To publish a website, you must: 1. Create the website content locally either through manual coding or a content management system. 2. Purchase a hosting plan from a provider that includes storage, bandwidth, and a domain name. 3. Upload the website files to the hosting server using FTP client to publish the site publicly on the internet.

1. Web Authoring
Topic 33 – Publishing Websites

2. Objectives
Students should able to:
1. Save web content materials in the
appropriate format
2. Carry out setup of FTP site correctly
3. Upload and publish website contents
accurately

3. Publishing Websites
3 Steps in Publishing Your Website:
1. Create a website,
2. Get a hosting plan (including a domain
name) for it and ultimately
3. Publishing it using a recommended FTP
client

4. Creating your website
1. Create a website :
First you have to create a website.
Depending on your level on knowledge in
web development you have the following
options.
Either you can create the site yourself
through manual programming in an
editor program like DreamWeaver, MS
Word or Notepad.

5. Creating your website
1. Create a website :
Other alternatives such as using
Wordpress, InMotion, or Joomla CMS
software.

6. Get a hosting plan
2. Get a hosting plan :
Next, is to find somewhere online to put
your website files and assign an address
to it.
Depending on what size your website has
and potential traffic volume it is going to
generate, you get a hosting plan based on
three factors - storage space, bandwidth
and CPU.

7. Get a hosting plan
2. Get a hosting plan :
Sample of providers with plans that are
stable, cheap and include all the features
you need to manage a website.
They are:
Just Host
iPage
FatCow

8. Upload files/Publish website
3. Publishing it :
Upload your files to the root directory of
your purchased web hosting server space.
Our recommendation is to get your
hands on a FTP client.
Get a hosting plan that matches your
needs and publish your files through a
FTP client.