Developing your Own Website in 5 Easy Steps

CREATING YOUR OWN

WEBSITEI N 5 E A S Y S T E P S !

STEP 1

GET A DOMAIN NAME

A domain name is the internet address ofYour business startup

.COM : P500-P600/yr

.PH : P1,500/yr

You need to be creative!

EXPENSIVE?

STEP 2

GET A HOSTING SERVICE

Web hosting is where your website, along with its contents and software, will be housed and made

available to visitors.

It doesn't matterwhere in the world you're located, or where your web

hosting is located.

TECHNOLOGY

Around P3,000 to P10,000 per year

depending on the size of the storage and

bandwidth

HOW MUCH?

STEP 3

INSTALL A SOFTWARE

Software that allows publishing, editing, modifying, organizing, deleting and maintaining content in websites

from a central interface

FREE software are made available with a license to use for any

purpose(Open Source Software)

EXPENSIVE?

• E-Commerce (e.g Opencart, AbanteCart, Magento)

• Blogs/CMS (e.g. WordPress, Drupal, Joomla)

• Social Networking (e.g. Oxwall, Dolphin)

• Learning Management ( e.g. Chamilo, eFront)

• ERM (e.g. WebERP, EPESI, FrontAccounting, X2CRM)

• Project Management (e.g. qdPM, Collabtive)

Types of OSS

• Music (e.g PodCast Generator, kPlaylist, AmpJuke)

• Video (e.g. Clipbucket, Dolphin)

• Polls/Survey (e.g. Piwik, LimeSurvey)

• Forums ( e.g. MyBB, phpBB)

• Image Galleries (e.g. Piwigo, Gallery, Coppermine)

• Classified Ads ( e.g. OSClass, OpenClassifieds)

Types of OSS

STEP 4

CUSTOMIZE YOUR SOFTWARE

Organize your website by placing your BRAND(Your Logo) and other visuals (Menu Selections etc.)

Use ready-made themes/templates of your chosen Open Source Software

TECHNICALS?

CREATE CONTENT

STEP 5

CREATE CONTENT

When you write your website contents, think

from an advertising perspective.

WORDS?

Use compelling photos so visitors are hooked instead of moving on to the next website.

PICTURES?

Foundation of Marketing Messages to

Attract Leads

CONTENT?

STEP 6

LAUNCH!

Quickly launch your website and run feedback loops

SIDE NOTE

BONUS

SPEED UP CREATING YOUR WEBSITE!

andSIGN UP onskip steps 1 – 4 and

start creating content for your website

Exclusively For eCom StudentsSIGN UP and you’ll get FREE:

1. Subdomain2. Web Hosting3. CMS Installation4. Plugins/Themes

THANKS! RM NisperosCourse InstructorIntroduction to E-CommerceUniversity of the Philippines Open University

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