| A website is very much like a house, it requires: | | | | easiest way to make your own websites but you will |
| - Real estate or land, in the World Wild Web it's called | | | | have to make many compromises if you choose this |
| web space or web hosting | | | | solution. Layout choices and features will be very |
| - An address, called a domain name | | | | limited and a quick look at your website will reveal |
| - A house or other construction, called the Web Site | | | | your choice for this cheap solutions. |
| or Pages | | | | A Content Management Systems is a Software that |
| The Web Site (construction) is the part everyone | | | | runs on your website and allow you to make your |
| can see at the designated address. The "Real estate" | | | | own websites and add to it an incredible number of |
| is totally invisible but it's size determines how big your | | | | advanced features. Anybody with basic word |
| website can be, how much content it can hold and | | | | processing skills can easily learn to add or edit |
| deliver on the web. | | | | content, update images, and other data to show on |
| - Domain names (addresses) are provided by | | | | the site. It takes a bit of learning but it allow for a |
| "Registrars" | | | | quick start, unlimited growth and easy management. |
| - Web Space is provided by "Hosting Services" | | | | You can also easily change the layout of the site |
| - For the website itself there are a multitude of | | | | with already made "templates" and modify them to |
| option to choose from. The best solution depends on | | | | your liking. |
| your needs. The most common are: | | | | Website Templates are design layouts you can |
| - Automatic Site Builders | | | | modify with a text editor to insert your own content |
| - Content Management Systems (CMS) | | | | and images, save to your PC and then upload to |
| - Website Templates | | | | your web hosting account. Here it gets more |
| - HTML Editor Software | | | | technical so it requires more time to learn and to |
| - Design and Programming Services | | | | produce but there is no limit to what you can do with |
| Very often you can find all of these services with | | | | your website. |
| the same provider or you can choose to buy them | | | | HTML Editor Software make creating a new website |
| from different specialized sources. Most of the time | | | | or modifying a template much easier. It still requires |
| "Registrars" also offer Web Hosting, Site Builders, | | | | some technical knowledge but it eases the learning |
| email services and many other options. Hosting | | | | curve as HTML Editors are usually fitted with |
| Services often offer Domain Names Registration | | | | numerous shortcuts. Making your own websites this |
| services, options like Site Builders, Content | | | | way is time consuming and require a lot of testing to |
| Management Systems and many other. Most Design | | | | make sure your site works as expected. |
| and Programming Services will also offer Domain | | | | Design and Programming Services are the easiest |
| Name Registration, Web Hosting and all related | | | | solution but it may become very expensive. Then |
| services. | | | | you have to provide them with ll the necessary |
| With "Automatic Site builders" you choose design, | | | | information and make sure they clearly understand |
| colors and fill in the blanks with the information you | | | | your needs as you will likely see the end result at the |
| want to show on your site. It is the quickest and | | | | end of the cycle. |