It/237 Week 8

Running head: WEB SITE PUBLISHING PROCESS

Web Site Publishing Process

Axia College

Introduction

There are various web hosting companies that provide the ability to upload your website. Just as there are various companies there are various plans for personal and business use. Before selecting a hosting service several areas should be reviewed, this includes monthly rate, disk space, bandwidth, domain names and other services to broadcast your website.

The following will provide not only a step-by-step checklist but also rate and plan information for one such web hosting site.

Step- by- Step Checklist

The first thing to developing any website is to know why you want a site. Will the site be used for business, personal, retail? Knowing the purpose of the site can enable you to start laying out the style will be keeping in mind that you want it to be visually pleasing to your visitors. Once this is achieved you can start coding, either manually or with a hosting service’s site builder. Many site builders are drag and drop making it easy for the user to build a site without coding knowledge. Take the time to research for the most reliable and economic hosting service. Once your account is established you can download their site builder and start creating your site. When your site is complete you will perform a file transfer. Test your site on several web browsers to ensure they work properly. Check your site often in the event there has been changes at your hosting site that may affect your site.

1. Determine reason for your site.

2. Create a layout for visitors and style.

3. Search for a web host.

4. Create account

5. Download site builder program.

6. Create site

7. Upload site.

8. Test with other browsers.

9. Publish

10. Check often for errors or host changes.

Review of Hosting Site

One hosting site called Ipage has hosted since 1988. This company appears to have been around for quite a while so this review will...