Category: website Development

Website Development – Subdomains ”; Previous Next Subdomains are extensions of domain name that you can forward to URLs or point to IP addresses and directories within the hosting account or different servers. Sub domains function separately from your main domain. We can create areas of a website by using subdomains. Example You can create a subdomain for a blog on site called “Blog” that is accessible through the URL – blog.tutorialspoint.com in addition to the already existing www.tutorialspoint.com/blog. We can add endless subdomains per domain name in theory. We can also add multiple levels of subdomains. For instance, you can add info.blog.tutorialspoint.com to delve into an even more specific area of interest on the site. Each subdomain can be up to 25 characters long. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Website Development – Domain Name ”; Previous Next Domain name is the part of your online address and your visitors will use it to find you easily. For example, Tutorialspoint domain name is tutorialspoint.com. Your domain name is unique to you. Once you have registered it, nobody else can register the same one if you continue to renew it. Registering a domain name can be easy because you can select whatever name you want, but what you choose is crucial for your business future or your blogging website. So, in this section, let us focus on some rules that we must keep in mind before we purchase a domain name. Rule 1 − Choose a domain name that can be your brand name, if required. Our domain name tutorialspoint.com is really branding because there is no generic keyword string like tutorials-points.com that can be hard to memorize where the ‘–’ is located. If your brand doesn’t have numbers don’t purchase a domain with numbers because there is no brand matching from the user perspective. For example, tutorialspoints29.com. Rule 2 − If you have the financial possibilities, then you can purchase domains with various extensions such as .com, .net, .info, .biz, etc. In our case, it would be like tutorialspoint.net, tutorialspoint.info, tutorialspoint.biz. There are domains that are misspelt, such as a similar case is google.com. If you write gogle.com one ‘o’ is missing, but still it will redirect you to the official website google.com. Rule 3 − You must ensure that this domain name is not a trademark or is copyrighted. Rule 4 − Find a short domain name. The lesser the characters in a domain name, the easier it is to type, to say, to share and to get shortlisted on social media platforms and in search results. Rule 5 − Extensions are suffixes, such as .com or .net, at the end of the web addresses. These can have specific use, so ensure to choose an extension that works for your business. The .com domain extension is by far the most popular, but it can be tough to get a short and memorable .com domain name because it is around for so long. If your webpage is serving locally, then you can buy it with the suffix of your country. Rule 6 − If your domain name is not going by the brand name, then at least you should use specific keywords which describes your business, for example, tutorialspoint.com. It helps improve your rank on search engines (which increases traffic) and it also makes more sense to your customers. Domain Name Extensions First domain type is Top Level Domain (TLD). These top level domains include any extensions which contain only one suffix — for example, .net, .info, .biz and so on. Second Level Domains (2LDs) are domain names containing one more level after the .com or .co suffix. For example, .com.au is a second level domain style as it contains an additional suffix after the .com that shows the website originates in Australia. A gTLD is a Generic Top-Level Domain and includes addresses like – .marketing, .estate, .fashion and .photography. This is a booming segment which is very popular recently and there is a huge range to choose from, whatever your industry! CcTLDs are Country Code Top-Level Domains which are usually restricted to certain countries. These are domains like .au, .uk, .ae, .us, etc. Extension also has a meaning. The meanings of some top-level domains are listed as follows − .com – commercial − This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register and it is always the main TLD. .org – organization − This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register. But, it is originally intended for use by any non-profit organizations. But as of now, there are no such restrictions and the .org domain name is being used by numerous organizations. .net – network − This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register. It was originally intended for use by domains pointing to a distributed network of computers, or “Umbrella” sites that act as a portal to a set of smaller websites. .edu – education − This TLD is limited to specific higher educational institutions such as, but not limited to, trade schools and universities. .mil – military − The .mil TLD is limited to use by the United States military. .arpa – Address and routing − It is for Advanced Research Projects Agency in the early days on the Internet, .arpa is now exclusively used as an Internet infrastructure TLD. In the next chapter, we will understand how to register a domain name. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Domain Name Registration ”; Previous Next To register a domain name involves registering the name you want with an organization called ICANN through a domain name registrar. For example, if you choose a name like “mydomain.com”, you should go to a registrar, pay a registration fee that costs around 10 USD per year for that name. That will give you the right to the domain name for a year. You should renew it annually for the same amount per annum. Some webhosts will register your domain name for free, if you purchase a hosting plan from them, while others will do it for you as well, but you will must foot the registrar fees and charges. Some of the biggest registrars where you can register your domain are given below − GoDaddy – with the URL https://uk.godaddy.com Name – with the URL https://www.name.com/ iPage – with URL https://www.ipage.com BlueHost – with URL https://www.bluehost.com/ Hostgator – with URL https://www.hostgator.com/ Now, let us see step by step how to register a domain name at GoDaddy. Firstly, we should choose our domain name and see if it is free for purchase. In my case, I wrote “tutorialspoint.com “and clicked “Search Domain”. As you can see in the results that are in the following screenshot, this domain is already taken and it is not free. Then GoDaddy will recommend me other similar names, which we might be interested in. We will select another domain name that GoDaddy suggested us, which is “tutorialspoint.online”. Click on the green “Select” button. Then click on “Continue to Card” as shown in the screenshot given below. On the other page, GoDaddy will ask if I want to hide my personal information from the internet for an extra fee with regards to this domain name, because by default they are open to public. GoDaddy is an accepted Domain name registrar. It is also a Hosting provider which offers you hosting services for your website. It allows you to purchase and at the same time gives a suitable plan for your website. Click “Continue to Cart”. In the webpage that opens next, you must choose the number of years for your domain that it will be required with the possibility to extend this period. Also, you have the possibility to buy other similar domains. Click “Proceed to Checkout”. As we are a new customer, we will click on “Continue”. In the Billing Section, we should fill genuine data because it should match with the payment information. In the account information, we will enter an email id (we will get all the billing related and other notifications to this email address), username, password and PIN (this email id is also important for account resetting or other ownership issues, if the account gets hacked). Now, we should enter the credit card details or PayPal details. Then click “Continue” as shown in the following screenshot. The following screen will show up once the purchase of the domain is successful. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Website Development – Domain Privacy ”; Previous Next Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) broadly requires that the mailing address, phone number and e-mail address of those owning and administrating a domain name should be made publicly available through the “WHOIS” directories. But this rule enables spammers, direct marketers, identity thieves or other attackers to use the directory for personal information. Although ICANN has been exploring changing WHOIS to enable greater privacy. There is a lack of consensus among major stakeholders as to what type of change should be made. However, with the offer of private registration from many registrars, some of the risk has been mitigated. There are four contact positions in a domain”s WHOIS record, which are − Owner Administrator Billing and Technical Some registrars will not shield the owner organization name to protect the ownership of the domain name. Let us now have a detailed stepwise understanding of what is being discussed here. Go to the URL https://whois.icann.org/en and then enter the domain name of which we want to see the public data. The next step is to click on “Lookup” as shown in the following screenshot. Enter the Captcha that is displayed on the webpage as shown in the following screenshot, then click on “Lookup”. The information that this domain name has will be shown as follows. The main section is “Contact Information” which has some subsections like − Registrant Contact Admin Contact Tech Contact Each of these sections have − Name and Surname, Company name, Address, Phone Number and email address. The following screenshot shows the registrant name which in this case is GoDaddy.com, LLC The following screenshot shows the information of when the domain name was registered and when it will expire. While the last screenshot will show the name servers (DNS) of the domain. The following screenshot has full information details of the domain name. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Discuss Website Development ”; Previous Next A website can be defined as a collection of several webpages that are all related to each other and can be accessed by visiting a homepage, using a browser like Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Google Chrome or Opera. In this tutorial, we will explain the concept of website development, from the simplest to the most advanced. It will help novice users to learn all about websites and how they are designed and maintained. At the same time, this tutorial has enough material to help even system administrators to broaden their knowledge about websites. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Website Development – SEO ”; Previous Next Search Engine Optimization is the process where you can make your website better in terms of ranking in search engines. The majority of web traffic is driven by major commercial search engines, Google, Bing and Yahoo!. Although social media and other types of traffic can generate visits to your website, search engines are the primary method of navigation for most of the Internet users. This is a fact whether your site provides content, services, products, information or just about anything else. To optimize your webpage ranking, you should know what search engines look at − Content − It is determined by the theme that is being given, the text on the page, the titles and the descriptions that are given. Performance − Your webpage should be fast (no delays). We have discussed it in the previous chapter named – Speed up your website. Authority − Your website should have good content to link to or for other authoritative sites to use your website as a reference or cite the information that is available. User Experience − Your webpage should be safe to navigate, no harmful softwares uploaded. Keyword Stuffing − Do not overuse the keywords on your pages. Purchased Links − Do not use too many buying links. Making Money from a Website One of the main purposes when creating a website is to make money from it. To achieve this, there are several methods which we will discuss below − Google AdSense AdSense is the reverse of AdWords, allowing publishers (which includes bloggers and other website owners) to tap into Google’s immense advertising network, so that other advertisers can run ads on their website. To register in this program, you must click on the following URL – https://www.google.com/adsense/ Make Affiliated Marketing You promote a product to your website visitors and email subscribers. If the product or service resonates with these people, they will click on your affiliate link and purchase the product and from this you take commissions. Make Partnerships This basically means to find businesses that can have interest to advertise on your website and make a deal. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Website Development – Useful Resources ”; Previous Next The following resources contain additional information on Website Development. Please use them to get more in-depth knowledge on this. Useful Video Courses Build E-commerce Websites like Amazon with React, Node, and MongoDB Most Popular 27 Lectures 8 hours Bassir Jafarzadeh More Detail Setup Digital Marketing Agency WordPress Website with Ease 22 Lectures 3 hours Being Commerce More Detail Build Ecommerce Website With WooCommerce WordPress For FREE 19 Lectures 4.5 hours Being Commerce More Detail Build A Website Design For Any Business 62 Lectures 3.5 hours Music Course Online More Detail Create Online Course Website for FREE with WordPress – LMS Website 29 Lectures 4 hours Being Commerce More Detail How to Create a Blog Website with WordPress and Elementor Most Popular 20 Lectures 2 hours Suadiku Abubakari More Detail Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Website Development – CMS Platforms ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will first discuss how to make the right choice for your website and which Content Management System (CMS) Platform to choose for your website. Choosing the Right Website Let us understand this by asking ourselves a few questions and then discuss the concept in detail. Question 1 − How much money do we want to spend? Answer − This is one of the main questions because it is directly related to the budget. If your budget is low, then you should think of something non-commercial and not too complicated. Question 2 − How much time do we have to plan for the maintenance? Answer − If you are going to publish many offers, having a blog to moderate, etc., then for sure you will need a dynamic website. You must have extra staff for handling all this, thus this question correlates with the Question 1. Otherwise you should have a flat website, which we will explain in the following chapters. Question 3 − Will the website be used as an e-commerce site for selling products online? Answer − If this is the case, you should look for a platform which is called e-commerce. There are many such open source and commercial ones such as Magento, Opencard, Shopify, etc. Question 4 − Should the view be adaptable for different screens like mobiles? Answer − If this is one of the main criteria and if there are not many other changes in terms of information in the website; then you should go with a flat website having features like Bootstrap. Question 5 − Will my website interact with social media or other third party platforms? Answer − You will need a record for all the events happening on your website and they will be saved in a database. For keeping all this data and records, you will need a dynamic website. Question 6 − What type of web programing language or platform is easier to find? Answer − Depending on the country, there are several programing languages or platforms which are more popular than the others. So, you should first find a platform that goes with the trends of your region. CMS Platform Content Management System (CMS) Platforms are applications which allow to create and run your website. You will get an Admin Panel, which is an interface where you can create and update pages, posts and other type of content (images, videos, etc.) and arrange the content the way you need. You will also be able to change the design of the site through the admin panel by installing themes (design templates) and changing them. All the actions are done simply by clicking on various buttons. You don’t have to write codes or scripts in most cases, so you can manage your content easily. The most prominent CMS platforms are WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. They are free and open source CMS engines. That means their source code is open to the public. You can use, edit and customize the core files of the engine on your site and if you discover a great way to improve the platform, you can pitch it to the developers and help in making their engine even better in their next update. WordPress is an open source CMS. More than 50 % of the webpages are by that platform. It is getting more comprehensive, intuitive and popular with each new update release. WordPress has a committed community, which has tonnes of free extensions and the easiest-to-use interface. Managing your content with WordPress is perfectly simple: you create a page, add it to the menu, post something on it and see your content on the front-end of your site. All that adds up to a pre-eminent CMS platform. The official webpage is https://wordpress.com/. The following screenshot shows the dashboard background. Joomla has balance between customization possibilities and user-friendliness, yet it is much more complex than WordPress. If you have never worked with this engine before, you will need some time to get used to modifying it. Assigning plugins to modules, positioning modules on different pages, configuring layouts and other necessary manipulations can be a bit hard on a beginner developer. On the other hand, Joomla extension developers and community have come up with many inspired solutions for common web design problems that are hard to resolve within WordPress. If we take any Joomla slider extension as an example, you can set its location on the page, the duration for showing each slide, the sliding effect and the type of pagination. Its official webpage is https://www.joomla.org/. Drupal is for huge websites and organizations that can afford full-time administrators. You can do almost anything with Drupal. I am often fascinated by how many options the engine contains out of the box. Lots of things which in WordPress or Joomla would require custom coding have readymade solutions by default in Drupal. It can be enhanced even more with third-party extensions. But, I will be honest with you – learning to operate it, is the real challenge. It takes a lot of work and patience to master. Its official website is https://www.drupal.org/. A view of its dashboard background is shown in the screenshot below. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

E-Commerce Payment Gateway ”; Previous Next Payment Gateway is an online payment processing technology which helps businesses to accept credit cards and electronic checks. In other words, payment gateways are “Manin-the-middle” which are located between e-commerce platforms and clients. A payment gateway allows you to − Make and take payments quickly and easily. Keep your customer”s data (information) and money secure. Gain trust of your customers, so they are willing to hand over their money. To choose the right payment gateway, you should follow the following guidelines − You should finalize that payment gateway which is supported in your country, not all them operate globally. You should check what payment gateways are supported better from your ecommerce platform. For example, PayPal gateway is fully supported by Magento because the same group have created them. Payment gateway should be of 3.0 PCI data security standards. Do you need payment gateway and merchant account or an all-in-one payment service provider? You must see the charges and fees that will be deducted per transaction. What payment method do they support? For example, VISA is a payment method, Master Card is another. Do they support your type of business? For example, some of them don’t deal with businesses that sell adult materials, betting, gambling, firearms selling, narcotics, etc. Most Popular Payment Gateway Providers Following is the list of the most widely used and popular payment getaway providers along with a brief history about them. PAYPAL − You can find all the terms and conditions of their business model on their URL – https://www.paypal.com/. PayPal is one of the longest established and probably the best-known service for transferring money online. Amazon Payments − The URL of this immensely popular payment getaway provider is – https://payments.amazon.com/. It was created in 2007, Amazon Payments provides your customers with the same checkout experience they get on Amazon.com Stripe − The URL of this payment getaway is – https://stripe.com/. No monthly fees, no extra charges for different cards and different payment methods, also for different currencies. Stripe also offers a great API (Application Program Interface) as well. Authorize Net − The URL for this popular payment getaway provider is https://www.authorize.net/. It is among the most powerful and well-known payment gateways. It is well-supported by e-commerce WordPress plugins. 2Checkout − The URL for this payment getaway provider is – https://www.2checkout.com/. 2checkout is one of the most simple and affordable credit card gateways. In the next chapter, we will understand how to create a small business website. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Purchasing a Public Certificate ”; Previous Next To purchase a SSL certificate, you should go to the SSL Certificate Provider (certificate authority). Each SSL Certificate Provider has different products, prices and levels of customer satisfaction, which is nearly the same logic like purchasing web hosting. To check the best offers and products you can try SSLShopper by clicking on the following link. https://www.sslshopper.com/certificate-authority-reviews.html. It has reviews and experience from other clients that have purchased before a SSL Certificate. The purchasing process then takes place as depicted in the following illustration. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;