Topic: How to create your own website under $10! - page 2. (Read 514 times)

Keep in mind that for most clients, there's no real difference between under or above 10 $. Both are a fraction of the annual marketing budget. Don't be afraid to toss out bigger initial numbers. Even if it causes you to lose 80% of the clients you'd have signed, you'll be making the same amount of money with 20% of the work

Thank you for the article. I will try to create my own website the way you have instructed

I found Godaddy and Namecheap to be a bit expensive, especially for renewals and extras. I use https://NameSilo.com for all my domains. They have a promo at the moment, and .com names are $6.99, and you can save a dollar on your first order if you use the promo code USEBITCOIN Obviously you can pay with Bitcoin, and privacy and a load of other extras ( a market place listing for example ) are all free.

I've got as couple of threads about picking up expired names in the Fit to Talk English project. If you are looking for hosting, then try to find one that includes the free use of Softaculous, it makes setting up a CMS a simple process, and it frees you from restrictions such as having to use Wordpress.

Nice guidelines especially for the newbies that wanted to start and also for the long time members who doesn't know how to create their own website.

Monetizing it takes time and google ad sense is quite stricter today.

I would recommend WIX.com if you are looking for a professional web presence. I have a really great experience with their services.

Nice piece of writing , I actually use wordpress, it very simple to get one, though I'm finding it difficult to monetize it , waiting for almost a week now for google to activate and link my account 

very good.
If you are willing to do it yourself, it is still very easy to build a website now.
I use wordpress myself, I think it works very well.

Nice guide! I personally tried sslforfree and it's working perfectly, the only thing is that you I'll need to renovate the ssl certificate every 90 days (3 months). But it's a good option for beginners.
Keep bringing stuff like this!

STEP 1: Purchasing Domain -

Choosing a domain name is similar to choosing a company name — it requires a lot of thought and consideration. Your domain name is your identity on the web; you want to make sure you choose a domain name that not only fits your business, but is also easy to find and promote. You can read more regarding choosing the best domain for your purpose by clicking here.

✯ Option A |Godaddy.com |: Well known company for fast, simple, and affordable domains. You can search for coupons in Google that you can use while you make a purchase which will help purchasing a domain much cheaper. [Coupon Code: cjc99com].There are multiple tutorial available in youtube so you can find the one that help you out throughout the process. Click here to directly land to youtube video tutorial for purchasing a domain using Godaddy.

✯ Option B |Namecheap.com|: Cheap as well as offers a lot of other services. If you hold an EDU Email/Account then you can get a cheap domain but it is almost impossible to get a 100% free .edu, .com, .net, or .org domain name because it costs companies money to register them.Same as above. Click here to directly land to youtube video tutorial for purchasing a domain using Namecheap.

✯ Option C |Wordpress / Awardspace / 000webhost|: Free Domain which can be claimed under many web hosting service, but i strongly recommend not to use those as they comes along with extensions. Some of those are mentioned along with the Web hosting services that you can find in the next section.


STEP 2: Web Hosting -

We will be choosing a free Website Hosting Service. I have been using 000webhost and awardspace since years without any problem. Only you need to make some proper security measures as bots are always crawling and spams the web. There are many other free hosting service available, you can choose the best that suits you. You can also purchase if through rated web hosting service providers, although a single website hosting doesn't costs a lot but as the topic says we will be using a free service.

* Make sure you update/point your name servers with the ones that will come along with web hosting service. Until and unless you do that you won't be able to find your website is up and working! Click for a quick guide forGodaddy | Namecheap

✯ Option A |000webhost.com|: Free Web Hosting with PHP, MySQL, free Website Builder, cPanel and no ads. Almost unlimited free website hosting. A quick tutorial on how to set up your website using 000webhost and other help can be found here!

✯ Option B |Awardspace.com|: AwardSpace is a free web hosting provider with NO ADS, paid web hosting, VPS hosting, reseller hosting, domain name registration and SSL certificates. A quick tutorial on how to set up your website using Awardspace and other help can be found here!


STEP 3: Forum & Blogging [Templates and CMS] -

If you are creating a blog or a forum, in the starting (if you are a beginner) you can always use a help. Below mentioned can help you easily maintaining your website:

✯ Option A |Simplemachines.org|: Simple Machines offers free open source software such as SMF, the powerful and easy to use community forum written in PHP. Different variety of themes and modification plugins are available in their website. Tutorial to setup SMF using 000webhost

✯ Option B |Wordpress.com|: Create a free website or build a blog using wordpress! You can directly host wordpress from 000webhost and Awardspace(Awardspace has Zacky installer for it). Actually Wordpress itself has the option for all-in-one i.e purchasing domain, hosting as well as templates and maintaining within a reasonable price. But let's just not stick with it. Free themes and plugins are available over the internet.

✯ Option C |Joomla.org|:Joomla! is the mobile-ready and user-friendly way to build your website. Awardspace comes along with Zacky Installer that can be used to launch Joomla directly.

STEP 4: Security and SSL Certificate -

Web sites are prone to security risks. A website with weak security opens your network to attack and makes data loss more likely. Something is better than nothing, as for a free one

✯ Cloudflare.com: Cloudflare offer the minimal security for your website. The FREE Version comes along with Shared SSL certificates & Unmetered mitigation of DDoS attacks. Guide available here.

✯ There are multiple others free available like Comodo, Sslforfree but i haven't tried/used them so can't guarantee how secure those are.