I bought a domain name and web hosting today, but i really don't know how to create a site. I have access to the control panel were it says lots of complicated things like FTP and stuff like that. How do i begin creating a site?
Well, normally you'd want to learn some html and css but you could just get a CMS you like and install it (requires minimal knowledge of anything, jsut follow the instructions). You'll need your ftp username and password to log into and put stuff up on your website. You can use a free software for that, I use SmartFtp...im sure there are better ones out there, so the ftp gives you access to your website. Then, you can download a cms like mambo or wordpress (if you want a blog), follow the instructions carefully while installing it (and setting up your databases), and then everything else becomes easy. Just keep experimenting...Goodluck!
That's a bit of a 'where to start'. First step is the following decision: Use a CMS or build a site manually. CMS is probably easier and if you have CPanel, you might have Fantastico which enables you to install a CMS of choice easily. That route would require no knowledge of HTML, FTP etc. You can start adding content right away with the standard templates in place.
Welcome to the world of the internet. Do you know how to program HTML? FTP is what a programmer uses to transfer a file from your computer to you web host's server. So where to start. Copy the code below into a text editor like WordPad and make your changes. When in doubt, copy the line and run a Google search on the line. You will get the educational or information sites that will explain it. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <meta name="author" content="My First Site" /> <title>Dallas Search Engine Marketing - Search Engine Optimization Firm</title> <meta name="description" content="Our Dallas Search Engine Marketing (SEM) firm can drive qualified traffic to your site." /> <meta name="keywords" content="dallas search engine marketing internet optimization texas" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css" /> </head> <body> <table width="780" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td> <table width="100%" align="left" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <img height="30" alt="Our Dallas Search Engine Marketing" src="images/YourSiteLogo.gif" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> This is my first text line </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> This is my first link to another site like <a title="Our home page on Search Engine Marketing" href="http://www.catanich.com/">Catanich home page</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> This is my first link to a page inside my new site <a title="Your about page" href="about.html">ABOUT</a> <a title="Your contact page" href="contactus.html">CONTACT</a> <a title="Your home page" href="index.html">HOME</a> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align="center"> <br><br> Copyright ©1997 - 2006 My First Site All rights reserved. </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html> This should get you started by showing you some of the HTML commands and the order they should be placed in. Have fun, the web is great. Jim Catanich www.catanich.com
Dude, I'm not trying to talk down to you or make you seem like a lazy person. But you're going to have to immerse yourself into a few books on basic HTML so you can grasp an understanding of some of the error messages you will encounter while building your site.