Website Builder? HELP!?

Question

i registerd a domain name at domian.com. I signed up for a little hosting deal for a one month trial. But im lost! i thought it was going to be like a drag and drop site builder.. I dont even know how to publish my site.. or anything HELP.

Answer 1

cPanel Manual: http://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/AllDocumentation/CpanelDocs/



How to Make a Web Site:



How to Create a Web Site: http://www.4creatingawebsite.com/?=gg

Web Developer Class: Learn the Basic HTML Tags!: http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/html/article.php/3478151

So You Want To Set Up Your First Site, Huh?: http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutorials/getting_started/article.php/3479561

How To Build a Web Site: Develop a Project Outline : http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutorials/getting_started/article.php/3862031

How to Start / Create Your Own Website: The Beginner's A-Z Guide: http://www.thesitewizard.com/gettingstarted/startwebsite.shtml



Useful Tools/Info:



Web Design Tips: http://www.webweaver.nu/html-tips/

Webmaster Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.thesitewizard.com/faqs/



The domain name must point to the host's nameservers. You need to log into the Domain Manager and set those. The hosting site should already have them set, but look under the Domain Manager in the cPanel. If in doubt, call support.



If you are making your site using a web editor on your computer, be sure all folders/files use a mirror image of the directory when you upload to your root directory (public_html). I would use a FTP program as you can see both the local and remote directories. Then you just need to highlight all folders/files and drag/drop them into the root directory.



FileZilla FTP Tutorial - How to Upload Your Site with FileZilla



In this tutorial you learn how to upload your website using FileZilla, the popular free FTP application. FileZilla is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.



Read the full article here:



http://www.elated.com/articles/filezilla-tutorial/



Homepage of FileZilla: http://filezilla-project.org/



Ron

Answer 2

Hi,



Your hosting probably provides you with PHP and at least one MYSQL Database. Use FileZilla to connect (ftp) to your site (hosting should tell you your username and password for ftp) Using FileZilla you can transfer files to and from the server where your site is located.





You can use many of the free CMS (Content Management System) programs out there. An easy one is WordPress. A more complicated one is Joomla but you can do a lot with it (if you want to learn)



Dreamweaver is fine but it cost a lot. I get the felling that you don't want to invest that much.

Answer 3

Be careful when using offline editors like Frontpage to build you site. These programs put a lot of 'bloatware' into your pages, meaning the site loading sites slows down considerable.



Search engines such as Google penalize sites which take a long time to load, so if you ever have aspirations to eventually rank in the search engines you'll be ruining any chances of that happening right from the get go.

Answer 4

You could use NetObjects Fusion Essentials (freeware) to visually design your site and also to upload it to your host using FTP (file transfer protocol). Your host will provide with the right info to plug into NOF to accept the files.

Answer 5

You can use BlueVoda web site builder . It is an easy to use, one touch web site creating tool; Just go ahead and create your web site . If you need any further help please feel free to IM me. I think I would be able to help you.

Answer 6

Check out Doodlekit (http://doodlekit.com). Super easy. No Coding necessary. They have a free plan you can play around with.

Answer 7

Check the cPanel if they have a builder/auto-installer. If not then use Dreamweaver CS4