personal style for the design of publication materials.

Pay attention to the following free courses; they will help you not only create your website for free, but also design it beautifully with your own hands.

Filling content

Content means text, graphic, video materials posted on the site. It all depends on the goals of the site. The business card website should contain images with examples of work on the portfolio page, a price list with prices for the work. Corporate projects cannot do without posting presentable promotional videos and descriptions of the company’s activities.

One of the stages of content preparation is collecting the semantic core of the site. Those. key queries for which it will be promoted in the popular search engines Yandex and Google. If the source of traffic is contextual advertising, you need to know what keywords your competitors are using to display their ads.

The work of writing texts about the company can be entrusted to copywriters, and professional content managers will help you prepare publications on the website. All of them can be found freelancing.

How to learn to create websites from scratch

You can create a website yourself for free from scratch not only using the website builder, but also thanks to various training materials. There is a lot of information on this topic on the Internet. All you have to do is look at YouTube; you won’t be able to watch the videos you found in a month. The knowledge gained will help you make a website yourself and for free with the ru domain and place it on hosting. But you won't get the full training.

Although you will learn a lot of technical points about setting up, they are all scattered and are not a step-by-step system of actions from A to Z. You may miss important details. Try to watch videos in a newer way, some materials quickly become outdated.

There is paid training to create websites from scratch, where all the necessary and relevant information is structured and presented. It is important to be able to distinguish between cheap dummy courses and professional training materials.

The fastest way to learn how to make websites is to take training from professionals in their field. This is an investment in knowledge that will help you acquire a new profession and earn additional income from independently developing websites for yourself or clients on a freelance basis.

After reading the article to the end, you received a clear picture of what is needed to create a website from scratch and what stages this process consists of. Now you must decide whether you will do everything yourself and for free or outsource some of the processes (delegate the work to professionals - designers, programmers, semanticists, SEO optimizers).

Creating a website with your own hands is not limited only to defining its tasks, choosing the type of project, the method of its technical implementation and subsequent configuration. Development is followed by an equally important stage - SEO promotion (attracting visitors to the site). But this is the topic of a separate article, stay tuned to the blog. I wish you success in mastering the knowledge and skills of the webmaster profession.

Study on your own? It sounds quite interesting and tempting. However, many people who have come to the conclusion that the knowledge they received before is not enough or for some reason is irrelevant, and who want to develop and learn something on their own, face certain difficulties. And in order to avoid them, you need to learn how to properly organize the process of your independent learning, so that time is not spent meaninglessly and in vain. Let's figure out what needs to be done to make independent learning effective.

In order for independent learning, like any other process, to be effective, you must, first of all, decide why you need it in the first place. Why do you want to learn something new? Will you be able to apply the acquired knowledge in practice? Where will you use them? What will this give you?

Make a list of fundamental questions for yourself. There may be five, ten, twenty. The bigger, the better. These questions will help you make sure that your plans make sense, and will also help you consider the result you want to achieve from different angles. Try to give your answers as detailed and specific as possible, without leaving anything out. Re-read them, supplement them and always keep them at hand, because if something happens, they can become an excellent reminder for you of what you are striving for and will motivate you to further action.

Planning

After the first stage has been completed, you can proceed. This plan should represent the strategy for achieving the goal that you intend to follow in self-study.

Make sure your plan includes even the smallest details: what tools are you going to use to learn? If books, then what kind of books are they, who is their author, what are they called, where can I find them? Will they be in print or electronic? If these are, for example, audio seminars or video courses, then where will you find them and when do you plan to devote time to them? Will you resort to other types of training - attending electives, special courses, master classes, trainings? What useful online resources will you use? But keep in mind that it is better not to mix different classes - they must follow each other sequentially, otherwise confusion may be created in your head and the result from such an apprenticeship will be minimal.

The plan should be clearly outlined, have a time frame and some intermediate stages at which you can evaluate your progress. In addition, all points must be related to the purpose of your training and must certainly contribute to it and your progress. If anything gets in the way, you should eliminate it from your plan.

Time and self-organization

This issue is worth talking about separately, even if it is one of the components of planning. When thinking about self-study, it is very important to understand the fact that you are your own temporary resource, and no one will “give you the boot.” Those. It is the question of self-discipline that is important. It includes a daily routine and the ability to force yourself to do what you should do, despite many “good” reasons to postpone the planned work until later. It may sound somewhat naive, but most people cannot organize themselves when they begin to study on their own or, for example, go freelance. It appears that there is still enough time and, as a result, important things are postponed until later, which subsequently leads to haste and even failure of projects. It’s convenient to use for organizing your time and prioritizing tasks - don’t use the opportunity to get to know it.

Clearly determine how many hours a day/days a month you will engage in self-education. If self-study is just a way for you, so to speak, to tighten your tails, increase your erudition, etc., then you can devote one to two or three hours a day to studying. If this is a matter of advanced training, a claim to become a specialist in some field, then much more time should be devoted to training. But this must be determined based on the assigned tasks.

In addition, so that any free minute can be spent usefully, it is recommended to have some educational materials in quick access: books, printouts, files in an e-book or on a tablet. They can even be used in transport when there is a long journey ahead, or while standing in line - instead of “counting crows”, you can study a new section of the textbook or read an interesting article.

Self-test and self-assessment

Based on the fact that the entire process of independent learning should be aimed at increasing the level of one’s knowledge, as well as at the effective implementation of planned plans, it is necessary to systematically monitor one’s progress by conducting various self-tests and self-assessment tests. You must have a clear idea of ​​whether the knowledge gained is useful, when and where it can be used, and whether you understand everything you are learning well enough. Strive to put new knowledge into practice in your daily life.

To check, you can take various thematic tests (in books, magazines, the Internet), write for yourself a brief summary of what you have studied, and answer questions that you can compose yourself even as you study. If you wish, you can come up with something else. Tracking your progress will help you always receive feedback on the learning process, because... you will see what your progress is, what you are doing well, and what needs to be improved. You will be able to identify your strengths and weaknesses, and use this knowledge to create a more effective self-paced learning model.

The four points presented above are fundamental, and the entire process of self-learning rests on them. But in addition, you can give a few more auxiliary recommendations that can have a beneficial effect on your self-education.

• Discuss new information with people around you. First, it will be an indicator of how well you have learned the material. Secondly, you can hear from another point of view, which can also be useful. And thirdly, healthy criticism will show you your weak points and point out what needs to be improved.
• During self-study, try to abstract yourself from the outside world. Any unnecessary thoughts distract and interfere with concentration. Therefore, while you are studying, forget about all your problems, don’t think about business, don’t indulge your feelings.
• In addition to the main material you study, strive to gain knowledge from any sources available and interesting to you: books, films, exhibitions, interesting places. Take time for . This may not relate to the specific area of ​​your self-study, but, in any case, it will make you a more erudite and well-rounded person.
• Be sure to work on yourself and the qualities of your personality: develop leadership skills, logic,... Increase your IQ, improve the quality of communication. Work on diction, facial expressions, gestures, etc. In addition, pay attention to your inner life: meditate or engage in other spiritual practices, get acquainted with various teachings, and increase your level of awareness. All this will have a positive impact not only on the quality of your independent learning, but also on the quality of your life in general.
• Pay attention to the quality of your time and your social circle - they should contribute to your personal growth. If you notice that the people you communicate with have a negative impact on your learning (they take up your time, tell you that you will not succeed or that you are doing the wrong thing, etc.), then reduce the time you communicate with them. Try not to do things that negatively affect your personal productivity and efficiency: refrain from spending time in front of the TV or on social networks (unless it is related to studying), drinking alcohol, unnecessary meetings, etc. while studying.
• Every day, without exception, take, albeit small, steps towards your goal. If you can’t devote 3 hours to studying, spend at least 30 minutes. Only systematic, targeted actions will help you achieve your goal.

Follow these recommendations and structure your learning in accordance with the basic rules, then you can be sure that your time is not wasted, and the process of self-learning itself will be as effective as possible.

We wish you success on your path of self-education!

Many people today create websites on the Internet to show themselves and connect with other users. Modern companies cannot afford not to have their own Internet resource, since this is an effective way to attract more potential customers.

If you want to create your own website, you probably worry and assume that it will take a lot of time. Many people think so, but this opinion is wrong. In fact, there are no big difficulties in this matter. Below are detailed instructions, following which you can learn how to make websites from scratch.

First of all, remember the following:

• you don’t have to be a computer specialist to create a website from scratch;
• you don't need to know the basics of code, manage hosts or servers;
• you don't need a lot of money.

If you want to create a website, you just need to know where to start. Follow the instructions below and you can have your resource up and running within a few hours. Regardless of whether you are interested in creating websites for business or for your personal needs, the process will be similar.

If you have no programming skills: choose an automatic constructor

Automatic designers are the easiest, cheapest and fastest way to create a website. Some of the most common such services are Wix, Squarespace, Weebly and Jimdo. Currently, these builders are the basis of millions of websites created by ordinary users. If you are not a web programming expert, this is the best choice for you.

Thanks to constructors, the work of creating website pages is reduced to actually dragging elements across the screen with the mouse. The entire workflow is as simple and intuitive as creating a PowerPoint presentation.

The developers have created the special software needed to create a website from scratch yourself, so now you just need to use the cursor on the screen and drag slideshows, blocks of text, images or videos in the order you choose. You can insert your own text, upload any images, insert videos (such as from YouTube) and click “Publish”.

It is believed that to organize the work of a site, knowledge of HTML (hypertext markup language - a common coding language for text fonts and styles) and CSS (cascading style sheet - used to layout web pages) is necessary. Creating the code takes many months (and requires special skills), and using it to create a website is complex and time-consuming.

How to choose such a designer?

Using a high-quality constructor means that any user can create their own resource automatically. That is why choosing such a service is your first step when creating a website from scratch yourself. Any of them does not require entering codes. This means that you won't have to spend a lot of money on hiring freelancers to figure out how to design and build a website.

When choosing a designer, be guided by the following parameters:

• which interface do you find easiest to use?
• what templates and design features do you like best;
• Does the functionality of the builder help you create the site you planned?

It is also useful to check how each of these builders is suitable for mobile versions of sites. Since today a large number of users (potential visitors to your website) access the Internet using smartphones, it is very important that your website looks good on any device. Before making a website, study the capabilities of each service.

In this regard, all Squarespace themes are mobile-friendly (meaning that the pages that load will automatically look the same no matter what device your visitor is using). Jimdo and Weebly offer a wide range of mobile versions, while Wix and GoDaddy provide mobile editors that let you customize the display of your site to look more friendly on mobile devices or hide certain content from mobile browsers altogether.

Good builders allow you to switch between the full and mobile versions so you can make different customizations. Learning to create websites using these services is very easy. It is worth noting that the above services have very limited free features. If you want to create a large website, you will have to pay monthly for their use.

You can also create your website using an engine (such as WordPress), but only if you have basic technical knowledge, or use a website creation studio. Simple CMSs can be of great help, but sometimes they require code changes to correct errors.

If you have the basic skills: choose an engine

What languages ​​are used to create websites? Back in the mid-2000s, most websites were built using HTML, CSS, and even Flash. It took a long time, and mastering these skills was not easy. Today, only basic superficial knowledge of these languages ​​is enough. How to learn how to make websites using such platforms?

If you want to quickly create a functional, mobile-compatible, and user-friendly resource yourself, you'll need to choose a platform or engine. These days, these services have made website creation accessible to everyone because they make it possible to customize large amounts of HTML pages automatically without writing any code.

According to the latest statistics, WordPress is the most popular content management system (55%), followed by Joomla (20%) and Drupal (11%). All of them are completely free to use. This is why it is best to use WordPress, especially for creating an informational website.

Drupal is a very powerful platform that is popular among experienced coders and professional developers, but its interface is quite complex, making it not the best choice for beginners. Joomla is similar to WordPress and works well for creating an online store site, but you will need at least some technical coding skills to create the custom settings you require.

WordPress customization is the most lightweight and simple platform, but it is also quite flexible to suit the requirements of each user. Further instructions for creating a website will be given using this engine as an example.

Getting started: domain and website hosting

To set up your site, you will need two elements:

• domain name (web address, for example yourname.com);
• hosting (a service that connects your resource to the Internet).

So, how to learn how to make websites? The engine itself is free and available to everyone, but the domain name and hosting will require you to pay a small amount. Owning your own domain name looks much more professional than naming your site on a third-party domain (which will be at level three). In addition, independent hosting also guarantees that your resource will load quickly and will not be disconnected for several hours at a time. This will have a huge impact on its attendance.

Once you register a domain name, you will simultaneously receive a new email account that will be your own. It looks more professional than the general mailbox on Gmail and other services. Next, step by step, creating a website is done as follows:

1. Select a hosting provider.
2. Register with the service of your choice.
3. Go to the page that allows you to choose a hosting plan based on your needs and financial capabilities.

As a rule, the basic option is quite suitable for beginners, which costs a very modest amount. You can always upgrade to another plan later.

What's the name?

If you are creating a website for a business, the domain name should match the name of your company. You can choose an international registrar, so your site name will end in .com, .org or .net. Or stop at the more popular.ru or.su. It is also worth noting that recently a very large number of domain extensions have appeared - from .agency to .pizza. However, it is better not to choose them if they do not describe exactly what you have to offer. For example, when creating an online store website, it is better to limit yourself to standard.com.

If you already have a domain name in mind, simply enter it and click “Next” in the appropriate form on the registrar’s website. If you are not ready to choose it right away, you can do so at a later time.

How to register hosting?

To create your own account, simply enter your personal information into your hosting provider's registration form. You will need to indicate your first and last name, country and city of residence, as well as address, postal code, telephone number and email. A confirmation request will be sent to the email address you enter. After this, you need to enter your payment information.

The next step when registering is to select a plan (tariff) and hosting package. After that, pay attention to the available additional options in creating and maintaining websites, for example, protecting the privacy of the selected domain. Then make the payment. That's it, you can start creating a website.

Uploading the engine to the hosting

Once you have registered a domain name and configured your chosen hosting, you can begin the actual work of creating a website. The main thing you need to do at the beginning of the process is to install WordPress (or another platform) on your domain. There are two methods of such loading, one of which is much easier than the second.

Firstly, almost any reliable and reputable hosting company has an integrated installation of WordPress and Joomla in one click, which greatly simplifies the loading process. You can find this website creation service in your profile control panel.

Below are the steps you need to follow (they should be similar for all major providers):

1. Login to your hosting account.
2. Go to the control panel.
3. Find the “Site” or WordPress icon.
4. Select the domain to which you need to upload your resource.
5. Click the button called “Install Now” and you will have open access to your new WordPress site.

Secondly, you can perform a manual installation. If for one reason (some services do not allow one-click installation) you are not able to download WordPress automatically, you will have to do it yourself.

Setup process

So, how to make a website? Once you successfully install WordPress or another engine on your domain, you will be able to browse a very easy to manage but clean internet resource. For it to acquire any distinctive features, you need a theme - a design template (template) that tells the platform what your site looks like. The choices can be creative and interesting. There are thousands of attractive, expertly crafted themes that you can download and customize for your site based on its theme and purpose.

How to find a template that you like and fits better:

1. Go to the WordPress dashboard.
2. Unlock free themes. To do this, view the Appearance sidebar, then click Themes. If you're looking for something more professional or original, you can head over to ThemeForest.net, which has a huge library of templates available at varying prices.

But before you do that, it's a good idea to spend a little time browsing through free templates. Many of them are professional and well made. You can search by specific keywords or use filters to find topics that suit your style. Finding the perfect option may take some time, but it's worth it.

When learning how to create websites, you should consider the following: you need to look for templates that look “responsive” to the format of the site, because this means that they will display well on every mobile device.

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Once you have found a template you like, you can easily download it. To do this, you need to click on “Install”, and then click “Activate”.

Please remember that changing your theme will not affect your previous posts, posts, pages, or content. You can change them regularly without worrying about losing the materials you've already created.

How to add information and create new pages?

Website, when is all preliminary work completed? Once the template is installed, you'll be ready to add data. Here are some of the basics to consider:

1. Adding pages and editing them. So, you want to create an “About the Site” or “Services” page (for example, in the menu at the top of the site interface). This can be done as follows. Look at the side menu in the WordPress toolbar, select “Pages” -> “Add New”. Once you click on these items, you will see a screen that is very similar to the Microsoft Word interface. Enter text, upload images and other content to create the page you want, then save it when you're done.
2. Adding pages to the menu. If you want your newly created page to be in sync with the navigation bar, save any changes you make to it by clicking Refresh. Click on Appearance -> Menus in the sidebar of the WordPress Dashboard interface. Find the page you created and add it to the list by checking the box next to it, then select Add to Menu.
3. Adding and editing messages. If you have created a blog on your website, all the “Posts” will be displayed one after another. You have the ability to use different categories to group similar messages. Thus, it is possible to use different categories and headings. Let's say you want to create a category called "Blog". To do this, add it to your menu and start creating posts. To do this, go to the “Posts -> Categories” section or write your blog post by going to the “Posts -> Add New” section. Once you've finished typing your post, you need to add it to the appropriate category. Once you create your category, add it to the menu and everything will be displayed on the site.

Changing the title and page titles

Page titles tell visitors what your site is about, and they also directly influence how search engines see your ranking. For this reason, make sure they contain the keywords you want to target. You should use a unique title on each page of the resource you create. Website building meta tags or caption are also included at the end of headings on any web page. To change the title and signature on your site, go to “Settings” -> “General” and write down the data in the form that opens.

Disabling comments on a resource

Owners of some sites (mostly business-related) do not want their visitors to be able to comment on pages. To disable comments on WordPress web pages, do the following:

1. If you are creating a new page, click "Display Options" in the top right menu.
2. Click on the "Discussion" field. “Allow comments” will appear at the bottom.
3. Disable "Allow comments".

If you want to disable comments on each newly created page by default, it can be done this way: find the section in the “Settings -> Discussion” menu and uncheck the box called “Allow users to leave comments on new articles.”

How to customize the home page?

If you use WordPress, you probably don't want your home page to look like a blog post. You can fix this if you make it "static". Unlike a standard blog, where the first newly created article will appear at the top every time, a customized “static” page displays the same content every time someone visits the site.

To set it up, do the following:

1. Go to the section called "Settings -> Reading".
2. Make a selection of the static page you saved. The “Home Page” displays the home page, the “Post Page” is the first part of your blog (unless your entire resource is a blog).

If you do not designate a static page with your settings, WordPress will copy your newest posts and display them on the main page.

Changes to settings in the sidebar

Most WordPress themes have a sidebar on the right side (sometimes on the left). If you want to get rid of it or edit elements by removing unnecessary ones, do the following:

1. Go to Appearance -> Widgets in the WordPress tools menu.
2. At this point, you can use drag and drop to include different “boxes” in the sidebar, or exclude unnecessary elements.

There is also an HTML field - a text field in which you can apply HTML code. If you have the relevant knowledge, just don't touch it.

Installing plugins for better functionality

Plugins are extensions designed to improve the functionality of WordPress, adding new features and functionality to your site that are not automatically built into it. These are shortcuts to allow your resource to do what you need without having to develop the feature from scratch.

You can use different plugins to do almost everything - from enabling a photo gallery and submission form to serious website optimization and online store development.

You can easily install such a plugin. To start the installation, look for the “Plugins -> Add New” section and then start searching. Remember that there are approximately 25,000 different free extensions available. Installation is very simple - once you find the right plugin, just click "Install".

What extensions are the most popular?

Below are popular plugins for WordPress that many webmasters consider in demand:

1. Contact form. This is an amazing feature because visitors can fill out a form and then send you an email without having to log into their personal email provider. If you want to create something similar, be sure to install this plugin.
2. Yoast SEO designed for WordPress: When you want to make your website more SEO friendly, this plugin is a must have. It's available for free and works amazingly. You'll be able to edit title tags, all meta descriptions, and more, all from within the page itself. This way, you no longer have to spend a lot of time fiddling with WordPress settings.
3. GoogleAnalytics: Do you want to track all visitors to your resource and their behavior? To do this, install the plugin, sync it with your Google account and you will be ready to go.

If you have followed the steps in the above guide, you should have a fully functional WordPress site created. Continue to update and improve it for successful operation.

Lynda

One of the oldest educational portals, created in 1995. The website contains courses and video tutorials. Study materials are updated every week. The courses are designed for different levels of knowledge: beginners will be able to master the basics, and more experienced ones will be able to improve their skills. In the “Development” section, 384 online courses and more than 16 thousand videos are currently available; in “Design” there are 573 courses and over 27 thousand videos, in the Web section you will find 639 courses and about 24 thousand videos. The training is paid, and among the advantages is the availability of mobile applications.

Zillion

This is an educational media resource. Intensive training programs are offered in real time; in a couple of months you can obtain a modern specialty. Those who already have a profession can improve through video courses. The topics are broad (marketing, PR, sales, management, etc.), and the teaching staff is respectful. Website creators may soon be interested in an express course from Dmitry Satin, an expert in the field of User Experience. It’s called “Universal Interface. How to introduce a client to him.” Upon completion of this or another course, you can receive a confirmation certificate.

Academic Earth

Website created by Richard Ludlow. It contains many lectures from the world's best universities: Harvard, Oxford, Stanford and others. In addition to physics and economics, the site offers video lessons on design, marketing and business. An interesting feature is playlists, with its help you can view videos in different disciplines, but with a similar topic. After completing the course, you can take an exam and receive a diploma from the university whose lectures you attended.

Business environment

This is a portal for entrepreneurs aimed at creating a comprehensive infrastructure for small businesses. It is also a subsidiary of Sberbank of Russia. Among other things, they have a distance education school. There are courses and webinars on various topics. Those who want to create websites will be interested in the following: “How to create a selling website for an online store”, “Site for business 2.0”, “An ideal site from the point of view of a search engine”.

ThinkFul

These are not just online courses on programming, web design and development. This resource provides the opportunity to study with a personal mentor - weekly video chats where you can ask any questions you may have. In addition, as part of the training, students are encouraged to develop their own project, and assistance in finding a job is provided. The courses are paid and quite expensive, but there are a few free tutorials.

Netology

Netology offers online training for web specialists. The teachers are well-known people in Runet, professionals in their field. The range of educational areas of “Netology” is quite extensive. Including, from time to time, courses appear for those who learn how to make websites. For example, on June 26, the course “HTML Layout: From Scratch to First Layout” starts. But “Netology” especially has a lot of courses on marketing and management, e-commerce, social networks, and web design. Courses can be sorted by topic and level - from basic to advanced. Many courses are paid, but for those thirsty for knowledge there is a subscription system. Upon completion of the course, you can receive a diploma confirming its completion.

HubSpot

The HubSpot portal presents 18 free classes on marketing: blogging, SEO, SMM, email marketing, working with keywords - the program is extensive. This is an excellent solution for beginners in website promotion.

edX

edX is an academic platform with massive open online courses. This is a joint non-profit project of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard and Berkeley University. Those who create websites will be interested in courses such as Learn HTML5 from W3C

This list of tutorials can be continued. And we suggest doing this to those who have experience in creating websites. What resources did you use when mastering the science of website building? Post links in the comments.

All comes with experience. All you need is desire and diligence, and you will be able to massage your loved ones and not only no worse than salon specialists. The main thing is constant training and more experience, and the answer to the question of how to learn how to do massage will be found.

How to learn to do massage: first steps

How to learn to do massage? This question worries many. After all, not everyone has the opportunity to attend expensive procedures in clinics or salons, and painful sensations in the muscles can appear often. Therefore, the only way out is to learn massage techniques yourself. Moreover, now there is a lot of information on this topic. Particularly useful and effective in the question of how to learn how to do massage are videos in which you can find a visual explanation of the main intricacies of this matter.

Regardless of how you want to learn how to do a massage - relaxing, toning or another, you should learn the basic concepts and rules that apply to any type. First of all, you need to have a good knowledge of human physiology and its anatomical structure. This is the only way you can influence the right points without causing pain or harm.

All movements must be in a clear direction. As a rule, it is given by the lymphatic pathways. If we are talking about the arms, chest area or legs, then the movements should be from bottom to top. And the neck and lumbar region are massaged in the opposite direction - from top to bottom.

It is important that the person you are kneading does not experience discomfort or tension, but is as relaxed as possible. The entire process must be consistent and continuous. To make your movements softer and more pleasant, you must use a gliding agent - cream or oil. Knowing these principles, it will be easier for you to further search for the answer to how to learn how to do massage yourself.

How to learn to give a professional massage

If you don’t know how to learn how to do massage professionally, this article will teach you how to do it, give you the basics, which you can further develop and improve. The main thing is to remember the basic movements, and then it will be easy for you to answer the question of how to learn how to do a massage yourself. In general, there are several main groups of techniques in the massage process. These are stroking, kneading, tapping, twisting, vibration. In each group there are simple exercises and more complex ones.

Practice each movement several times. First, master one group and each of its components separately, and then move on to the next. Don't think that you will become a guru of this matter overnight. How to learn how to quickly massage? Only through constant training and elaboration of each element.

1. Whatever type of massage you do, you should always start with stroking - this will both relax your patient and warm his skin. No pressure, just straight palms pressed to the body and smooth movements. After this, you can slightly increase the pressure. In addition to a straight path, you can move your hands in a spiral, zigzag, along or across.
2. Kneading is the second and main stage of the lesson on how to learn how to do a massage yourself. In this case, the skin can shift to the sides, rise, or be compressed. You can squeeze the skin or twist it.
3. Vibratory movements consist of vibrations and shocks of the surface. Another group is effleurage. Naturally, not strong, but smooth and light. You should also finish the massage with stroking to soothe the muscles.

How to learn to massage is up to you. Let it be courses, manuals or video tutorials. The main thing is that your patients enjoy and benefit from it.