procedure for starting a website ?
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I guess a lot would depend on just what sort of site you wanted - whether it was a business site or just a couple of personal pages.\n\nA good place to start is to get a free site and experiment a little.  Try Yahoo Geocities http://geocities.yahoo.com/ or Lycos Tripod http://www.tripod.lycos.co.uk both of which are free.\n\nGeocities also comes with PageBuilder and SiteBuilder which are programs you can use to create your website.  They're quite basic but will give you a flavor of what's involved.\n\nIf you want to progress further then you'll need your own domain and hosting package which needn't cost any more than a few dollars a month.  At this point you'd want to look at something a bit more advanced for creating your pages and Microsoft Front Page is the industry standard.\n\nIt's hard to be specific as the questions is rather like saying 'procedure for writing a book' but start off with a free site and learn a few tricks from that.  You'll pick up lots of stuff as you go along.  Good luck.
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If its a free site, like bravenet or geocities site, they usually have a user friendly way to set up your site. I've used a program called dreamweaver, which is a nice program to use because it already writes the codes for you, behind the scene, so you can focus more on the appearance in a visual way, which most people need.
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I would strongly recommend www.mewebhost.com\n\nI've been using them for 2 years now and they're absolutely fantastic. Uptime guaranteed to 99.9%. They're hosting plans are very valuable and price reasonable. They're great for individual sites as well as for small business websites. As far as creating your own website goes, they even give you a link to download over 300+ PRE-DESIGNED WEB TEMPLATES which are really neat, so that might be of a great help for you.\n\nCheck it out: http://www.mewebhost.com
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i'm a website developper... \nand to answer this as easy as possible...\nIf you want to do it yourself...take a course...there are good online ones...\nhttp://www.davesite.com/webstation/html/ \nbut you'll need software if you really want to get at it..\n\nDo this if it's for a personnal page...or just for fun...if it's for your business or anything profesionnal....hire somebody
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You can most likily hire a internet webmast if you don't know how to use a website.  However first you need to purchase webspace through something like cpanel and then you need to purchas a domain name for your site.  Like Yahoo Domain names for $2 the first year and $10 for the second.  \nA cpanelX package I think is about somewhere in the double digits.
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hi,\n\nTo start a web site:\n1. Name your site and see if the name is not already taken. If it is available you will have to register the name in your name. This is the domain name and you can check and buy domain names from yahoo by following the link: http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/\n\n\n2. Once you have registered your name, the next step is to find a web server where your site will reside (hosted). There are various web servers available on the internet with a variety of prices and features. webhosttalk.com had some good discussion about hosting companies and the comparison of prices and features.\n\n3. Build the site. You can use MS Front page or take advantage of Yahoo web site develoment kits. These put you up and running in shortest possible time. Refer to the details at the link: http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting/sitebuilding.php
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If you're serious about making a website try this product http://www.buildit.sitesell.com/Peter21.html\n\nThis program has all of the best tools to help your site succeed. Everything is included, from the domain name, to the space (which is unlimited) etc. The program also includes a tool which grades each page for you (so you can tell if it'll attract a lot of people) and submits them to search engines. I have no experience yet I've built a site that I'm actaully earning money from. You don't need t know any html. It's great!
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You'll have to either learn HTML and some sort of programming language, or buy a software like FrontPage. I'm not sure if FrontPage will do that though. And you'll need a domain name, and probably a server if you plan on website hosting.
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Through the Yahoo home page, go to Geocities.\nIt's an easy, fast way to start.\nOh, and FREE.
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the easiest and feastest way to do it :\n\n1 - get an account to bluehost.com or dreamhost.com\nthey are the cheapest and also reliable hosting companies right now. get the cheapest plan, it will be enough. a hosting company will give an online place where to put your website. you cannot publish a website without a hosting company. some are free (geocities, but they put ads), some are cheap (bluehost), some charge a lot (for profesional websites)\n\n2 - get a name, you can buy one from your hosting company. choose your name well, it is the most important thing for a website. expect about 10$ each year. You can also go to godaddy.com, they have same price, and it is more difficult to assign your name to your website, they will advertise a lot of products, choose only the name, and you are set. the advantage of goddady is that the name will not be tied to your hosting company, so it is easier to switch to another one. but as i said, it is more difficult to setup at the beginning.\n\n3 - now, your hosting plan will include a software whose name is Mambo or Joomla. They have different names but it is the same thing. They are content management software which means they give you the ability to create new pages, new sections, new links withouth knowing how to program. They will give a username and password and with this, you choose a graphic layout, you name the sections, and all you have to do is write the content. \n\nMambo/Joomla is also very flexible. It has a component feature, meaning that you can insert components created by third-party programmers, most of the time it is free. for example, a component to create newsltters, to build a photo gallery, classified ads, show the weather, put a online forum, eveyrting that is possible. but these components takes more time to setup
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well, http://www.freewebs.com is a goodplace to start. There you can start a website for free and the username that you make there will be what you type in to get to your website. After that go to www.dot.tk or www.shorturl.com to make a website end thing. like .com or .com.au
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start a web site.  Start loaning money to people.
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1. Get a server or a host.\n\nThe simpler route is to get a host instead of setting up your own server. Companies like:\n\nhttp://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting/\nhttp://www.hostonce.com\n\n2. Get a domain name. Some hosts don't do domain name registration for you, if they don't, you need to get a domain name (e.g., http://www.yoursite.com)\n\nhttp://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/\nhttp://www.godaddy.com\n\n3. Get the web site. Design it yourself, if you have the expertise, look for a free template, pay for a template, or contract someone to design it for you.\n\nhttp://freesitetemplates.com/\nhttp://www.templatemonster.com/
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Sure First you need a host so Try Geocities
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Creating a website takes a few steps:\n\n1) You're going to have to find a place that will host your website. (I suggest www.godaddy.com because it's what I use.)\n\n2) You're going to have to find a unique name that no one has. (e.g. www.superwebsitenamethatscool.com)\n\n3) You're going to have to purchase this name and pay for it on a yearly basis. (I pay about $12 a year for mine)\n\n4) You're going to have to purchase an FTP Server that will hold all your images and webpages. (Godaddy will sell you one for about $4 a month)\n\n5) You're going to have to build your own website using HTML code or something like Frontpage or Dreamweaver.\n\n6) Once you build your site you upload it to your FTP Server and tell godaddy where it is and you're done!\n\nIt's really really simple. Hope that helps!\n\n~Mark Lim\n\nhttp://www.poisonappleshirts.com
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first learn html then make a website and then look for a host to launch it or there are many free webpages provided on the internet like yahoo 360, indiagrid.com, geocities, my space, hi5, frapper.com, webshots community, flickr.com , freewebs.com  U can use any of these also.
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Very good start.\nI think you should have a standard template for your site and then follow the same template standard for the rest of your site.  That will make it look more professional. \nBy the way, are you hosting your website on a stand-alone dedicated server or is it on a regular hosting company?  I hope you know when the forum grows, you'll need to give lots of tech support to your member else you'll lose them.