if i want to get started creating my own web site, what do i have to do?
question
i am really excited because i have an idea for a great web site, but i am not sure what to do about it. if i want to get started with my web site idea, what's the first step?
answer
to me, the best thing about the web is the fact that anyone with an idea can create a web site practically for free. a simple web site costs about $1 a day to operate. that means that there are millions of different ideas out there being tried every day. web sites broadcast to a gigantic world-wide audience instantly —— at no other time in the history of the world has a single human being been able to reach so many people for so little money!
so let's say that you have an idea for a web site. what do you need to do to get started? there are a couple different levels for your idea to be operating on. let's take a look at them.
let's say that you have an idea for a web site, and you have a cool domain name (域名)that you want to use. you aren't sure when you will be able to get started on the site itself, but you want to make sure that nobody else gets the idea and takes that domain name. for example, let's say that your domain name is myidea.com. what you want to do is check the domain name registry and make sure it's not already taken. if it is available, you want to register that domain name (also known as "reserving" or "parking" the domain name)。 registering the name gives you ownership of it. in order for you to park the domain name, it has to actually live on a server somewhere. it will usually have some sort of "under construction" notice that shows up when people try to access that domain name.