THINGS TO HAVE BEFORE CREATING A WEBSITE

What you need to start your website?

• a DOMAIN NAME
  The unique name that identifies an Internet site. It is the address of your Website.
  Ex. yourdomain.com, yourdomain.com.ph, yourdomain.net... etc.,
  
  Types of domain name:
  
• Top Level Domain [ TLD ] - .com, .net, .org, .name, .biz, .info
• Country Level Domain [ CLD ] - .ph, .com.ph, .kr, .net.ph and more.
  

  NOTE: Keep in mind that the domain name is not the only factor weighed by search engines when deciding your rank.

  The content on your web pages and your site's popularity (inbound links from other sites) is very important too. However, it certainly doesn't hurt to make sure your name is optimized for maximum results.

  Here are some more tips on choosing the best domain name:

  1) Don't register domain names that are too long and have too many syllables if you can help it. Yes, you can register names up to 63 characters long, but that doesn't mean you have to use all 63 characters.

  You want your name to be easy to remember. Not everyone will bookmark your page initially so try to think of something that can be easily remembered -- although I realize this may be tricky since a lot of names are taken these days.

  2) Use hyphens if your name is more than 3 words long (unless your name includes 3 short words). A name like carbuying.com doesn't really need a hyphen because it's readable the way it is.

  However a name like used-car-buying-scams.com looks better than usedcarbuyingscams.com since there are so many words in the name.

  3) Protect your name by registering multiple extensions (.net, .org, etc.) This deters people from copying your name. For example, if you own garden-tips-for-us.com you can also register garden-tips-for-us.net and any other extension that's available.

  You don't have to build a site on all the domains, but you can reserve the others to keep people (copycats) from registering them.
  

  
  Check the availability of your domain and register it [ here ] .
  
  

• a WEB HOST
  A server that stores your website files such as HTML files, images... etc.,
  
  Things to consider in choosing a web hosting plan:
  Your site...
  
  
• ideally suited for?
• disk space needed
• bandwidth or the monthly data transfer
• software support ... and more.
  
  
  For details of Web Hosting plans [ click here ]

To have a DOMAIN NAME and WEB HOST, you have to register it to any domain registration and web hosting company.
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FILEZILLA UPLOAD

STEP 1: Launch your FileZilla Client

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To configure FileZilla to connect to your website click on the small computer icon on top left
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STEP 2: A Site Manager window will show up.

Click on New Site button and enter a name for the new connection settings.

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STEP 3: Fill in the connection details.

Enter Host name (this is your FTP address, please NOTE: NO "www", "http" but "ftp" goes in front of the domain name).

Your Server Type is FTP.

Logontype is Normal. Then click Connect.

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STEP 4: Now connection established! You will see the folders of your site on the right side of the screen.

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STEP 5: Choose a folder, you want your files from local machine to your website to be uploaded.


For cPanel server type your upload directory is public_html folder.

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You will notice the transfer progress on the bottom of the screen.

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Now you can see the file has transferred.

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Congratulations! You have just uploaded your file. It should be visible in your internet browser window.

STEP 6: When you upload everything you need you can close the connection.

Click the one encircled.

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You can safely close the program now by clicking the "x" button top left of the screen.

FILEZILLA CLIENT

FileZilla Client

A free, open source,cross-platform FTP client. It supports FTP, SFTP and FTPS(FTP over SSL/TLS).

The main features

*site manager
*message log
*file and folder view
*and the transfer queue

The site manager allows a user to create a list of FTP sites along with their connection data, such as the port number to use, the protocol to use, and whether to use anonymous or normal logon. For normal logon, the username is saved and optionally the password.

The message log is displayed along the top of the window. It displays the console-type output showing the commands sent by FileZilla and the remote server's responses.

The file and folder view, displayed under the message log, provides a graphical interface for FTP. Users can navigate folders and view and alter their contents on both the local and remote machines using an Explorer-style tree interface. Users can drag and drop files between the local and remote computers.

The transfer queue, displayed along the bottom of the window, shows the real-time status of each queued or active file transfer.

As of version 2.2.23, FileZilla uses Unicode internally. As a result, it no longer runs on Windows 9x/ME.

The current binary versions of FileZilla for MacOS X no longer support MacOS X 10.4 (Tiger) or earlier. Running FileZilla with versions older than 10.5 (Leopard) requires compilation.

Download FileZilla: [click me ]

WHAT IS FTP?

FTP [ File Transfer Protocol ]

*a network protocol used to transfer data from one computer to another through the network such as Internet.

A FTP is a fast, convenient and secure way to transfer files over the Internet.

To make an FTP connection you can use a standard Web browser* (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, etc.) or a dedicated FTP software program, referred to as an 'FTP Client'. To use an FTP client you need to have an FTP account to the web account where you plan to upload your files. In case this is your hosting account, the main account for using FTP is your control panel account. You can also create additional FTP accounts for other users.