Ok I am lost. I am about to purchase a domain which I will use for forums and email for a podcast which I am about to start. I am going to purchase the site from godaddy.com. My question is, once I own the web page how the heck to I change it and add forums? Wont it be just a blank web page? Can I actually go to it and somehow log in? I am completly clueless but everyone who I have spoken to as told me that it is very easy to do. Please steer me in the right direction.
1. How do I physically access the new site once I own it?
2. Is there any good free ways to design a webpage?
3. How hard is it to setup E-mail?
4. How hard is it to setup Forums and add links to podcasts?
Please help me out.
There is no simple way to create a web site. As a person who has been involved in webpage design since the day of Windows 3.11 and Netscae Navigator 1.1, I may be able to tell you some tips about web site creation.
First of all you must decide your web site’s topic or theme. You should work on something you are good at. For instance, you can do something about programming, sports and games, travel, books review, astronomy, health, education, any hobby, and etc.
Next, do some research by reading books, journal, info from the Internet and etc. Follow by designing a framework for your contents, get the main topic and subtopics properly arranged.
To start writing your contents, you should use a GUI-based webpage development program such as MS Frontpage, Macromedia Dreamweaver and etc. Besides, you should also learn some basics of HTML so that you can customize your page better.
For MS Frontpage, you have to purchase it. However, if you have Windows Vista, you can use notepad that come with it to design your web page using HTML. After that, load all your files to the server using FTP.
You can view my web site that provides free Visual Basic tutorial to get a rough idea on how to create your web site. You can also learn HTML here.
My web site has attracted about 4 million visitors since its inception.
http://www.vbtutor.net