How To Do A Website For Free - The Jigsaw Puzzle

To create a website wholly free you are normally small to a few options. Here are the pieces of the puzzle and how they fit together. The best options for you on how to do a website for free.

A free place on the web

Jigsaw Name Puzzles

There are a lot of websites that allow you to create your own 'little corner' on the internet. These are the so-called website builders. They provide you with all the tools you need to create your website without buying or installing any software. The website you create with the tools will become part of their website. There is a catch of procedure as you are not in full control over your website. Habitancy have reported issues where the site was suddenly suspended or blocked. Your website address is part of the parent website and your chosen website name shows as whether a subdomain or as a briefcase of the parent website ("yourwebsite.someweb.com" or "someweb.com/yourwebsite").

Obviously, 'yourwebsite' is your chosen name and 'someweb' is the domain of the web hosting provider. This doesn't look as professional as having your own domain (yourwebsite.com).

So if you want a commercially viable website on its own domain, you want to spend some money on the domain name and hosting. If this aspect of your website is not that leading and you're not particularly worried about suspensions then you found a way to do your website for free.

These website builders give you all the tools you need, in an easy to use environment. Most of these website builder platforms give you your website for free, but also allow you to upgrade for more features and the choice to put the website on your own domain. You will normally pay a monthly fee for this and it will most likely be more high-priced than having your own domain and hosting your own website with some off-the-shelf platform.

Most free website builders fall into two main categories; There are dynamic blogs and more static website builders. The latter also comprise Flash based website builders. Let's gawk the two types.

Blog

A blog is short for web log. A blog allows you to create articles or blog posts on just about whatever and add photo's and other media. normally the most up-to-date post is shown first. You can also create static pages. The discrete platforms below allow you to convert the look and feel without changing the actual contents. Some free blog platforms are:

- WordPress (de dot com website)

- Blogger

- Multiply

Static website builders

An alternative is to create a more static website. This is a website that is probably not going to convert very often. Some of the website builders can build a website based on Flash. This allows you to create beautiful seeing websites. With nice graphic effects. Some free Flash based platforms are:

- Wix

- Weebly

The best free tools

If you've decided to go for your own domain and hosting, then one of the easiest options for you is to create your website using one of the free website builder tools that normally come as part of your hosting package. These free tools can be installed in just a incorporate of clicks:

- content administration Software - Wordpress, Joomla and Drupal

- Generic Website editors - Website Builder

- Ecommerce websites - Zencart, osCommerce, Cubecart

Apart from these online tools, there are some bits of software in your toolbox that you might want to keep handy:

- Webpage editor - Kompozer is a free straightforward webpage editor. I would not use it to create whole websites but occasionally it can come in handy for some straightforward changes to already existing pages.

- Ftp program - Filezilla is my personal choice for copying files to and from websites.

- Image editor - Irfanview to cut down those large images to the right size so your website loads faster.

All these tools are free, though if you are making money with them you can of procedure contribute or donate some time or money. I keep Kompozer, Filezilla and Irfanview along with some major browser handy on a memory stick. It is ready to use on any Windows computer using PortableApps.

That is how to do a website for free. In summary, goto Wix or Weebly or any blog platform like Blogger and Wordpress.com if you want to do a website wholly for free. If you want that small bit extra professionalism and don't mind paying that small bit extra, and want to have more control, setup Wordpress on your own domain and hosting account.

How To Do A Website For Free - The Jigsaw Puzzle