Getting Started: 7 Steps to a Web Site

This seven step guide to a web site covers the basics for those wanting to have their first web site. From picking your domain name so people can find your web site, to designing and marketing, this guide covers it all.

  • 1. Domain Name
    Registering your domain name is the first step in protecting your Internet identity. Purchase a www.yourcompany.com, .net, .us, .biz, .org or .info domain name with FWHN and protect it for up to 10 years!

  • 2. Standard Hosting
    A hosting plan is needed to store your web site files and allow your site to be accessed 24x7 from all over the world from FWHN web servers. Also included with your hosting plan is email at your domain name, like info@yourdomainname.com.
    See which plan is right for you

  • 3. Design Your Web Site
    Dreamweaver, GoLive, or FrontPage 2003 will be needed to create your home page, contact us page and other pages
    within your site.

  • 4. SSL Certificate
    If you are requesting confidential information from visitors to your site, you will need to secure those pages with a SSL certificate. If not, you can skip this step.

  • 5. Market Your Web Site
    It doesn't matter how nice your Web site is if no one can find it. Do it well and be successful. Do it badly and lose your time and money. Optimize your web site for search engines. Search Engine Promotion Yahoo, Google, MSN and more Search Engine Promotion services gets your site discovered better and more effectively than any other advertising you might use, such as yellow pages, newspaper, radio and television.

  • 6. Monitor the Activity on Your Web Site
    It is extremely important to review visitor behavior to determine the effectiveness of your Web site and marketing efforts. FrontPage has built-in usage analysis reporting for your Web site. LiveStats Traffic Reporting offers more detailed information. It is available for FrontPage and non-FrontPage developers.

  • 7. Sign-Up Today The sign-up process is easy, the cost is affordable and our services are reliable. If you place your order before noon (CST, M-F) your site will be set up the same day for publishing.
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