A simple explanation on how to publish your websites.

1. Getting Your
Website Out There
The 3 Easy Pieces
By Leslie Reeves

2. The 3 Easy Pieces
2 1. Acquire a Domain Name.
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2. Purchase space on a Web
Host (Web Server).
3. Transfer your files to the
Web Host using FTP.

3. 1 - Domain Name
 You will need to acquire a
Domain Name
A domain name is also
called a Web address.
 These names appear as a
component of a Web site's
URL, e.g.
www.yahoo.com is a
domain name.

4. Domain Name
 Network Solutions, a web hosting
service, was the first domain name
registration service established in
1993.
 http://www.networksolutions.com
 Now, there are now many domain
name registrars to choose from.
 Most Web hosts provide the service
to purchase a domain name or are
registrars themselves.

5. 2 - Web Hosting
 You will need to acquire a Web
Hosting Service.
 Usually a monthly fee, but can pay
yearly for price breaks.
 www.godaddy.com
is one of the least
expensive hosting
services.

6. Web Hosting
 When you sign up for Web space, you
determine:
 Your Domain Name
 Your username
 Your password
 You will use these three things to FTP
your files to the Web host.

7. 3 - Uploading and FTP
 You will upload your local
site to your Web Host using
the File Transfer Protocol
(FTP).
 There are many free FTP
programs out there, and
some Web development
software programs have
their own built in FTP
uploading your Web site.

8. Enjoy your new Web presence!