Difference between revisions of "How to make a website"
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Making a [[website]] can be very simple, or it can be very complicated. One should logically start with something simple and work up to more complicated. But most beginners, being unaware of all the possibilities, tend to start with something overly complicated, and suffer as result. | Making a [[website]] can be very simple, or it can be very complicated. One should logically start with something simple and work up to more complicated. But most beginners, being unaware of all the possibilities, tend to start with something overly complicated, and suffer as result. | ||
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The simplest way to make a website is to sign up for a free [[blog]] on a [[developer-hosted platform]]. The website software is operated by the developer for the benefit of the blog authors. It is very easy to create your own personal blog using a default format. If you want to configure your blog to a personal format, most of these platforms will let you do so, but you will generally have to know [[HTML]] and [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]]. So this "simple" solution can rapidly become quite complicated. | The simplest way to make a website is to sign up for a free [[blog]] on a [[developer-hosted platform]]. The website software is operated by the developer for the benefit of the blog authors. It is very easy to create your own personal blog using a default format. If you want to configure your blog to a personal format, most of these platforms will let you do so, but you will generally have to know [[HTML]] and [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]]. So this "simple" solution can rapidly become quite complicated. | ||
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A still more ambitious alternative is to rent your own [[web server]] from an [[internet hosting service]]. You can then install as many websites as you want on your own server (within limits, of course). For information on running your own web server, see [[How to run a web server]]. | A still more ambitious alternative is to rent your own [[web server]] from an [[internet hosting service]]. You can then install as many websites as you want on your own server (within limits, of course). For information on running your own web server, see [[How to run a web server]]. | ||
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There are fundamental differences between a [[static website]] and a [[dynamic website]]. A static website is far simpler to create, configure and manage. Novice [[webmaster]]s should logically start by making a static website, but they often begin by struggling to implement a dynamic site, through lack of familiarity with all of the alternatives. | There are fundamental differences between a [[static website]] and a [[dynamic website]]. A static website is far simpler to create, configure and manage. Novice [[webmaster]]s should logically start by making a static website, but they often begin by struggling to implement a dynamic site, through lack of familiarity with all of the alternatives. | ||
