How can weBuild Your Own Website? Although the method is simple, we should still have a website plan from the very beginning.
What is website planning?
Literally, a website plan is an overall plan, strategy, and arrangement for the website.
The plan includes the website's theme, structure, content, updates, etc.
How to do website planning?
Website planning should be yourBuild a Websiteis the first thing you should consider when building a website.
Purpose of Building a Website
building your own website, first, you need to understand why you want to build a website. That is,Purpose of Building a Website: Is it to record your life or work, or to generate profit from the website, creating an additional income source. Or perhaps to build a website for a company to promote its brand and products.
Website Content Categorization
Categorize website content: After determining the website's purpose, you need to have a general categorization of the website content. If it's just for recording your own life and work, the categorization can be more casual. If you intend toCreating a Profitable Website, then you need to carefully consider the classification of the website.
For example, if you want to make a website for buying and selling Sichuan pepper, then your website content should revolve around Sichuan pepper, and you cannot write articles about cars or something.
For how to make money from a website, refer tothe previous article。
Considerations for Website Domain and Hosting
After determining the purpose and content of the website, you can start considering the domain and hosting.
You need to determine whether your website users are mainly domestic or foreign users. If most users are domestic, it is recommended to purchase domestic services for both domain and hosting, although filing is required, but in the long run, user experience is better than using foreign hosting.
If you want to make a foreign trade website, it is definitely more convenient to choose foreign domains and hosting.
For recommendations on domains and hosting, refer to Naiba's previous articles:
How to Choose a Domain Name for Beginners Building a Website
Recommended VPS that is stable and suitable for beginners
Choosing a Website Building Program
There are many website programs on the Internet, both free and paid. How should you choose?
Naiba's suggestion is that unless you have special needs, it is recommended to use WordPress, an open-source website program. Currently, 1/3 of websites on the Internet are built with WordPress.
With WordPress, you can build a blog website, news website, corporate website, CMS website, shopping website, book website, e-commerce website, and any other website you can imagine.
Personal Website Building Tutorial
Once you have completed these website plans, you can start purchasing a domain name and hosting to build your own website. Below are some tutorials shared by Naiba on how individuals can build a website.
For details, please refer toSteps to Build Your Own WebsiteThis article provides a detailed step-by-step guide on building a website from scratch.