Not everyone wants all the bells and whistles. One very popular type of site now is app-appropriate and styled for display on handhelds. In that case, the simpler the better, but simplicity does not necessitate tedium. All one really needs to make a simple website is a URL and a page of text. If that is all that's required, then any free website company will fill the bill. Most such hosting services have online file management. Some feature online file editing. Although HTML is advised, it isn't strictly necessary. Text will display in any web browser. It is especially suitable for lighter format display, but there are script options as well.
If something more advanced is required, the next step is to decide what type of website is being created. Is it a blog? Is it a gallery site? Is it some complex site that may need a CMS or content management system? Determining what the site is will help set up the next course of action.
If the site being built is a blog, there are a multitude of free blog hosting services. The choices of plugins and templates will be vastly limited, but the essential mechanics of blogging are provided. If a more complicated blog is desired, finding a hosting company that offers one-click set up scripts, such as Fantastico, will enable the prospective website builder to create the blog of his dreams. Many blog platforms, such as Wordpress, offer countless free plugins and themes to create, customize and tweak the look and function of a blog. It's a matter of finding and implementing them from the blog's webmaster control panel.
There are also free website hosting services for any type of website, but the free hosted website will be covered to some extent with ads. This is how hosting costs are covered and income created. Another option is a low-cost website hosting company. There are many excellent ones with one-click set up scripts that will deploy any one of a number of templates for a site. There are also template download sites where the prospective webmaster may download a basic layout. He will then customize the design to his preferences. Some hosting companies feature online template customization and site set up. This can be very helpful for the newer webmaster. The design changes are immediate and easy to revert if the results were not what was desired.
If the site being built is complicated and needs to be script-driven, professional hosting services offer content management scripts as one-click set up operations. These same CMS have spawned the creation of tons of design templates and apps. There are gallery add-ons, video streaming adjuncts and other upgrading features.
There is an entire Web out there, anxious for new sites. Building a website is an exciting venture. One only needs a vision and a few simple tools to create a website.
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