i have just purchased a domain name with go daddy.. what do i do now, do i buy web hosting or develop a website? some say i should host with a company different from my registr is this correct? can i develop my own website or do i need to learn html or wordpress? so confusing could somebody give me a step buy step tutorial ? many many thanks for all contributions, i guess getting the first website up and running is the hardest thing so i woul dbe so grateful for nay help.. dr.web
You could use the default theme that comes with wordpress.. Then you could buy a coded theme from someone.. I would get the web hosting now and then start with the default theme.. You can use that to start with and then get a custom theme later on..
You could use WYSIWYG website builder to make a site from scratch! Thats what i did before, and it works great
I was in a similar position and spent the past 2 months researching the answers to the same questions. My provisional conclusions: Web Hosting - if you're likely to require responsive and helpful technical support, you should pay more and select a host that meets those requirements. If it's critical that your site is reliably accessible, same. Site building - if you are not going to pay someone else to design and build, you need to learn enough HTML and CSS to at least be able to edit, adapt or implement the work of others (e.g. Wordpress themes, web templates) - if your planned site is simple and mostly static (just changing text content), then - and I speak as someone with no IT or PC skills - you could learn sufficient HTML & CSS in 2 weeks to be able to do that. Then you can get specific help when you get stuck from the amazing helpful people you find at forums such this - for a more ambitious/interactive site, you can use WordPress as suggested above. There are 100's of free themes (skins), and some excellent premium themes to meet most style/layout needs. WordPress can function as a CMS that doesn't require much HTML or CSS knowledge. You can 'test-drive' Wordpress before you go live, i.e. no need to get webhosted before your site is ready, learn and build a prototype on your own computer first. - many web designers/coders I consulted warned against the use of WYSIWYG software by novices (one reason is the additional code that's added that could be a problem to amend if you don't know it) - I just had to quickly put up a landing page for a domain I had. I downloaded a free template, and armed with no more than a few hours of studying HTML/CSS, changed it and uploaded it to my host.