Three Ways To Create Your Own Site

Written by Constance Q. Xavier Wednesday, 13 April 2011 12:56

Many people today have various presences online. Facebook pages, maybe an account on YouTube, a twitter account or two. It can be exciting to collect followers, and friends and check your stats periodically. However, some want a little bit more. Some people want to publish material without having to confine themselves to the restrictions of these avenues.

Many people today have various presences online. Facebook pages, maybe an account on YouTube, a twitter account or two. It can be exciting to collect followers, and friends and check your stats periodically. However, some want a little bit more. Some people want to publish material without having to confine themselves to the restrictions of these avenues.

If you are interested in setting up your own website, on your own domain, then this article is for you. I'll share with you the easiest and most popular software programs that you can use to get going online. These are simple to use, and within an hour, you can have a full blown website up and running.

Wordpress is the most popular software out there. It is open source, which means that many different people contribute to it's design. It started out as a simple blogging platform, for people to write short posts about whatever topic they wanted. Since then, it's evolved into a standalone web design tool that you can do pretty much anything with. There are thousands of plugins you can download for free to enhance it's functionality. You can install it onto your website with about two mouse clicks. The best part is that it's free. If you are just getting started, then Wordpress is likely your best option.

Joomla is another free option. It is free, open source, and installs easily. It is completely customizable, meaning you can tweak it to look exactly how you want. Whether you want a small site or a large, multi page, multi media site, then Joomla's got everything you need.

Another popular package is XSitePro. This is not a free software, and it's not open source, but it is very powerful. It doesn't require any programming skills, so you can learn to use it rather quickly. It has a whole host of functions that make creating and managing a few sites very easy. One of the hassles of maintaining several websites is having to update them on a regular basis. With XSitePro, updating is quick and painless. They have quite an extensive support section on their forum. The only drawback is that this is a little bit expensive. If you are just starting out, Wordpress or Joomla would probably be your best bet.

A few people may feel slightly overwhelmed when thinking about publishing their site for the first time, but there's no need. Once you upload your first site, and realize how easy it is, you'll want to make another, and another. With these simple programs, you can have your site uploaded and published within a matter of minutes. It's easy, fast, and fun. Once you start, you'll never look back.