"My Website" - An Introduction for "amateurs" - Part 1 Webhosting & Webdesign

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„Meine Webseite“ – Eine Einführung für „Laien“ - Teil 1 Webhosting & Webdesign

In the first few weeks after "restart" of hpvorlagen24.de I have achieved a lot of e-mails in which I was asked how to build his own website as a layman.

This is a very broad topic about which there are plenty of very good publications, books and resources. Still, I've decided to start a post series, in which I want to give you some basic information.
As part of this series I will "provide" you with links, books and software tips, and resources that will be the way to your own website a little easier.

What you need for your website?

In principle this can be split into 2 parts coarse: Web design and web hosting.

Web Design

According to my rough summary is in web design to the actual website. Primarily, the layout and the technical implementation of your web page filled with text and images.
Ultimately, that in which most of the work lies and what we will be considering over the next parts of this introduction in the first place.

In the individual areas of web design I will discuss in more detail in the next few days.

Book Recommendation

If you want to deal, however detailed and comprehensive look at the subject, I highly recommend the book "Programming and design websites - The Definitive Guide" by Mark Lubkowitz heartily endorse.

This "tome" includes 1132 pages and covers topics such as HTML, PHP, CSS, MySQL, Ajax, Joomla, Typo3, etc. in many blogs, even for beginners easy to-follow examples. This is a DVD containing all the code samples, tools, video lessons and much more.

The investment of currently 39.90 EUR worth it. on Amazon, you can also look into the book .

Furthermore, this book is also in the rest of the year 2007 ciando.com as e-books in PDF format can be acquired.

Web Hosting

This can be accessed online via the Internet visitors to your web site this must be accessible. This is usually not if the data has been saved to your website only on a home PC.
To protect your data must be published on the Internet, they are copied to a computer which is accessible via the Web. These computers provide Internet Service Providers (ISPs) available.

In general, you can hire providers in these different services for a fee. These include:

Registration of Internet addresses (eg www.meinname.de)
Rent space on a computer connotation on the Web
Rent of entire computers
Sign up / manage e-mail address
etc.

Web hosting is the technical "must" publish to your site on the net.

Almost all providers offer packages to you today with different scope and price.

Which is appropriate for the offer they should not just on price but also by the "needs" of your future web site addictive.

Would you like to publish as a web page with many pictures and downloads that you need in your hosting package enough space and complimentary high-volume traffic. Would you like a post as Wordpress blog, you need your provider to support the scripting language PHP and access to a MySQL database.

The choice of the provider should only be taken if the concept of the website is designed and what technical requirements you know has your website.

Note: Traffic costs

The price-performance ratios in the providers are generally very good. Make sure in all cases in the packets to the traffic volumes and additional costs in excess of the inclusive volume.

Traffic is created every time when data is sent from the provider to the website visitors. So every time your page is called. Does your site 3 pictures and 10 visitors access the page to go so 10 x 3 image data over the wire and in addition, the HTML data and additional files such as CSS files, JavaScript files, graphics, layout of the website etc.

The traffic volume is then essential if you expect many visitors to your web site or have. The numbers can then get into the immeasurable!

Traffic volume is at most providers' post subsequently "be. Here are common ways today indicated prices per GB. But beware, sometimes it goes after MB and can be expensive!

The right domain name

An important theme for your new Internet presence should also be the correct domain name - must be the name of our website.

This is a topic that is discussed in detail on many SEO (search engine optimization) pages. I want to address it here only in passing as it deals with the issue of web hosting and your provider may have to register your first internet address.

SEO or not, I eh 'no friend of the search engines "do everything right," wants - But that's another topic.
Do you publish always remember a quote for people who are looking for information. Describe the domain name through your offer and your content. Just what the people are looking on the net and find it for you.

Their names as John Doe and operate a catering service in Cologne Mülheim for which you want to put a website online. Then www.HansMustermann.de certainly not a good domain name for your offer. You will then find in the first place people you know ere already, but you will gain new customers is difficult.

www.partyservice.de, www.partyservice koeln.de, etc. would be great, but they are already forgiven. Try it with cologne-party service or party-muelheim.de Service mustermann koeln.de, etc.

In all these names your performance description is included, exactly what to look for potential visitors to your website.

Here you can eg test whether your desired domain is still available.

A few links about domain name:

. Another note about the domain - name:
Register domain names always on the actual owner!
From my professional experience I know this well enough:

Mr. X can register a web address for his business from his current girlfriend Ms Y. Mrs Y honestly registered the Internet address and transmits without thinking anything of it and because it quickly, as your contact details are a domain owner.

2 years later, Mr. X and Mrs. Y separately and have no contact with each other. Mr. X wants to change providers for technical reasons, only to find that he is not the owner of the domain. Now what? Now it gets difficult because Mrs Y is legally the owner of the domain and only you alone can determine what happens with the domain.

Such cases, I meet at least once a month. Whether ex-girlfriend, ex-wife's best friend ... you always register domain names on the actual owner. Then later there are no problems!

Links to provider selection

Meanwhile, there are several services that help you choose the provider. The following provider list on your website on Internet service providers according to different criteria and evaluation criteria:

webhostlist.de

hosting tipps.net

homepage-kosten.de

Free Web space

In addition to the fee-based providers, there are now a variety of vendors where you can get free storage for your website.

Please ensure that some facilities are not free of advertising (for example, on some suppliers an advertising popup when your page is called).

In addition, you will receive from these sellers usually do not top-level domain such as www.IhrName.de but a sub-Doman as www.IhrName.anbieter.de.

Here is a selection of these free services: