How to create a website

What does a website consist of?

First of all, you need a domain name, an address that you can communicate so that Internet users can consult your website example: domain-name.com

When you enter a domain name into your browser's address bar, your browser will load a page that is nothing more and nothing less than a computer file consisting of text and images. This file must be accessible 24/7, which is why you need web hosting.

Internet hosting allows you to upload files and images to a server that is accessible 24/7.

Create a website from notepad

difficulty level: difficult

You speak HTML/CSS fluently, so you can create a page or even a site using any text editor!

Create a website using software to install on your computer

difficulty level: intermediate

There are several website creation software that you must install on your computer in order to create your website. The level of difficulty depends on the software, but in general an intermediate level is sufficient

in all cases this type of creation is suitable for a static site that you will have to publish on FTP / SFTP / SSH hosting from the software or from FTP transfer software

Create a website using open source software

difficulty level: intermediate

Open source software gives you a wide choice of diverse themes and modules.

80% of communications agencies use this solution to save time and be more profitable, or because they do not have the skills to do code...

Where it gets complicated is when there are updates to be made to your open source software.

Most software has an automatic update procedure, phew, except that there may be incompatibilities with software installed on the server (php version) or open source software modules that you may have installed and which do not. have not been updated, not to mention specific developments that may prevent the system from updating correctly.

With all this, people are often hesitant to make updates, and as a result your site falls prey to attacks!

Robots (bot) travel the web all the time 24/7 in order to detect the software used to create your website and depending on your software, they will carry out tests on the security vulnerabilities that have been declared, resolved in the latest versions for the most part, and penetrate your site, your data if you are not up to date, and even if you are up to date, unresolved security vulnerabilities can be used to reach your data or change your site.. .

Create a website using an online tool

difficulty level: easy - intermediate

Simple, quick, effective, accessible to everyone.

More and more online tools allow you to create a website without having to install software on your computer, without having to order hosting, or having to use FTP software.

Everything is done online ; the tools are more or less easy to use, the objective being that these tools are within everyone's reach.

This solution only has advantages, and the cost is most of the time equivalent to the cost of hosting.

The only disadvantage is that the creation tool does not belong to you, you own the content, but you cannot recover the website in order to host it on another server.

Create a website by a communications agency

Difficulty level: easy

For those who do not want to bother with the creation of their website, for lack of time, knowledge or simply because it is always safer to go through a professional, there are communication agencies which can take take on this heavy task.

Most of the time it is the service provider who chooses the registrar, the host, and the solution which will allow them to provide you with the finished product according to your specifications. Of course, you can reserve your domain, choose your host, and impose it on the service provider.

If you choose a service provider, ask them what solution they will put in place for the creation of your website, then ask them the question of updates (content) as well as system updates if they implement software. open source.

Finally, do not hesitate to ask for several quotes as with everything. The cheapest is not necessarily the most interesting! It all depends on what you want from your website.

Your website is finally online

Congratulations!

Now, you have to think about SEO... however, it is even better to think about SEO before even creating your website, especially when it comes to the choice of content, pages, structure of the website, and the software you are going to use. to use.