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Developing a video game is not easy. However, if you have a million dollar idea, it's best to start ASAP! Independent developers in recent times is getting bigger, and making a game has never been cheaper or easier. This article will guide you through the major milestones in making a video game.

Steps

The basics

Choose a genre. Yes, all successful games are unique. However, they can be classified as belonging to one genre or another. Decide on a genre first! And the genres are as follows:

• Arcade
• Shooter
• Platformer
• Race
• Quest
• Endless run
• First person shooter
• Manga
• Tower defense
• Horror
• Fighting
• Comedy
• Survival

1. Select a platform. The platform chosen will significantly affect the further development process, not to mention how the game will be controlled - from the keyboard, joystick or tablet screen.

   • The general rule is that it's easier to develop a game by immediately imagining how and on what it will be played. There are exceptions, of course, but there are exceptions to all the rules.
   • Want to make a game for the iPhone? It will need to be sent to the AppStore from a Mac computer.

2. Write a draft of the game concept. In a couple of pages, outline how to play your game. This alone can give you an idea of \u200b\u200bwhether such a game will be successful.

   Create a basic philosophy for the game. It's like a motivation that will make the player play and play, this is the very essence of the game. Feel free to check if you have deviated from philosophy during the development process. Examples of game philosophy include:

   • the ability to drive a car;
   • the ability to check the player's reflexes;
   • the ability to simulate the economy of a space power.

3. Write down all the specifics of your game. Features are what will set your game apart from thousands of others. Start by listing ideas and concepts, then rewrite them into meaningful sentences. Prepare 5-15 features. For example:

   • Concept: building a space station.
   • Feature: you can build your own space station and control it.
   • Concept: damage from meteorites.
   • Feature: the player tries to survive in conditions of meteor showers, flares in the sun, and so on.
   • List the features now, and then it will be easier for you to insert them into the game development plan. It is better to lay all the features at the very beginning than to "mold" everything then one onto another.
   • Rewrite the list of features until you understand, "This is exactly the game I want to create."

4. Take a break. Hide the drafts on the table for a week or two. Then take it out and look at them with a fresh eye. It won't hurt.

   We draw up a development plan

   1. Write down everything to the smallest detail. The development plan is the backbone of your game. Everything is in it. Even so: everything is in it. Mechanics, plot, setting, design, and so on. And it is not the format that is important, the essence is important, the content of this document is important.

      • Development plans become especially important when you have a team under your command. The game development plan in this case is a desktop ... command file. Be precise, specific and understandable in the wording describing certain aspects of the game.
      • Not every game has a development plan, and no two plans are the same. This article is only a general guide, but you are free to make your own changes.

   2. Create a table of contents. The table of contents should list every aspect of the game. The only thing that should not be mentioned there is about the plot, unless the plot is closely related to the mechanics of the game.

      • The table of contents is almost like a game guide. Start with general sections, then divide them into subsections.
      • The table of contents is like a rough draft of the game. But each of the points should have details, a lot of details!

   3. Complete each item in the table of contents. Describe everything in such a detailed and understandable way that, starting work on coding and drawing, everyone and everything would be understood, and at once. Every mechanic, every feature - everything must be 5+ explained!

      Show your game development plan to other people. Depending on your approach, making a game can be a collaborative effort. Other people's opinions about the game can make it better.

      • Tell the person that you are going to release the game. If a person thinks that this is just an idea, the criticism may be superficial.
      • If you decide to show the game development plan to your loved ones (usually shown to parents), keep in mind that their assessment may be too lenient than if the game was criticized by an avid gamer. No, this does not mean at all that you cannot show the plan to parents. You can, but do not forget to show it to those who have experience in this area.

   We start programming

   1. Select an engine. The engine is the backbone of the game; it is the set of tools needed to create it. Of course, it is much easier to take a ready-made engine than to start developing your own. For individual developers, the choice of engines is wide and varied.

      • The engines make it easier to work with graphics, sounds and artificial intelligence.
      • Different engines - different pros and cons. Some are better suited for 2D games, some are better suited for 3D. Somewhere you need to better understand programming, somewhere you can start working without distinguishing a function from a procedure. The following engines are popular:
        • GameMaker: Studio is one of the most popular 2D game engines.
        • Unity is an easy-to-use 3D game engine.
        • RPG Maker XV - scripting engine for creating 2D role-playing games in JRPG style.
        • Unreal Development Kit is a 3D multipurpose engine.
        • Source is a very popular and frequently updated 3D game engine.
        • Project Shark is a 3D engine for beginners and advanced users.

   2. Study the features of the engine or hire a specialist for it. Depending on the choice, it may be necessary to program a lot. However, even with the simplest engines it is not so easy to understand. Therefore, if the task seems too strong for you, find a professional.

      • This could be the beginning teamwork over the game. First - a programmer, then a sound specialist and a designer, then a tester ...
      • There is a huge community of independent developers to work with. If people like your idea, they will be inspired to help you bring it to life!

   3. Make a prototype of the game. After examining the engine, prototype the game. This is essentially a test of the basic functionality of the game. No graphics or sound are needed yet, just placeholders and a test area are needed.

      • Testing and reworking the prototype should be done until it becomes fun to play. During the checks, it is necessary to identify everything that is not working correctly and make the appropriate changes. If the prototype does not excite people, then the game itself is unlikely to amaze them.
      • The prototype will change more than once or twice. This is normal, because you never know in advance how this or that mechanic will behave.

   4. Work on your controls. Player control is the basic level of game functionality. At the prototype stage, it is important to make management as convenient as possible.

      • Bad, difficult, incomprehensible controls - a frustrated player. Good, high quality, precise control - a happy player.

   Working on graphics and sound

   1. Think about what the project needs. Maybe your game will have enough strict geometric shapes and 16 colors? Or do you want complex drawings created by an entire design team? And the sounds? Be realistic in your estimates and hire people accordingly.

      • Most individual games are created by a small team or even one person. Please note that it will take much longer to create a game alone.
      • There are many free resources available for everyone. The main thing in this business is not to violate copyright.

   2. Draw rough artwork. Start working on the visuals of the game, so that the game finds the atmosphere that you saw in your dreams.

      Design the game world. Are there any arts for the game? You can begin to move on to creating a game and, taking into account the style, start drawing levels or game areas. If your game is in the "puzzle" style, then, accordingly, come up with puzzles.

   3. Improve your graphics. Depending on the selected graphic style, you may be helped by different programs, eg:

      • Blender is one of the most popular 3d editors (and it's free). The network is full of tutorials on it, so it's easy to figure it out and get started quickly.
      • Photoshop is very useful at the stage of creating textures, as well as for rendering 2D art in general. Yes, it is paid. If you want free equivalent - take the Gimp, it has almost the same functionality.
      • Paint.net, a free alternative to Paint Shop Pro, makes it easy to create 2D art. This program is especially useful when working on 2D pixel art.
      • Use Adobe Illustrator. This program is great for vector graphics... It's not cheap, so if you're running out of money, use Inkscape, a free and open source Adobe Illustrator alternative.

   4. Record the sound. Sound is a very important component of the atmosphere of any game. Whether you have music, whether it is not, what sound effects are played and when, whether dialogues are voiced - all this will have a significant impact on the player's experience of the game.

      • There are free and functional programs for working with sound available on the web. If you're on a tight budget, they are a great choice.
      • You can record sound from home, using available tools.

How to create your own website for free on the Internet from scratch? What is a domain, hosting, CMS platform, website builder, what is their difference and how to choose the right one? How to make a profitable website and make money on it?

Hello dear friend! The founders of the business magazine KhiterBober.ru Alexander Berezhnov and Vitaly Tsyganok are in touch.

In this article we will share our experience in creating websites. Themselves have created sites for 3 years. During this time, we independently developed about 30 Internet projects of varying complexity, and started from scratch.

Now we are professionally versed in this topic and hope that our knowledge will help you too.

Having learned how to create websites, you can not only create an Internet resource for yourself or your company, but also, if you wish, build your business on the Web.

1.How does the creation of any website begin?

If you are faced with the question of creating a website, then most likely you want to make it for a reason, but for a specific purpose, right? Any project begins with setting a goal, and the site in this situation is no exception.

Let's take a look at what purpose you might have for creating a website.

Globally, all goals can be divided into two categories:

1. Commercial purpose website creation (in 95% of cases);
2. Non-commercial purpose website creation.

Since the vast majority of the site is created for commercial purposes, it is these sites that will be discussed in the article.

The commercial purposes of creating a website include:

• sale of goods and services;
• personal and political PR;
• informing the target audience in order to make a profit in the future;
• creating a positive image for a commercial company;
• creation of barter websites;
• free development of Internet projects as a bonus to services already provided (goods sold);
• production of sites to order.

Non-commercial purposes mean the creation of a site for charities or a group of individuals who will use this site as a platform for communication and exchange of content (photos, videos, messages) and information among themselves.

We define the tasks that the site should solve

The type of site is selected based on the tasks that it must perform.

For example, if you want to trade on the Internet and sell products through a website, then you need an online store.

Or maybe you are a private designer, lawyer or teacher. Then you need a different type of site, it is called a "business card site", so that potential customers can learn more about your services, prices for them, see your portfolio, customer reviews and find contacts for communication.

Again, it is on the basis of the tasks that you choose the type of site that you will work on.

The tasks that the site helps to solve:

• create a stream of targeted visitors for your business;
• help process applications potential clients;
• increase the awareness of the company or personal brand of the site creator;
• create trust from potential buyers;
• provide detailed information in text, audio and video formats;
• enable the user to download the file (price list, presentation);
• automate the company's business process in working with clients, for example, automatically calculate interest on a loan "online".

Below we have described the most popular types of sites, highlighted their features and distinctive features.

2. Types of sites

Dear reader, we draw your attention to the fact that all types of sites have similar features and this division is very arbitrary.

However, all specialists in the creation of sites or the so-called webmasters operate with these terms (names of types of sites) in their work and you need to understand what this is about.

1) Business card website

This is the simplest and cheapest site. Usually consists of several pages (3-5) and contains the following sections:

The main sections of the business card site

• About company;
• Services and prices;
• Customer reviews;
• Contacts.

Business card sites are most often created by small companies and specialists who are engaged in private practice (consultants, car mechanics, designers).

The cost of creating a business card website: from 100 $.

2) Corporate website

This is a "fancy" business card site with an extended amount of information, a significantly larger number of pages and sections.

Corporate sites are usually ordered by companies that have sufficient funds for this and, as a rule, have been on the market for a long time.

The main sections of the corporate website

• About company
  • History
  • Manual
  • Plans and prospects
• Brands
• news
• Product Catalog
• Our services
  • For individuals
  • For organizations
• Vacancies
• Contacts

As you can see, some menu items may contain nested sections. In addition, corporate sites often have online chat for prompt communication with clients.

There can also be built-in services here, for example, on a website that offers paints and varnishes and building materials, online selection of the color of wallpaper or laminate is possible.

Similarly, you can choose the color of the car directly on the website and calculate its cost depending on the selected configuration.

The cost of developing a corporate website starts from 500 $.

3) Online store

The name of this type of site speaks for itself. He sells goods.

Some online stores accept payment directly through the site. It is enough for a visitor to have electronic money (Webmoney, Yandex.Money, Qiwi) or funds on a Visa, MasterCard plastic card.

Other online stores only contain a form for entering customer data. Then, when the manager sees the completed application, he contacts the potential buyer and negotiates the terms of the transaction with him.

Payment for the purchased goods is usually made on the spot and transferred to the courier when the buyer receives the package.

In a separate article, we have already written about. Check it out if you are interested in building this type of site.

The cost of creating an online store: from 1,000 $ .

4) News site

How to create your own news site and what are its features?

Some novice webmasters want to acquire their own electronic media, which are now the sites with a traffic of 3,000 people per day. This media can be both local, that is, cover events in a city, region or region, or all-Russian.

News is one of the most popular formats for presenting content on the Internet.

Millions of people visit news sites every day. Someone for the purpose of entertainment, but someone is really important to know about the latest events in the country.

News site is a regularly updated (most often daily) Internet resource whose visitors came to it in order to find out about the latest events in their city, country or in the world.

Typically, a news site consists of articles with headlines that contain factual information or intrigue:

• “Yesterday a UFO was found in the Rostov region”;
• “Moscow hosted an annual business forum”;
• "Russian athlete won a gold medal at the World Wrestling Championship";
• “A schoolboy from Perm invented an invention worth $ 1,000,000”;
• "The French President held a meeting with farmers."

News sites can be industry-specific, that is, narrowly thematic, for example, they cover the latest in gadgets and computer programs, news of politics, medicine, economics or business.

Other news sites write about everything in order to reach the maximum audience.

The cost of developing a news site: from 700 $.

5) Informational SEO Site

Like the previous type of site, an informational SEO site provides people with information, but not news, but practical.

The prefix "SEO" indicates the way to attract visitors to the site.

SEO (from the English Search Engine Optimization) is a set of activities aimed at promoting your materials (articles, videos, photos) on top lines search engine results.

Literally the term SEO from English translates as "Search engine optimization".

An information site of such a plan can be easily recognized by the titles of the articles that are posted on it.

Almost all of them will begin with interrogative words, for example:

1. How to bake pies correctly?
2. Where to get money?
3. How to inflate a flat tire on a car?
4. How to make money for a student on the Internet?

Specialists who know how to create an information site are familiar with the techniques of naturally promoting their materials to the first positions in search engines.

And this traffic is usually more stable than news sites.

That is, if the news stops appearing on a news site, then in a few days its traffic may drop several times, and this does not threaten a high-quality informational SEO site. After all, it contains materials on topics that will be relevant at all times.

That is, if information about an ongoing Olympiad or scientific discovery is relevant for a maximum of a couple of weeks, then the answers to questions from the category “What? Where? When?" people will always search.

It is for this reason that traffic to SEO sites is much more sustainable than news sites.

The main feature of an information site is that it can earn on advertising, bringing its owner thousands of rubles or even dollars, depending on its scale.

Very often people do not understand that an informational website can generate good passive income. We have already written about. We recommend that you read this article.

Creation cost: from 300 $.

6) Web portal

This type of site is also called an Internet portal. This is a network resource that combines many interactive services, often contains a news feed, articles, narrow topics.

Now almost every more or less large city has its own city Internet portal. On it you can see the weather, the latest news of the city, find out the time and location of city events, film shows, exhibitions.

City web portals almost always contain the following sections:

• Job;
• Products and service;
• The property;
• Car market.

This type of site is designed to create a single information space, united by a common territory (city, region) or topic (computers, finance, construction).

A web portal, as a rule, requires a large team of specialists for its creation, further management and administration.

Development cost: from 3 000 $.

7) One-page site (Landing Page)

If you sell a small number of products online or provide one specific service, then the Langing Page will suit you best.

Typically, all of these products are sold through one-page sites. Building your own one page website is a great way for newbies. We have already written about all other ways to start your business.

The main rule when creating a Landing page

One site \u003d one product (service)

That is, if you are selling something through a landing page, it should be one specific offer, for example:

Slimming cream "Slim" or "Steel Belly" press pumping machine

In exceptional cases, a single page site may sell products of the same category. For example, a watch from the same company, but different models.

The price for creating such a website from good specialists starts from 400 $.

8) Blog

Blog is an online diary of one person (the author of the blog), less often of several people (group blogs).

It contains material in which there is a personal attitude of the author to a particular event or related to the direct life of the blog creator.

Most often, a blog is created for the following purposes:

• for the author's personal PR and self-expression;
• to earn money by placing ads on the blog;
• to create the core of the target audience and further sell their products and services.

A blog can be created both on a free blogging platform, for example, on livejournal.com or blogger.com, or on a stand-alone domain, for example, like our website HeatherBober.ru. Such blogs are called "standalone" from the English "free standing", that is, located on their own separate domain without being tied to the blog platform.

You can make your blog even without the help of programmers and designers, but even if you turn to them for help, then for 50 - 100$ you will become the proud owner of a personal online diary.

9) Forum

Forum is a site that is created for the purpose of live communication between users as part of an active discussion of various issues within the framework of a common large topic.

For example, women's sites often contain forums with the following topics for discussion:

• family and Children;
• love and sex;
• work and career;
• fashion and Style;
• health and beauty.

In turn, in each of these topics there are questions that are actively discussed by the participants of the women's site, sharing their experience and giving advice to the author of the created topic.

For creating a forum site you will be asked from $ 300 to $ 1,000 depending on design and functionality.

10) Internet service

As the name suggests, this type of site is designed to automate a process for the user.

Prominent examples of Internet services are:

• post e-mail newsletters;
• SMS mailing;
• accepting payments in all convenient ways;
• mortgage calculator;
• city \u200b\u200bnavigator;
• services for analyzing competitors' positions in search results Yandex and Google;
• services of remote work exchanges.

The Internet service can be implemented as an independent site, or be part of the functionality of any other type of site.

3. How to understand which type of site is suitable in your case

We figured out what types of sites exist, how they differ and what are their features.

Now it will be easier for you to understand how to create your website by choosing the type of future project that suits you.

Match the tasks your project needs to do with different types of sites.

For example, if you want to sell a lot of products and accept payment through the site, then you need an online store. If you aim to make money by selling ads on your visited resource, then your choice is an informational SEO site. We wrote about how to make money on your website in a separate article based on our own experience.

Sometimes the tasks that your Internet project should perform overlap with several types of sites at once:

1. Sale of information products. You are going to create training courses and sell them on your website;
2. PR of a personal brand. You want to get wide recognition from your target audience or simply declare yourself to a wide range of people;
3. Earnings from advertising on the site (placing banners, selling paid posts, etc.)... Making your own project and making money from advertising is a great idea for hardworking and enterprising people.

In this case, you should highlight ONE priority (site type) and create a project according to it.

Such a “multifunctional” site can only be created as an Internet portal, provided that a professional team will work on it and each of the functions will be supported in the future and will not be abandoned.

4. The technical part of the site - the main components and principles of work

The technical part of creating your site involves the selection of several necessary elements.

4.1. CMS platforms and website builders

CMS (from the English Content Manegment System) - a content management system. It is also called the "site engine".

As well as word processor Microsoft Word helps to manage your document: create and edit text, format lists, add tables and pictures, CMS similarly helps to manage all site content.

How to choose a CMS platform?

When choosing a CMS platform, you need to rely on the goal of creating a site. Different platforms suitable for different purposes.

Also, all CMS engines can be divided into 2 types: paid and free.

1) Free CMS platforms

Among the popular and free for today CMS are the following:

• WordPress - ideal for creating blogs, suitable for creating business card sites, corporate sites. Even the site you are currently visiting (HeatherBober) is also created on this CMS.
• Joomla - multifunctional. You can create both a simple business card site and a corporate site and even an online store;
• InstantCms - ideal for creating social networks, city portals, dating sites and online clubs;
• Drupal is another popular CMS. Suitable for creating corporate sites, business card sites, sites with a personal portfolio, social. networks and online stores;
• OpenCart - ideal for creating online stores. Easy to use but difficult to develop. To create an online store on this engine, you will need a professional programmer who is well versed in php code;
• phpBB - ideal for creating forums.

The undisputed leader among all CMS is WordPress (about 55% of all sites created on engines are created on Wordpress). And our choice also settled on this engine. Per 3 years we did about 30 different sites (business card sites, corporate sites, portal sites) and 95% of them were created on this engine.

2) Paid CMS platforms

Among the paid CMS platforms are the following:

• 1C-Bitrix - a professional web site management system, suitable for almost any type of site. Among the main advantages are simple site management, high performance, integration with 1C (which is very important if you have an online store), as well as ample opportunities for mobile site administration and simple development of mobile applications for iOS and Android;
• UMI.CMS is another worthy player in the paid engine market. The main slogan is “Convenience for people”. Has more than 500 ready-made templates for all kinds of solutions with the ability to "spin" for yourself. Also 2,500 developers will be happy to help you create a website and polish it for your purposes;
• osCommerce - a paid solution for creating an online store with great functionality.

You can also create your site from scratch and completely free of charge using the constructor. This means that you do not need to be professional in layout, programming and design.

3) Website builders

Many novice webmasters often do not understand the difference between a CMS platform and an online website builder.

Let's define a site builder.

Website builder - this remote service with ready-made website templates, a convenient and intuitive interface for developing your own web resource.

Website builders are developed specifically for beginners in site building who do not want to learn HTML and CSS (for various reasons), but prefer to create their own site and then edit it themselves (add and remove sections of the site, change images, etc.).

Below is a list of popular constructor services:

1. Wix - a popular foreign designer that helps to develop a web-project at a professional level.
2. uKit - allows you to create sites with subsequent effective seo-promotion, has an intuitive interface and detailed analytics.
3. Jimdo - a large selection of ready-made templates, fine-tuning of parameters and the absence of intrusive ads. It is possible to upload your own template.
4. Flexbe - Flexby is designed to quickly create high quality landing pages and business card sites. You do not need a programmer, and the advanced functionality will allow you to quickly create a website of the desired type.
5. LPgenerator - a professional platform for creating and optimizing landing pages (landing pages). Suitable for large, medium and small businesses.

This approach takes place, but often, just creating your own website is not enough. It doesn't matter if it was made on a constructor or independently from scratch.

CMS platform or website builder - which is better to choose?

The main difference between a CMS and a designer is that the creation of a website on a CMS implies that you understand site building and want to independently create a website for your needs and manage all the capabilities of the engine.

On the contrary, creating a website on a constructor does not require special technical skills from you and your website can be created in literally 3 hours, but at the same time, this choice greatly limits your functionality. You can see all the pros and cons of this solution from the table below.

Advantages and disadvantages of creating a website using the constructor:

As you can see from the table, there is no definite answer as to how the site was created. By gaining in one, you are losing in the other.

4.2. Domain

Let's define it.

Domain - this is the name of the site, or in other words, it is the address of your site on the Internet.

For example, domain site

As you can see, the site's domain name consists of two parts:

1. The very name "hiterbober"
2. The zone in which it is located is ".ru" (indicated after the domain name with a dot).

The domain zone, depending on the country or the purpose of the site, can be different:

• .рф - Russian Federation;
• .ru - the format of the Russian-language segment of the Internet;
• .biz - business sites;
• .com - commercial sites;
• .info - information sites;
• .net - projects related to the Internet.

If the majority of your potential audience is in Russia, then we recommend registering a domain in the zone (.ru)... Then your site will be easier to promote in search engines (the so-called SEO-promotion).

Domains come in several levels. This can be easily identified by the number of parts separated by a dot.

• site - second level domain;
• shop.site - 3rd level domain (or subdomain).

How to choose a domain?

When choosing a domain name, rely on the following criteria:

• Originality and easy to remember.It is not worth registering a domain with already hackneyed phrases such as "masterinfobiz", "biznespro", "guru-master", etc. Brainstorm, come up with no less 50 different options (preferably 100 ), and choose the best one. Remember that as you name the ship, so it will float;
• Up to 12 characters long. We do not recommend using more than 12-15 characters in the domain name. Remember, brevity is the sister of talent. The shorter your domain is, the easier it will be to remember and type on the keyboard;
• Easy to type in Latin. A perfect example is our website domain. Each letter of the domain sounds the same in both Russian and English. There are no complicated letters such as "Ж", "Щ", "U", "Y", etc .;
• The absence of dashes in the domain. It is desirable that the domain name does not contain a dash. This point is not critical, but if you choose between the names "megadomen.ru" and "mega-domen.ru", it is better to stay at "megadomen.ru".

Also, after you brainstorm and come up with 50-100 different domain name options, you will need to check each domain for availability. Often, many domains with short and original names are already taken, but if you have a good imagination and are not too lazy to conduct a powerful brainstorming session, you are sure that you will find a decent name for your site.

To check if the site name is free, use the service www.nic.ru.

4.3. Hosting and hoster

To make your site available to all users on the Internet, in addition to the domain name, you also need to choose a hoster and purchase the Hosting service from him.

Hoster is a company that provides hosting services on the Internet.

Hosting is a hosting company service for placing your website on the Internet.

All sites that are available on the web are located somewhere. This is logical. And they (their files) are located on hard drives servers ( powerful computers) special companies - hosters.

Since the site consists of different files (database, texts, pictures, videos), then access to them from different computers is carried out by processing your request to the site stored by the hoster.

The larger and more visited site you have created, the more expensive it is to host it with a hosting company (renting space for the site).

The cost of providing a hosting service can be from 50 rubles to 15,000 rubles per month.

Most sites do not need an expensive and powerful server.

So, if you have a site with a traffic of up to 1000 people, then the cost of providing hosting services will be approximately 100 rubles per month.

If the traffic to your site is from 5,000 to 10,000 people per day, in this case, the cost of hosting will fluctuate within 800 - 1,500 rubles per month (12 - 25 $).

If you have a very popular and highly visited Internet project, then you will need a dedicated server - a powerful hotel computer for storing your site and processing requests in it.

The cost of a dedicated server can start from 2 500 rubles per month or more, depending on the specific situation.

How to choose hosting?

The main criteria for which you need to pay attention are:

1. Stability of work. Your hosting should work without interruptions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Otherwise, you will lose reputation with visitors, trust from search engines and money if your site is created for a commercial purpose.
2. Convenience of the interface. When you enter your personal account, the entire control panel should be intuitive for you. You should see the funds available on the balance sheet and quickly use all the hosting functions.
3. Good support service (in Russian). Some users choose foreign companies to host their website on the Internet. Sometimes this is not very convenient, since the support service and the entire interface work in English. A fast and reliable support service is very important in case of site failures and their prompt elimination.
4. Service cost. This is one of the most important parameters, especially if you choose hosting for hosting a site with high traffic. There the cost may vary from 20 to 100 dollars per month or more. Also, the cost of hosting services is relevant for novice webmasters, because as a rule their budget is limited.

Now there are hundreds, and even thousands of different hosters on the Internet that provide their services. If you start choosing your hosting provider, you will simply drown in an abundance of choices. But there are only a few really good hosters providing quality services for a reasonable price.

Personally, we use a hosting company for all our sites. In principle, we are very satisfied with this hoster - a convenient admin panel, responsive support service, fast page loading speed, optimal prices.

If you do not want to bother with choosing a hoster, as we once did in our time, having shoveled over 100 different options, you can opt for this hoster. It just meets all of the above criteria.

On Timeweb we have all the sites that we have made in 3 years and our main project HeterBober.ru.

If you want to know all the subtleties and nuances of buying a hosting and domain, we recommend that you study the free course of Evgeny Popov "".

In one of our past articles, we described our story about. After studying this material, you will understand how you can open a web studio from scratch right at home and make money on it from $ 500.

5. How to create your website for free from scratch - 7 easy steps

These steps will help you understand the sequence of actions, both in case you decided to create a website yourself, and by involving a team of professional web developers.

Step 1. Determine the purpose of creating a site and its tasks

So, you have decided that directly or indirectly you are going to make money on the site or receive other reimbursable benefits using it.

Recall that the main tasks of the site include:

• formation of a positive image of the company (person);
• sale of goods (services);
• informing about upcoming events (announcement);
• posting news;
• help in making a decision by the user (if the user came to the site to compare prices, conditions and other characteristics of the “product”);
• provision of online services: Internet banking, online calculator, automation of sending letters.

Step 2. Determine the type of site and select the engine

Based on the tasks facing the site, you choose its appearance. All types of sites are detailed by us.

Based on your view of the site, select an engine using the following table:

We choose the appropriate solution and move on to the next step.

Step 3. Prepare materials for filling

Now you should prepare all the necessary materials to create your site:

• texts (articles, description of your activity);
• photo (portfolio, examples, illustrations);
• videos (promo videos, interviews);
• files for download (price lists, presentations, documents).

When we were professionally creating websites for customers, we faced a paradoxical problem:

Have 99% those who want to acquire their own Internet resource simply have nothing to do with it!

There is no logo, corporate identity, company description, product photo, portfolio. In general, that building material is completely absent, those bricks from which our "house" should be built in the future.

Take care of the information that will be posted on the site in advance. If necessary, involve a designer, author of texts, video editor.

Contact your friends or find such professionals at work-zilla.com and fl.ru.

You want your project to look and function well compared to your competitors, don't you ?!

Step 4. Develop a prototype and design

If you are going to order a site from specialists, then starting from this step, entrust them with work on the site. Before that, you can and should do the previous 3 steps yourself.

This is a preliminary graphic layout that fully conveys the main meanings and structure of the future site.

When creating a prototype, the designer arranges the main elements of the site in the form of blocks on a white sheet of paper. This layout must be approved by the customer.

For example, this is how a prototype of a “Landing Page” site looks like:

This is a prototype of a website for a company that installs and sells climate control equipment.

After drawing the prototype of the same site looks like this:

The site is rendered in Adobe Photoshop. After that, you have a psd file with your website design in your hands. The site is now ready for layout.

Step 5. Layout the site on the local computer

At the 5th step, you have a graphic layout, broken down by elements (layers) from which the layout designer will create a functioning unique template for your project.

He will do this on his own local computer, on a third-party domain and then show you to adjust and approve the work results.

If necessary, the layout designer will make edits or involve a programmer to create the necessary functionality of the site, if required.

A programmer can solve the following tasks within the framework of creating an Internet project:

• link the service to the site;
• add and configure the necessary CMS plugins;
• make changes to the functionality of the template;
• automate the necessary functions in the project.

When your site is designed and all its functions are working, you can proceed to the next step.

You can also design your site yourself, but for this you need to have HTML and CSS skills.

For reference

• Html (from English HyperText Markup Language - "language of hypertext markup"). The main markup language for creating sites.
• CSS (from the English Cascading Style Sheets - cascading style sheets). The hypertext markup language used when creating appearance site (document).

The fundamental difference between HTML and CSS is that the first language forms the skeleton of the site, and the second is its muscles and skin, that is, it is responsible for its appearance.

Website building software to make your job easier:

1. Notepade ++ - basic code editor, great replacement for standard notepad;
2. PhpDesigner - professional and convenient program to create multifunctional websites;
3. Adobe dreamweaver - a multifunctional program for quickly creating sites with the ability to preview;
4. Adobe muse - a convenient program for creating one-page selling sites (Landing Page).
5. Balsamiq mockups - a handy program for developing a website prototype.

Choose the program you need to make your website development process as convenient and efficient as possible.

Step 6. Buy hosting and domain

We have already discussed what domain and hosting are and how to choose them.

An important point

When buying a domain, you can purchase it from a domain name registrar company such as:

• webnames.ru;
• reg.ru;
• nic.ru;
• r01.ru

Or you can register a domain with a hosting company when purchasing hosting directly from your personal account.

Almost all domain name registrars provide hosting services, and hosting companies can help with domain registration.

When registering a domain, you will need to enter your real data, including passport data, in order for this site name to be legally assigned to you.

If you register a domain for a company, and not for an individual, then in this case you will need to specify the data of the legal entity.

When you have decided on the choice of hosting, its tariff and bought a domain, then it's time to launch your website.

Step 7. Launch the website

Congratulations! You have come to the final stage.

Launching a site involves placing it on the Internet on your hosting and domain. From this moment everyone will be able to visit it, and you, as the owner of the site, will be able to realize your goals.

After all, now you have a powerful marketing tool - your website, with the help of which you can make yourself known and, if properly promoted, attract a large target audience.

note

If you registered a domain yourself directly through a domain name registrar, and not through a hosting company, you will need to add NS servers to personal account registrar. The hosting company should provide you with NS server data.

Now you just have to think about how you will advertise your site and attract visitors to it.

We will write about this in detail in one of the following articles.

6. The right way for a beginner webmaster

If you decide to master the science of site building and do it on a professional basis, we recommend acquiring knowledge in the following sequence:

1. Basics of HTML;
2. Basics of CSS;
3. Basic PHP basics.

If you want to make one-page sites, then study Adobe muse.

If you want to create highly visited information sites or do custom-made Internet projects, we recommend that you study the engine WordPress.

When creating sites for 3 years, we have used this particular engine. We had experience with other CMS, but we consider WordPress the best and most suitable for these purposes.

7. Frequently asked questions about website creation

Here we have highlighted the most popular questions that we are asked.

1. How to choose good site performers?

Let's jump straight to the criteria for choosing good performers:

1. A portfolio of successfully completed projects. If the development team does not have a real portfolio (cases), then they are either novice masters, or not entirely honest guys.
2. Ability to explain complex things in simple language. If at a meeting with you a team representative (manager) "loads" you incomprehensible terms and gives examples of schemes that are difficult to understand, then it may be worth looking for another command.
3. Official registration as an individual entrepreneur or LLC. If the company in which you are going to entrust the development of the site does not have official registration, then the following is possible here: this is a private master and he does not work with large clients, or again you have found the wrong performers.
4. Having your own website. Does the shoemaker have boots? Can you imagine a car mechanic without his car or a furniture maker with old furniture in the house? Probably not. Comments are superfluous.
5. Positive feedback from real customers. What kind of clients did your team of potential contractors make the site to and what do they think about the quality of the services received? Chat with real people by asking your webmasters for their contacts.

2. Where are they taught to create websites professionally?

This is taught in special courses. However, here it should be understood that specialists from different fields are involved in the process of developing sites.

Most often, the team includes:

• designer;
• layout designer;
• programmer;
• manager.

You can study at courses of a specific profession and perform a certain scope of work.

Also in the process of training at design and computer specialties you can learn the basics of website building.

3. How to learn the basics of site building for free?

You can learn the basics of site building for free even at home.

If you plan to learn technical fundamentals, we recommend that you study free courses Evgenia Popova in HTML and CSS.

After learning the basics of HTML and CSS, you will need to register your hosting and domain. Also, for website layout, you will need basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop. You can get all this knowledge by studying 2 more courses.

4. How to create your own website yourself?

To do this, you either have to use a website builder (the most quick way) or learn site building in special courses.

Now on the Internet there is a huge amount of both paid and free information on this topic. One has only to use Yandex, Google or YouTube and enter the appropriate request.

5. How much can you earn on creating websites?

If you create sites for other people and make money on this, then the size of your profit can be from $ 100 to $ 10,000 per month.

Your earnings will depend on:

• your experience;
• the solvency of your customers;
• ability to negotiate and sell;
• type of sites;
• market (market niche) in which you operate.

If you decide to make a website (blog) for yourself and make money on it, as we do on our website HeatherBober.ru, then you will need knowledge not only in site building and not even so much on this, but in Internet marketing and SEO.

As practice shows, you can earn money on your website or blog from $ 50 to $ 5000 and above depending on traffic, site theme and monetization methods (advertising tools) that will bring you money.

8. Conclusion

Having understood in detail how to create your site, you can not only solve this need for yourself, but also make good money on it.

Many are interested in how to create a website from scratch for free yourself. As practice shows, it is difficult to find a resource on the Internet that fully discloses this topic.

Before we start talking, I would like to draw your attention to the following:

1. The opinion that creating a website is a simple task that can be quickly solved is partly truthful. With the help of various content management systems (CMS), you have created a project in a few minutes. You need to understand that deploying a site on a domain will work out quickly, but filling it up can take several months.
2. Some people think that building a website is not easy. This point of view has a right to life. It all depends on the type of project. If we are talking about a simple resource, it will take little time and effort to create. When it comes to a serious project, everything changes dramatically.

Even a schoolboy can create his own resource. But, if you want to become a real professional in this area, you have to work hard. Start by learning programming languages \u200b\u200band mastering specialized software.

1. "HTML" is the foundation. Be sure to master this language. He is the starting point on the road to success.
2. "CSS". You've probably heard of design. Design is unthinkable without CSS.
3. JavaScript. Using this language, they write a variety of scripts, dynamic and beautiful projects.
4. "PHP". There are many examples of using PHP. It is used to write scripts for user registration, receiving and processing information from forms, searching through the portal and entire CMSs.
5. MySQL. Software work with databases.
6. "XML". Not directly related to the development of sites. Focused on the implementation of complex corporate networks.

To speed up the process, you can use the popular content management system. After that, it remains to place the resource on the network and promote it.

Video tips for choosing a domain

Step-by-step instructions for creating a website from scratch

First, choose the topic of the project. It is better when the theme is liked by the creator himself. Post only unique texts. If they are copied from other sites, there may be problems with indexing and applicable law.

Instructions

1. Register for hosting. I recommend paid.
2. Register a domain. In the domain control panel, link it to the hosting by registering the DNS servers.
3. Choose CMS.
4. Go to hosting, create a database, install the engine via FTP.
5. Set up CMS, choose a template, install additional plugins.
6. Submit multiple articles. Do internal optimization.
7. Improve your design. Try to make the resource attractive to your visitors and easy to use.
8. If you know how to write essays, you're lucky. Otherwise, you will have to use the services of copywriters to write texts.

If you show a little perseverance and perseverance, after a certain time a full-fledged resource will appear on the Internet.

We select hosting

1. Think about the content of the project. Pick a topic that you understand. For example, housewives can create a culinary project and post recipes. Make sure the chosen topic is interesting to users.
2. If your budget is tight, opt for a free engine. A free CMS WordPress is suitable for almost any need.
3. Users visit a project looking for information, so ads, pop-up banners, and overly flamboyant designs are annoying and distracting.
4. The visitor should be easy to navigate and find required pages.
5. The site must have a form feedback... With its help, visitors will be able to leave wishes.
6. Do not overload the resource with scripts and graphics. This will have a bad effect on page loading speed.
7. Be sure to optimize your project for different screen resolutions. Test the optimization in different browsers.

Self-service website creation on CMS WordPress

WordPress - free system content management. The main advantages are simple management, multitasking, free updates, ease of connecting additional modules and expanding the site's capabilities.

Step-by-step action plan

1. Choose the topic of the project. You can devote your site to parenting, New Year's dresses, fishing, travel, cars, hobbies.
2. Based on your industry, come up with a domain name - name. The title should correspond to the chosen topic.
3. Choose hosting. It stores the resource files.
4. Create a database with a name and password. Write down the information.
5. Upload WordPress to hosting. This can be done through FTP client or through additional free hosting services.
6. After starting the administrative panel, enter the database and password. Then: title, username, strong password and email.
7. The platform is installed. Proceed with the design. Ready-made free templates from the WordPress repository will help.
8. Publish text materials, upload pictures and videos.

Video tutorial on installing WordPress

Even a child will create their own project based on the WordPress platform. If you are looking for the easiest way to create websites, check out this option.

Free ways to create websites

Website development can be ordered from a special company. However, services are not cheap. Many people know this well, so they are interested in independent website development. It's real. The main thing is to choose a quality free hosting.

1.uCoz. A well-known service allows you to post projects for free. My first project was created on the basis of uCoz.

2. narod.yandex.ru - the second option is no longer relevant. Russian search giant has transferred hosting of Narod to uCoz.

Disadvantages of free hosting

1. If you intend to publish informational or personal articles on the pages of your portal, a free site is quite enough. However, free hosting is not suitable for developing projects focused on selling goods.
2. Free website builders make money from advertising. Consequently, there will be third-party advertisements on your project pages.
3. If you can place your banner ads, know that the best ones won't get them. There is an advertisement for the service.
4. A project hosted on a free site is difficult and difficult to transfer to another hosting.

How to create a website for making money

Good money is brought in by high-quality informational websites. For example, you can make a portal about New Year's toys, sports, psychology, nutrition, recipes.

Requirements for sites for earning

1. Publish only interesting and relevant articles, news, photos and videos. They are responsible for answering users' questions and solving their problems.
2. The resource should have a convenient structure and beautiful design. Interesting articles are more important than design, but the user should be comfortable reading them. The key to a successful project is perfect usability, correct menu design, nice colors.
3. Strive to make your audience look forward to new content.

8 steps to creating a profitable website

1. Pick one particular highly popular topic.
2. Decide on the engine. Ideal for creating websites for making money on the Internet CMS WordPress.
3. Choose hosting. Choose the site as carefully as possible.
4. Register a domain. The name of the portal should be easy to remember and sonorous. Users should easily type it in the address bar of the browser.
5. Install the engine and customize the theme.
6. After installing the CMS, start publishing articles. Remember, the content of the resource is its core, which can raise popularity to the skies. Publish only interesting, unique, varied and high quality articles.
7. Promotion. Even if there is interesting text on the pages of the resource, no one will see it without promotion. Engage your audience through a variety of advertising mechanisms.
8. After 5-10 months of continuous work, the site will bring the first money.

Do not forget that even the most beautiful site will not make money without high-quality promotion and internal optimization.

Which is better to choose for self-creation of a site - a designer or a CMS? The answer is unequivocal: website builder only... Why? It's simple: since you need this kind of advice, it means that there is either no development experience, or it is less than necessary to solve your problem. Dancing with a tambourine around a CMS will take a lot of time and money. Most likely you need create one website at a time for yourself - a small business card for a business, a platform for providing services, a portfolio, or, perhaps, a blog, a small store for several tens or hundreds of products. Designers help to solve such problems in the most rational way... That for the money, that for the investment of time, labor and receiving return benefits.

Shown below TOP 3 best website builders A-class. All of them combine well with the inexperience of beginners, help to achieve results without starting knowledge. Each of them is functionally advanced against the background of analogs. You can safely use it, it remains only to decide which one to choose specifically.

1.1 Website development in uKit → detailed review The best choice!

1.2 Building a website in Wix → detailed overview

Wix allows you to create impressive business card sites, landing pages, blogs, shops. The platform will give out a cozy portfolio or a damn attractive corporate website in a couple of hours of work. The system has many interesting widgets. In addition to the standard gentleman's set, there is an insert of video on the background, different types of menus, various effects and more. A show site on Wix is \u200b\u200beasy to create. Another thing is that an overloaded page can lag and slow down terribly, which many users complain about. Beauty requires sacrifice, there must be a balance.

If it weren't for the cost of paid plans, Wix would be the perfect solution for the entire audience of novice users. But, alas, for the money, many will prefer something more practical. Wix is \u200b\u200ba wow effect builder. It is pleasant, bright, friendly, but expensive by the standards of competitors. The average "Combo" tariff will delay by $ 99 / year. There are 2 more expensive ones.

Wix offers five premium plans:

If you are not confused by the prices, and the upcoming task falls into the range of Wix capabilities, you can safely use it. Get a good set of tools and enjoy your work. Developers often introduce a 50% discount on any of the plans. Subscribe to the newsletter by registering and don't miss a moment.

Still, Wix is \u200b\u200bperhaps the brightest engine with a visual editor for perception. Taking into account the discount, he is more than worthy of his money. And without it, it does not lose much in attractiveness.

1.3 Website development in uCoz → detailed review

All the power of uCoz is hidden in a solid set of modules and the ability to edit the source code of pages (html, css, php, js). There are a lot of settings, but most beginners will find no more than a third useful / understandable. The rest is for growth. You can define the set of modules yourself.

Users looking for where to create an online store will be the loudest. In this field uCoz is omnipotent, thanks to the module "Online Store" (the so-called uShop). Of the necessary, there is even synchronization with the accounting products of 1C. Import from CSV and YML will allow you to export products from a file or parse from AliExpress / Yandex.Market. This will allow you to quickly fill your own and deploy partner stores from the specified sites. Thanks to subagents, you can make a real supermarket in which other sellers will sell their goods, and the store owner will receive a percentage from them.

In the online store based on uCoz, you can sell any types of goods: material, electronic, product file, product as a service. Set discounts, promotions, markups, set options (color, size, quantity), use the shipping cost calculator. Many of the most different ways payment and delivery. There are a whole bunch of different fine settings, in general, the whole variety cannot be enumerated.

Separately, it should be noted that the system is beneficial for those who need to create a website for a state institution. Besides the fact that you can use it for free, there is another interesting nuance. There is a law according to which such resources must have a version for the visually impaired. In uCoz, this version can be turned on in one click. For non-commercial and educational sites, Yukoz is an ideal choice in every way. In addition to all educational sites, advertising is removed free of charge upon request to technical support.

Connecting a paid tariff can simplify your life. First of all, the disappearance of the advertising banner of the system ( advertising displayed only on sites created free of charge). Premium user status will give you the maximum use additional features uCoz without limits. The loyalty program will allow you to get any tariff with a 50% discount during the first 48 hours when creating a new website. Plus, you can get a free domain and a premium template of your choice (if you subscribe for a year starting from "Optimal").

There are five service packages available at uCoz:

The uCoz web service is equally well suited for beginners, pros and web studios. A large selection of free and professional premium templates, universal functionality, a million additional features, the convenience of the admin panel and low cost (or the complete absence of such on the Free plan). After using it, most engines will seem dull, limited. Start your journey with Yukoz and you won't need any other tools in the future. You will be able to solve any problems without going beyond its limits. An engine for all occasions.

2. Order on a turnkey basis or do it yourself?

It makes sense to order the creation of a turnkey website for companies, that is legal entities... This is the case when the management needs to get guarantees of the result and financially responsible for solving the problem. Everything on paper, in contracts, deadlines. Funds were allocated, the contractor was found - a third-party specialist or a web studio. This is the right option, especially if you are planning a large-scale and expensive project. If something goes wrong, it will be possible to find ends and demand a correction of the situation or compensation for damage. It is also advisable to immediately stipulate the conditions for administering the site after delivery - who will do this, the amount of payment for services, which is included in the concept of further service.

For individuals and small business entrepreneurs ordering a turnkey website is unprofitable. It is corny and unreasonably expensive, troublesome, and, as a rule, a small amount of work does not correspond to the investment. Few people will be able or willing to pay for the subsequent maintenance of the site. Moreover, the performer is likely to be hired from friends or more or less affordable freelance services. In both cases, you should not expect high-quality technical support for the site, even for money. Such performers strive to make money on the turnover of ready-made sites, and not on their support. With a high degree of probability, you can get a project without a captain at the helm. The customer will either have to learn to manage it himself, or watch its decline.

Just getting a website for an order at an exorbitant price is not an option. Then what to do with it - who will serve it and how? Anyway, the owner will have to figure out the intricacies of its administration and promotion on his own. Isn't it easier to immediately throw out of your head attempts to ride on other people's skills and to work on your own? If the project is simple (business card site, portfolio, blog, corporate site, landing page, forum), you will win in any case.

3. Two ways to create a website: CMS + hosting or Constructor

Websites are made on CMS either in website builders... There are also self-written and framework-based "engines", but these are not at all suitable options, they will lead you into a dark forest, you should not take them into account.

What your website can be built on:

CMS

- this is a special distribution kit (program, script), the so-called "engine", which after installation is a mixture of a graphical interface and text editor to create and manage sites.

To use the CMS, you need hosting (a server on which the "engine" will be installed and where all the site files will be stored later). Therefore, it is necessary to be a competent PC user. Confident use of a computer, understanding of software in a broad sense is a basic necessity, which, with perseverance, will allow a beginner to create a website in this kind of program. All technical nuances lie on the shoulders of the user himself.

Website builder

Is an online service for creating websites that works out of the box - initially it comes complete with hosting, ready-made templates and, in fact, the very "designer" for managing and editing the site.

Designers dictate a completely different, much simplified approach to work in comparison with CMS. They eliminate the need to set up hosting, install CMS, create databases mySQL data, work with FTP, the need to connect modules, plugins and do not require programming skills. The user gets an environment for website development free of many technical complexities.

Both options have their pros and cons, depending on the point of view of the person evaluating them. Let's just note that CMS as a class of tools for creating websites appeared much earlier than cloud-based constructors. The latter were the result of evolution and adaptation of complex systems to the needs of the mass user. Over time, site builders acquired an intuitive interface and a visual editor (WYSIWYG - "What You See Is What You Get" - "what you see is what you get"). The best of them already work on the basis of AI (artificial intelligence) and surpass some CMS in capabilities.

3.1 Features of creating a website on CMS

Creation of a site based on CMS requires renting a hosting - a remote server on which the site files will be located. As a rule, hosting control panels provide an opportunity to automatically install a wide range of free CMS. Nevertheless, you need to manually create a database for the new site in the phpMyAdmin section and connect it (before installing the engine, specify the username and password for the desired database).

TOP 3 most popular CMS:

Let's immediately note an important point: it is unlikely that it will be possible to wander between numerous CMS, choosing the best of them for testing. The fact is that the CMS, despite some similarities in interfaces and general principles in the basic points, are quite different. You need to devote time to studying each of them: look at the templates (quality, prices, availability), the structure of the engine and the same templates, evaluate the range and the order of installing modules, get acquainted with examples of ready-made sites from the adepts of the selected engine. We are not talking about testing the work of individual modules and plugins - this is clearly long and troublesome. Their set for the selected system must be mastered individually.

If there is no goal in the plans to learn how to work with the code directly, then no special need use a CMS in general.

The fundamental difference between CMS from most site builders is direct access to the engine files. Through an FTP client or built into the hosting control panel file manager... This makes it possible to edit the site code in free mode: files of any modules, templates, pages, basic functions. Of course, this requires understanding and knowledge of programming. HTML / CSS skills are required by default, but PHP and JavaScript are usually added to them.

Features of creating a website in CMS:

• You will need to purchase a reliable, fast hosting and domain.
• As a rule, the engine comes with several basic templates, although there are exceptions like WordPress, which has a built-in store for thousands of free templates. Templates can be purchased from system developers, web studios or freelancers. Assortment at different systems is different, you need to google it.
• Many things, especially those related to design editing, are usually done through code. On some systems, plugins are also installed directly via FTP by copying files (for example, in DLE), and not through the installer of the control panel (as in Joomla or WordPress).
• It is worth choosing specialized CMS for your task. This will guarantee the availability of the necessary functionality (at least basic) out of the box. For example, to create online stores, you should use only specialized systems (Magento, Bitrix, Opencart, PrestaShop). Avoid creating sites whose main functionality will be entirely based on plugins.
• If you decide to use the free downloaded templates, be sure to check for other people's hidden links or malicious code. The verification methods are different, you need to google for specific cases.
• For any CMS, after getting acquainted with the basic functionality, you need to find out the list of available plugins, their cost and capabilities. Surely, over time, something of them will be needed, otherwise it simply does not happen.
• Create backups (backups) of the site before installing large plugins and after reaching the current major from a technical point of view, the goal. We highly recommend downloading and storing backups on your computer.
• Any free CMS has a community, forum, official site, or something else. When using paid systems, in most cases, you can count on official technical support for money.

There is no point in talking about using basic functions, since their implementation is usually more or less accessible. The interfaces of the CMS differ significantly, so it is impossible to single out any general algorithms such as the sequence of actions for creating pages, filling out the general site settings and other things. Let's take an episode as an example of a feature: in Joomla, before creating a menu, you need to create and activate a menu module, otherwise nothing will work. Also, you cannot create an empty menu that will not be linked to at least one published page. This is a special case of a specific system. Any CMS has such small and larger nuances. You need to study each one personally in order to work productively with it.

3.2 Features of website creation in website builders

From a technical point of view, it's much easier to start using constructors. Structurally, the control panels (admin panel) of many designers resemble those in the CMS, there is, on average, no huge difference. Tools for creating pages, menus, content filling, general settings site, SEO - all this is implemented according to similar principles. The point is different: there is no need to rent a separate hosting, configure databases, site security settings manually, dig into the code, search for and install plugins.

TOP-3 most popular constructors:

With a high degree of probability, if you have average experience with a PC and the Network, anyone will be able to master the control panel of any designer in a few hours or a couple of days. However, the simplicity of the technical handling of such systems does not guarantee a cool result with their help. Since there is really nothing to master and customize, there is another nuance: you need to have a good idea of \u200b\u200bthe structure of the future site and be able to implement it using the means of the selected system, as well as fill it with content of proper quality.

Using the constructor no need to turn from a person to a programmer and spend a lot of time and money on everything except the development of the site itself. When working with designers, 80% of the work that is required in the case of a CMS falls out of the to-do list.

Different designers have quite a lot in common in the algorithm for creating sites. Conventionally, such systems can be divided into those that come with a WYSIWYG editor (visual editor, often has drag & drop support, works with widgets), and all the others. By the way, the second category with its control panels is very similar to a CMS, and in terms of site administration they are not much different.

Features of creating websites in website builders:

• The start of work is almost always the same: registration, choosing a template, filling out general information about the site, entering the control panel.
• Hosting is always properly configured, protected, the creation of databases occurs automatically without user intervention.
• Any constructor has a set of ready-made templates sorted by categories.
• Any system has several paid tariff plans, delimited by the difference in the capabilities provided.
• For about a third of services, the cost of tariff plans is not final. Many systems practice promotions, promo codes and other methods that reduce the cost of tariff plans by up to 80%. The discounts are quite real.
• In most cases, templates come with demo content, which serves as a good example and helps you better understand how you can successfully design your site.
• Most systems will allow you to build a website without coding at all, even if they support the ability to edit the code of templates, modules and other things.
• There is always a built-in FAQ and technical support, but the implementation can be different: live chat, forum, knowledge base, feedback form, ticket system.
• All builders allow you to connect analytics from search engines, your domain and work with SEO settings.
• 99% of website builders have a trial or free plan. It's easy to test them, just sign up.
• The capabilities of the designers are constantly expanding, updating, and introducing the latest innovations in the web industry. Which, in the end, are presented to the user on a silver platter.

It is better to learn more specifically about the features of individual systems from reviews or through personal tests. We have enough materials on most of the popular services. At the end of the current section, we note that there are website builders for any task: creating a store, blog, forum, business card site or landing page. Choosing, as in the case of CMS, is profile systems, they have more highly specialized capabilities.

4. FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

1. How long does it take to create a website? Is it really possible to do it in 5-10 minutes?

It depends on which site you are talking about. If we are talking about a ready-made structure, say, a business card, but not filled with content (texts, tables, images), then yes - in 10 minutes using a constructor with a visual editor like uKit, it is quite possible to do this. When working with a portfolio, you can do it in 3 minutes. There is little sense in such a rush, nevertheless, it is possible.

For the specified time, you will have in your hands ready layout site. Filling with content can take from 1 hour to a week, depending on how much and what you are going to publish. But, again, technically creating a website in 5-10 minutes is real. And it's not even difficult. But only in the constructor. In a CMS, notepad or using a framework, this cannot be done in such a short time. Even raw.3. Creation of a website in a notebook. Is that really possible?

Theoretically, this is possible. Moreover, on the web, you can find many ancient web pages created by hand using notepad. But such a “site” by its appearance will evoke nostalgia for the dashing 90s. Nowadays, hardly anyone in their right mind will be delighted with such a site.

So creating a website in a notebook is an archaism and a relic of the past. Nobody does that anymore. The creation of simple pages in Notepad was previously used for learning HTML at various courses. No more.

For money, it is most profitable to create a website with your own hands. This is technically a bit more difficult than ordering it from a developer. But it will cost several times cheaper, and there will be a clear understanding of what and how it works, saving on further maintenance or improvements.

Website builders such as uKit, Wix and uCoz are a one-stop-shop for all occasions and are the best sellers in the online builder market. Each has its own unique features and features. Having conceived the creation of a site, it makes sense to get acquainted, first of all, with them:

	uKit - useful in the field of creating diverse business card sites for business or services. Has the best intuitive visual editor on the market. Will appeal to those who need to create a landing page without unnecessary hassle and high costs high level or an attractive store. Well suited for portfolios, promo pages and in general anything where you need to present graphic materials in a laconic and beautiful way to advertise something.
	Wix - please extravaganza of templates and relatively large opportunities for a platform with a visual editor. Suitable for creating a beautiful business card or stylish blog. You can also think about the store, but only about a small one and if the cost does not bother you. The price can easily be halved by waiting for the next holiday - during these periods, Wix distributes good discounts to everyone.
	uCoz - suitable for any task. In principle, making a business card on it is not much more difficult than in uKit or Wix. If you do not plan to limit yourself to one single site, then you need to start right away with Yukoz. It will take a little more time, but a universal tool will be mastered, which will help out in any formulation of requirements for future sites. Stores, blogs, forums, message boards, portals ...

Each designer comes with detailed instructions on how to create a website in it, in addition to the Internet there are a lot of lessons on what and how to do. Each of the systems presented here has its own Knowledge Base (FAQ), which describes the step-by-step creation of a site from scratch. Having set a goal, in a couple of days of reading articles and watching videos on YouTube, you will acquire a complete set of knowledge necessary to start working in a niche. This saves you the hassle of administration. And you will save a lot of money.

A bit of theory

Sites can be different, this is the first thing to understand. Developing an online store is different from creating a blog or business card website. And, for example, a portal in general can be created for many months by a team of experienced developers. Still, the main steps to creating are always the same - registering a domain and buying hosting services so that your project is hosted somewhere on the network.

Actually, the question of what is needed to create sites can be answered in different ways, because there are a lot of ways to create them. I would describe everything that is required something like this:

Your wish. No comment.

Knowledge. The more opportunities you want to get, the more knowledge you need.

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Money. Accordingly, the same thing. The cooler you plan a project, the more money you need for it. You can create a test resource for free.

Well, everything that concerns the site itself and its operation: domain, place on the network, engine, etc.

Let's first look at the simplest options for creation, in which you do not need knowledge and money.

The easiest ways

So there are platform giants like Blogger.com, livejournal, wordpress.com and many others. On such platforms, it is possible free creation your blog. That is, you get a free space on the network where your site will be hosted. It's the same with the domain, only it will be of the third level, not the second. That is, with the prefixes .blogger.com, .wordpress.com. It is clear that no one will give you a normal domain for free.

Figure: 1. Choosing a theme for creating a blog on the wordpress site

These are the simplest ways to create your web resource in such a way, you need minimal computer knowledge at the level of the ability to use the Internet and perform simple instructions constructors.

If you have money, then on such platforms you can purchase premium services and get advanced management capabilities, this is already for advanced users.

More complicated way

The constructor deprives you of the need to register a domain yourself, select a hoster to buy space on the network, install the engine and many other worries. If you do all this yourself, then you initially get a lot more freedom in terms of site management. The only thing is that you already need certain knowledge, at least for entry level... It will be difficult for you to start if you have no idea what it is: databases, FTP access, users, backups, cPanel, etc. But all this is the basics of site building and is studied in just a couple of days by googling. Let's take a closer look at the process.

Domain selection (site name)

Essentially the first stage. The domain should be registered even before you buy a place on the network for the site. Take it responsibly. The title should reflect the main purpose of your project. For example, let's take a look at the name of this portal - webformyself. The web is for me. Already in my head it becomes clear that this is a site about web technologies and its goal is to make these technologies easier and more understandable for anyone who wants to. Accordingly, you need to come up with and choose a beautiful and unoccupied name.

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Figure: 2. The cost of domain registration in different zones

The domain can be registered with any registrar. The most popular: reg.ru, 2domains.ru. Which domain zone should you choose? First of all, it depends on the people from which country you mainly want to see on the site. Most often, the .ru zone is suitable, in addition, domains in this zone are the cheapest.

Let's say you are a teacher and are creating a website to attract your potential clients (students). You live in Ukraine and, perhaps, you need people from this particular country. Obviously, in this case, it is better to register in the zone.ua. Also с.by, .kz - Belarusian and Kazakhstani sites.

A domain in the .com zone means a commercial organization. If you only need visitors from a specific city, then you can register in even narrower zones, you can find out more on the registrar's websites. Registration for a year usually costs 100-1000 rubles.

Buying space on the network where the site will be stored

It is very important. You need to find a reliable hosting company and purchase services from them that will allow you to host your files on their hard drives. That is, in fact, sites.

Such services cost from 50 to several thousand rubles per month, depending on the capabilities of the tariff. I will not recommend any specific hoster to you, you can see it yourself in some rating.

Tariffs can be divided into: free (test period, minimum features), paid, vip tariffs, vps, vds, dedicated servers. The very last option is the coolest - you get a real remote computer at your disposal! It costs 2,000-20,000 rubles per month and is suitable for very serious and well-known sites. VPS / VDS is practically the same, only you do not get the whole computer entirely, but only a part of its space and resources. Naturally, you pay a lot less. This is the best option for all webmasters who care about their projects.

Regular paid hosting, although you pay for it, has a number of disadvantages compared to VDS. First, dozens of websites can be located on a single IP address. Thus, your project will be much less secure, because it will have a bunch of neighbors.

I will not continue this topic further, because this is not all that I want to tell you about. So far, the intermediate result is as follows: to create a website you need a domain and hosting, your total costs will hardly exceed 1000 rubles at this stage.

Installing the engine or creating web pages without it

When the place is purchased, you just have to associate the domain with it by specifying the correct DNS addresses, after which you can start installing the engine that will run the site. They are paid and free. I recommend WordPress, it's free, very popular and easy for a beginner.

You will have to install the engine yourself, or the employees of the company where you bought the hosting will install it. Then a new stage begins - setting up a new project on the engine, adding a template, etc. There are many ready-made templates on the web (in fact, website designs), but the fact is that serious web resources need a unique design.

Accordingly, if you do not have the knowledge and cannot create such a template yourself, you will have to choose: either use free options, or pay specialists to develop the template. Usually it costs from 10 thousand rubles.

In fact, you can order everything on a turnkey basis. They will register a domain for you, buy a place, install everything, create a unique design, etc. Anything you want. If you have the means to pay for all this, then please. It will cost you from 20-30 thousand rubles to many millions. Did I tell you that, for example, portals are created within a few months?

Outcome

So what does it take to build a website from scratch? Knowledge and money. And if you answer from a technical point of view, then: domain, hosting, engine, database and much more. For example, if you do everything yourself, then you will also need knowledge of languages \u200b\u200bsuch as HTML, CSS, PHP and some kind of engine.

Let's summarize again so that you remember very well what you need to do to create a website yourself. Watch this and you will get the most accurate idea of \u200b\u200bwhat you might need. You can probably find all the subsequent information on our website, because at the moment we have thousands of articles and many good courses, and by subscribing to updates, you can also receive notifications of new training materials.

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