Publishing Your Website to the Internet

Publishing your own website in the internet is easier than you thought it was. Some might think it is very complicated, but this stuff is just a piece of cake where everyone can do. As you read this article, you will learn how to publish and have your own website in the internet in few easy steps.

Designing and Creating Your Website

The very first thing to consider in publishing a website is planning how you want it to look, its functionalities and its purpose. You might want to get your website designed by your trusted web designer or freelancer, and then develop the full website where it is already available in publishing. You can outsource some website designer and developer in some freelancing sites such as E-lance.com or getfreelancer.

You can also use several website platforms in creating your website, and the good thing here is, some of them are open source or free to use website platform such as Wordpress, Joomla, Oscommerce, etc.

Getting your Domain and Web hosting

Decide for a domain name and look if it is still available online then, register your domain in trusted domain registrants. After registering your domain, you must also subscribe in a web hosting plan where you can host your domain. Most of web hosting company today is offering free domain registration attached in your web hosting plan as a package. For this, I would recommend getting your hosting and domain name at www.bluehosting.cl . You can also buy a domain name and web hosting separately, but it will need you to update your DNS servers referring to your registered domain. But if you will buy a packed domain name with web hosting, they will be the one who will manage and integrate your hosting and domain.

Uploading Your Whole Website

After creating your website and getting enrolled in your hosting plan, you must now integrate each other. You would want to upload your entire website in your hosting plan using ftp software such as smartftp or filezilla. You can create FTP login account through Cpanel of your webhosting account. You will need an FTP account to access your web servers with the use of FTP software.

If you are already done doing these steps, you can now type in your browser the domain name you registered, and you can now see the website you have created published in the internet and now running online.