Create a Free Website - A Step-by-Step Guide

Welcome to my step-by-step guide on how to create a free website. This process will not take long and can be quite rewarding.

To find services listed in this article, simply type the term into Google, e.g. "Yahoo! GeoCities."

I am going to suggest you host your free website with Yahoo! GeoCities Free, a reliable service provided by the internet company Yahoo!. I have also tried using 50Webs, which puts no advertisements on your pages. Both these options are solid and users will have little risk of having their files removed (and in any case, you can keep a copy on your hard drive). In Yahoo's case, you are going to build your new site at geocities.com/username and in 50Webs, it is username.50webs.com.

Now, here are the steps to building your site:

1. Go to the Yahoo! GeoCities homepage. Click on sign up (for GeoCities Free).

2. Click on sign up... again.

3. Put in your registration details.

4. Congratulate yourself.

5. Access your email and follow the link to activate.

6. State your "type" of website.

7. Welcome to the control panel.

8. Build your content.

It is now time to fill your website full of content. I suggest clicking on "Create a Web Site" (above) in order to use one of Yahoo's useful page-creating tools. First, create the layout for your website at "Yahoo! PageWizards", then you can edit them in a professional way using the point-and-click power of "Yahoo! PageBuilder". Now, you are able to edit pages and make yourself known to the world.

Yahoo also has a special "add-ons" section, allowing users to implement nifty gadgets onto their pages. Go to "Create & Update" and click on "Add-Ons". You can now enhance your website with ready-to-go features like maps, guestbooks, and forms. You can even put the date on your site, which updates itself whenever it's a new day. Some of the add-ons are dodgy (from my personal experience), so be wary of these: New Headlines and Weather.

9. Now you can log in and edit your site whenever you like.

Zhigen Lin is a chess player and computer enthusiast. You can check out his website at http://pc.geniusprophecy.com/.

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