Overview of Main Steps to Create Site
As a rule, the process of creating a web site includes three main stages: planning, implementation, and web site updating or maintenance.
Planning: The first and most essential stage in any project is planning. Before starting with Sitebuilder, think about the purpose of your web site and its target audience. After this, decide where your web site will be stored, or, in Internet terminology, hosted. We have taken care of this at Marketing Live. Next, you create a detailed structure of your future web site and prepare its contents, including text information and graphics. The planning stage is extremely important because it eventually determines the usefulness of your web site.
Implementation: The next stage is the implementation of your web site. The five-step Sitebuilder Wizard takes you through the entire process of creating your site, from initial design to publishing and maintenance. The following is an overview of the main steps required to create a web site using Sitebuilder:
- To create a web site, open the Sitebuilder Wizard. You can start working with the Wizard anonymously, without supplying login and password.
- Complete the first four Wizard steps (select the design, create the site structure, add web site contents, add site modules and provide extra information for search engines).
- Go to the Publish step and start the publishing process. If you do not have a Sitebuilder account and work with the program in demo mode, the site you create is temporary and cannot be published on the Internet until you register and buy hosting for your site. Once you are done with this, you can log in to Sitebuilder and assign your trial site to your account, thus making it possible to permanently publish your site on the Internet.
Maintenance: When you complete the above steps, your site becomes available for visitors. It is critical to keep your site content fresh because this is a good way to show your attitude to customers and services. Therefore, update your site on a regular basis. All you need to do is to log in to the Sitebuilder Administrator Panel, edit the content, and click Publish. Sitebuilder will automatically transfer the updated content to your hosting location.
For detailed instructions on what to do on every step of creating your site, see the following chapters.