Rookie's Webpage Creation and Website Building Tutorial
In general, creating a website involves four steps: registering a domain name, applying for virtual hosting, making webpages, and promoting your website.
Registering a Domain Name:
First, you need to register a domain. It is preferable to register .com (international domain) or .cn (domestic domain). The domain should not be too long, should have some meaning, and be easy to remember. Nowadays, there aren't many good domains left. You can flexibly use combinations of numbers, English words, and pinyin, adding i, e, 51, ok, hao, 88, 163 etc., before or after the main part of the domain name to come up with many good domain names. After thinking of a domain name, you need to check if it is available at http://www.b86.net. If it cannot be registered, it means someone else has already taken it. If it can be registered, congratulations! Good domains are often in high demand, so act fast.
Applying for Virtual Hosting:
After getting your own domain name as your address, you will need space to build your house or establish your company, which is essentially your virtual host. Generally, virtual host providers offer users virtual hosting spaces ranging from 50M, 100M to 200M. For most corporate websites, choosing a virtual host around 150M-300M is sufficient. When buying a virtual host, consider several aspects: after-sales service, stability, and access speed. One important factor to note is the speed of the virtual host. If your clients or potential visitors are mainly from the north, then you can prioritize the China Netcom data center space. If they are mainly from the south, then first consider the telecom space. For nationwide coverage, it would be wise to choose an intelligent dual-line host. I recommend using what HAO123 suggests: http://www.itnic.cn/. You can contact QQ number 52064595 for consultation.
Making Webpages:
Friends who want to learn how to make a website or already have some foundation can choose dedicated software like Dreamweaver or FrontPage to create their webpages.
For those who wish to make a website for themselves or their company but do not plan to develop further in this area, you can either hire someone to make it for you or use a website building tool box. Hiring someone could cost anywhere between 2000 to 200000 yuan depending on your requirements.
If your requirements are not too high, you can opt for NiceBox from ITNIC (www.itnic.cn). NiceBox is a self-service website building toolkit that includes multiple exquisite website templates and dynamic functional modules such as counters, guestbooks, online news systems, product publishing systems, forum systems, online customer service systems, recruitment systems, etc., with pages that can be added freely. Users do not require any professional knowledge; by simply using a browser and clicking the mouse, they can immediately generate a beautiful and practical website with powerful functions, making it very suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises to build their own websites. This system is a value-added management platform attached to ITNIC's virtual host products, meaning that as long as you purchase a virtual host product from ITNIC, you can support and use this system management platform for free.
Trial username: test
Trial password: nicebox
Trial address: http://www.itnic.cn/vhost/nicebox.php
Website Promotion:
To enable customers to find your website, entrepreneurs must list their companies in search engines. If you have just opened your business, it may take several months for search engines to find your company. However, if you use paid systems like baidu.com and Google.com, customers can see your website immediately.
"Although being in the top 10 of search results is very important, it is unnecessary to be in the first place. Many customers compare by looking at the top 10 search results; there isn't much difference between being first and tenth. However, to be in the first position, the cost is much higher."