Creating a website

Your website is your official online presence. It is as important as your physical company premises. So you have to plan well for your website before launching it.

We will list the essential things you should know before creating a website:

1. Domain Name
   The domain name should represent the official name of your company, product or service. It should be short so as it can be memorized easily.
   The .com domain extension is the mostly used one for commercial entities but there are other extensions as .edu for educational institutions, .org for NGOs, .gov for governments and others.
   There are many domain name registrars as GoDaddy, ITagine and others.
2. Hosting
   Your website should be hosted on an online server so as to be accessible on the internet. You should select a reliable, secure and fast hosting so as to give your visitors the best experience with no down-time.
3. CMS (Content Management System)
   The CMS is the backend which allows you to edit or add content to your website. You should choose a user-friendly CMS which always updated to meet the requirement of the browsers to keep your website working normally.
4. Website Structure and Design
   The website structure is the menu and the pages in the website. Accordingly a user friendly design should be done for the website which included the pages content and the look and feel of the website which should reflects your brand.
5. Website Development
   After the design is approved, the development phase begins to build the website and put it online. The website should be responsive to create dynamic changes for the website depending on the devices and screen size which are used to view the website.