Creating a website in 7 steps

Creating a website in 7 steps

by | Dec 9, 2022 | Blog

Creating a website in 7 steps!

Anyone who wants to have their own website may not have the technical knowledge to do it themselves. But don’t worry, in this text we will clarify what is most important when creating a website. It’s much easier today than it used to be.

Before we start, you must be wondering:

Creating a website in 7 steps / We will explain in this text what is most important when creating a website. It's much easier today than it used to be.

Do I need the knowledge of a developer when it comes to creating a website?

Yes, if you want to create a website in the most complicated way. This requires that you know the basics of programming, that is, that you know HTML, JavaScript, CSS and PHP.

This is the best way if you want complete control. But certainly the most difficult, most expensive and longest way to get a website.

But there is a much easier and faster way to get a great website, without being a developer.

It is enough that you have basic knowledge in using a computer and that you know English.

There are a lot of platforms that have a lot of themes so it won’t be difficult to choose the right one.

We will not delay, but reveal to you:

Creating a website in 7 steps!

What we are writing is something we have concluded from our work. Because most of the web sites we have done go through these 7 phases, that is, steps.

They are:

1. Define what type of website you need.

2. Create your budget and choose a platform to work on.

3. Register the website domain (.rs, .com, .net, etc.)

4. Think about the content of your website and create a good site structure.

5. Choose a theme that suits you.

6. Add your content like images, videos and text.

7. Finally, publish and promote your new website.

This is the shortest possible explanation for creating a site. If you want to know a little more, read on.

We will start to explain to you item by item.

Creating a website in 7 steps / We will explain in this text what is most important when creating a website. It's much easier today than it used to be.

1. Define what type of website you need

Not all websites are the same, so we will divide them into several categories.

The following are the most common in our practice:

 

 

  • Micro websites. These are the smallest websites with 3 to 7 pages. The main page explains who we are and what we can offer in terms of products or services. There are also contact pages and about us pages. Possibly a blog page, privacy policy, FAQ and support.

    Sometimes a slightly longer “American page” is made, where all this is only on one page. This type of website doesn’t get updated that often and once we’re sure everything is perfect with it we just let it do its job.

    For this type of website, 7 days are enough to create.

  • Blog page. This is a very popular way of communicating with your followers. There you can give them space to actively participate with you in creating topics and content. Here, the method of inserting text and images is very simple and it will not be a problem to learn it very quickly.

    A small blog can be created in a minimum of a week, and publishing new articles takes the most time.

Creating a website in 7 steps / We will explain in this text what is most important when creating a website. It's much easier today than it used to be.
  • Websites for sale. In our country they are known as online stores. They require the most time to make, but that again depends on your requirements. The simplest online shops need at least 3 weeks to create, provided that we have everything prepared in advance. More demanding websites require at least 6 weeks to 6 months to create. It may seem like a lot, but it is true. Here we recommend a CMS, and in our opinion it is best to use WordPress for this purpose. If you don’t know how to do this, we advise you to find someone with experience. Recommended in this case is the WooCommerce plugin.

 

2. Create your budget and choose a platform to work on

Once you have chosen which type of website would suit you best, then create your budget and choose a platform to work on.

To begin with, we will offer you 2 basic options:

– Option number 1 – Creating a website with or without a developer.

This is the easiest option, especially if you want to spend less. This is the option with the lowest budget. It is up to you to propose how your future website should look like, but also to write the content, prepare photos and much more.

If you have a lot of work to do, then think carefully about this option. It’s worth it if you want to continue doing it and improve your business. Otherwise, think twice. And think carefully about which platform to choose. We wholeheartedly recommend WordPress.

– Option number 2- Leave the agency to create a website for you.

If you have a lot of work and you don’t know how to create a website, then this is the option for you. And here we suggest WordPress in combination with WooCommerce. In our opinion, this is the best CMS and it is very easy to install on any hosting.

It’s great if you want a multilingual website, and there are a lot of plugins that can help you. But if you want some advanced features, developer help will be necessary. Especially since the source code can be easily accessed, and we don’t advise it for someone who doesn’t have experience.

Creating a website / We will explain in this text what is most important when creating a website. It's much easier today than it used to be.

There are a large number of free and paid themes, so we suggest you look at them on the website www.themeforest.com.

It will be impossible not to find at least five of them that will suit you. There are already prepared pages for almost all branches of industry and trade. Before downloading, check the number of downloads and ratings.

And avoid those with a low number!

3. Register the website domain.

For those who don’t know, a domain is practically the address of your website. That address is called URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for short. Or to put it even more simply, if the website is a house, the domain would be its address. The Internet itself is actually a large network of connected computers.

To ensure networking, each computer has its own IP address. It would be really hard to remember so many numbers for the sites you want to visit, that’s why such domains are used for easier navigation.

Before registering the domain itself, you must check whether the domain name you have imagined is available. You can do that search in several places. If it is for the territory of Serbia, check on the website domen.rs. If your idea is to perform outside the borders of Serbia, you can check on the website domainchecker.com.

Think about the market you will be operating in, and choose an extension for your domain accordingly.

If you do business in only one country, use the domestic extension (in Serbia, use the .rs extension), and in any other case, you can use the .com extension.

When you want to register the domain of your website, it will be easiest for you with the company that will provide you with hosting services (you can also check the availability of the domain there). Domain rent is paid on an annual basis and currently costs from 500 to 2,100 dinars.

Please note that this amount may vary slightly depending on the company.

Make sure your domain doesn’t have too many letters and make it easy to remember.

If you can, make it sound like a brand so that you can promote yourself more easily on the Internet in the future.

4. Think about the content of your website and create a good site structure

This is a very important part. Here, we always start with the website structure first. We make sure that you can get to any category or product in a maximum of three clicks.

Improvisation is out of the question here!

You should do a good analysis and put on paper everything you will need. Do not rush this step because the biggest mistakes are made right here. And later they are difficult to correct. Design the categories well and if you are not sure, see how the competition has solved it.

We know this is not the right way, but it can solve your problems when you think it can’t go any further.

For the website structure, first write everything that is most important to you. Then organize it all as simply as possible.

Check out other websites to get some more ideas. When you’re done, ask your friends what they think and you’ll get some additional ideas from a different angle.

Take care of keywords, titles and other important elements. All this is very important for a good position.

And let’s not forget the important thing, which is the content!

You must not skimp on this. Make sure that your least important page has at least 300 words. Photos and infographics are very important, but what sells is the written word. If you don’t believe it, look at the best sites with strong competition and you’ll see what we’re talking about.

Without a well-optimized text, there is simply no success on Google.

You know that the average of good pages is about 2,000 words per page. That’s not much, but if you’re an expert and have the will, you’ll see that this isn’t too much!

5. Choose a theme for creating a website that suits you

As we mentioned, we would always advise you to choose a CMS. In this case it would definitely be WordPress.

There are many themes for it that can be free or premium (they are paid). There are several ways and places, but our suggestion is to look at the offer at www.themeforest.com. Navigation is very easy there and you can easily find a topic that will suit you.

Our favorites are Divi, Elementor and Astra. But there are hundreds of themes that are equally good, it just depends on your needs.

To know that each page can be changed, so a unique design can be created. If you want something special that’s out of the ordinary, you’ll need to hire a developer. But there are so many solutions that you probably won’t need this.

This is mainly for companies that have special requirements and large budgets. Whatever you decide, the next step involves making some design decisions.

Although it does not seem complicated, creating visuals for a website is not an easy task.

In our opinion, there are many more examples of bad design.

Creating websites on the WordPress platform may seem intimidating, but in reality it is not. Like other agencies, we are happy to use it.

If you are not sure, always use light colors for the background. Use matching colors and use the Color Wheel to help.

Keep the design clean and simple, and keep the font proven (for example, Helvetica) and from the sans-serif font group. One or two fonts are quite enough for each website.

And take care that your pages do not look confused, but should resemble each other.

So always stick to the rule “less is always more”.

6. Add your content like images, videos and text

Design is important, but content is even more important. And to know that it is always easier, faster and cheaper to change the design than the texts on the website.

It is very important that the text is original because if you copied it, even if it was the best in the world, you will not have any benefit. In fact, according to the latest Google Core Update, you can have a lot of damage if you go that way. To know that a text belongs only to the one who first published it and who was the first to be indexed.

Any subsequent text, if it is the same, is not taken into account by Google at all.

Which simply means that by copying someone else’s text, you actually caused yourself a lot of damage at the very start.

When you write a text, it must be understandable to someone who knows nothing about the field. Or better yet, you need to speak the language of your customers that they will understand. Take care of the headings and, if necessary, bold certain parts of the text. Don’t forget to indent the text to make it more readable.

And be careful not to fall into the trap of using expressions that hardly anyone understands, because that’s the easiest way to drive visitors away from your site. If you do not have the sense and time to write, it will not be difficult to find someone who writes optimized texts for websites.

It will be enough to do a little research on Google.

For photos and videos, there are many websites that will help you with this. Some are free and some you will have to pay for.

If you don’t have time or don’t know how to record or take pictures, this is the perfect solution.

Whatever photos you choose, remember to reduce their size so that each web page loads quickly.

And don’t forget that all pages that are important to you have a call to action (CTA).

7. Finally, publish and promote your new website

Before you publish a website, review it once more. It always happens that some mistake slips through. Even if that happens, don’t worry because everything can be corrected along the way. Because when the website becomes active, it can still be updated and changed.

It is important that your content is optimized and relevant and that you supplement it. If, for example, you are in the catering business and you change the menu, it is important that this change is published on your website.

Next is SEO optimization. In order to progress to the first page of Google you will need to optimize all the pages of the website. One part of this can be done when the site development is started, but site development does not imply advanced SEO optimization.

To know that this requires a lot of time and work, but it is always worth it. We’d even say it’s essential if you want to rank on the first page of Google.

If you want to know more, read our article “SEO optimization of the site”.

Let’s not forget the promotion of your website.

We recommend promotions via the following channels:

  • Google Ads advertising

  • Facebook

  • Instagram

  • E-mail marketing

  • TikTok

In our opinion, this is quite sufficient for most websites. If you have time, read our Google Ads article, because we think you can benefit from it the most.

And don’t forget to open accounts at the very beginning on two very important Google services, which are:

  • Google Analytics 4 (GA4)
  • Google Search Console

These are completely free tools and no one will give you better and more accurate results than them. Without them, you won’t know how your website actually works.

And whenever you publish something new, be sure to index it in Google Search Console so that your efforts are not in vain.

Conclusion

We hope that we have helped you at least a little with this text. We tried to explain in a very simple way what you have to go through when it comes to creating a website. In practice, it is even more complicated.

But don’t worry, all that can be overcome through work.

If you do not succeed in creating a website, you can always hire someone who does it. But with WordPress and a little effort it’s quite doable.

When the effort is put into creating great content and promoting your website properly, making money will come naturally. All websites have the potential to be profitable. On some sites it will be possible after two months, and on others after a year.

In any case, you should not lose hope, because the whole business does not take place only online. Don’t forget how many people see your offer on Google, and the whole job ends up in your company.

This is the other part of online business that is more important than online sales for many sectors.

Because for the vast majority of people, you do not exist if you are not on Google or another search engine

If you have any question, feel free to call us or write to us. We will be glad if we can help you.

If you have time, take a look at the services we can provide!

Creating websites on the WordPress platform

Creating websites on the WordPress platform

by | Nov 10, 2022 | Blog

Is WordPress good for building websites?

Although creating websites on the WordPress platform may seem intimidating, in reality it is not at all. Like many other agencies, we are happy to use it for our clients because no one wants to create a website that will take several months.

In this way, the services of programmers, which are too expensive, are avoided. Essentially, a person with minimal programming skills is needed.

But what exactly is WordPress?

You have probably researched this on the internet as one of the solutions for your website. But you still have no idea what WordPress really is and how it can help you in your online business.

Don’t worry, we’ll try to explain it to you as simply as possible.

Creating websites on the WordPress platform may seem intimidating, but in reality it is not. Like other agencies, we also use it with pleasure.

What is WordPress?

WordPress is an open source content management platform, or content management system (CMS). The software itself is free and anyone can install, use and modify it.

For the simplest sites, creating websites on the WordPress platform can be completely free. It’s great for beginners as well as experienced professionals.

Initially, WordPress was mainly used to create blogs. However, with software development and improvements, today you can create any website you want.

But in this case, there will certainly be a need for themes, plugins and tools that are not free. You can create personal or company blogs, business websites, e-commerce stores and much more.

After installing WordPress, the next thing is to choose a theme. There are many topics that are divided by areas and it will not be difficult to find the one that suits you. There are a lot of free ones, but if you have a bit more requirements, a paid theme will solve the problems.

No matter what your idea is, you can create any website you want in WordPress. And all this thanks to the huge CMS capabilities and the large community that improves WordPress every day.

Let’s mention one more important thing for this platform, namely plugins.

In WordPress, a plugin is a small software add-on that can significantly expand some features and functions on your website.

And thanks to them, there are phenomenal sites that are built on WordPress. Here too, there are free and paid plugins, so it is always up to the one who builds the website to choose the best solution.

There are over 60,000 free plugins and thousands of premium ones made by independent developers.

More than 40% of websites are built in WordPress!

From originally planned as a blogging platform, WordPress has become the most powerful presentation tool on the web. Statistics from 2022, that is, W3Techs, say that the creation of websites on the WordPress platform uses about 43% of all websites on the Internet.

Once this was a network reserved for bloggers, while today WordPress is used by e-commerce stores, news and travel agencies and many other organizations. In order to understand how powerful WordPress is, we will mention some information.

WordPress was created in the year 2003 when two developers, Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little, decided to build a platform that would allow bloggers to publish their posts. They were very successful in that and in 2011, about 13% of websites were on WordPress.

Every year, that percentage increased and the assumption is that it will by the year 2025, the creation of websites on the WordPress platform will exceed an incredible 50% of the participation in the global network .

However, if we look only at websites that use a CMS (content management system), WordPress occupies an impressive 65% of the market.

In order to understand how superior they are compared to the competition, we will mention that the second on the list is Shopify with 6%, and the third is Wix with about 3% share.

Creating websites on the WordPress platform may seem intimidating, but in reality it is not. Like other agencies, we also use it with pleasure.

It is often heard that creating websites on the WordPress platform is not the best solution if you want a really serious website.

However, according to BuiltWith research from 2022, it was determined that WordPress holds 37% of the market of the top 1 million websites on Google.

Many well-known companies use it, including Nike, The New York Times, eBay, Sony, GM, UPS, Forbes, CNN, Reuters, Samsung, IBM, and many others.

We believe that this is enough information to convince you of the power of WordPress!

Which theme to choose for creating websites on the WordPress platform?

At the moment there are about 10,000 free themes for creating a website on WordPress. However, there are even more paid themes that average from $80 to $100. Maybe this price seems high to you, but premium themes offer a lot more options and are more flexible compared to free themes.

WordPress.org and themeforest.net are recommended for both options. We will mention a few topics that we consider to be the most important. These are Astra, Divi, OceanWP, Indigo, Neve, Hestia, Elementor, etc.

However, choosing one of them depends on your needs.

There are some topics that are narrowly specialized in some areas, such as restaurants or tourism, for example. Other themes are broadly specialized and can be applied to many e-commerce websites.

If you have any doubts about which topic to choose for your website, feel free to call us!

It is important that the theme corresponds to mobile devices (mobile friendly), so that your content is displayed as well as possible on mobile phones. Because today almost 80% of views are from mobile phones. Then the theme must be compatible with WordPress page builders, and it is recommended that they have customer support and are regularly updated.

Another important thing is the page loading speed and its performance.

Creating websites on the WordPress platform may seem intimidating, but in reality it is not. Like other agencies, we also use it with pleasure.

That’s why it’s important to analyze and compare any topic that you think is good with someone else.

This is not a one-hour job, and it can cause you big problems later. We work on several themes, depending on the needs of the clients, but we would single out the Divi theme, which proved to be one of the best.

Divi has a paid theme that costs $89 per year or $249 for lifetime access.

We’ve been using the Divi theme for many years and that’s why we really recommend it!

WooCommerce is used by one in five WordPress web shops!

This means that at least every fifth web shop created on WordPress is actually intended for online commerce. For those who don’t know WooCommerce will allow any WordPress site to become an e-commerce site. It’s free and compatible with several payment options.

Today, WooCommerce is one of the most popular plugins for e-commerce sites and holds about 20% of the market.

Just like WordPress, WooCommerce is built on a large set of features that can be easily extended. E-stores that use it have a double benefit from its multiple functionalities. They have access to thousands of themes and plugins, as well as hundreds of e-commerce extensions made exclusively for WordPress.

WooCommerce is extremely flexible. Literally, any type of sales web shop can be created with its help.

Thanks to the fact that it is open source, developers can change its features, can build new extensions and can adapt to almost any requirement. This is very important because developers are extremely expensive and take a long time to develop an option on demand.

The advantage of WooCommerce is that it is easy to use, so it will not be difficult to quickly train someone who can do the work for you.

It is very important that WooCommerce can provide a quick and easy experience for all users regardless of the size of the e-store. Proof of that is eBay that works perfectly! With a good choice of hosting, it can achieve even better results.

We can really recommend WooCommerce if you intend to open an e-shop!

To make you laugh, there is a joke that goes like this:

What is WooCommerce?

That’s the way to sell anything!

Is Yoast a good plugin for WordPress e-commerce?

Yes, Yoast is a great plugin. Especially for beginners who have no experience with SEO content and website optimization.

You know that SEO professionals don’t like him because they think that everything he does, a man can do even better. We are of the same opinion, but until you have mastered Search Engine Optimization, we advise you to use it when adding new content to your website.

Especially since SEO optimization is very complex and requires great knowledge and a lot of analysis.

According to data from 2022, Yoast has over 5 million active installations and an almost clean five for the rating. . To ga čini jednim od najpreuzimanijih plugin-ova sa skoro najboljom ocenom. Besplatan je za preuzimanje i korišćenje do jednog izvesnog nivoa.

After that, the annual subscription for Yoast SEO Premium is 99 euros + VAT, but believe us that this plugin is mandatory, even in the free version.

In the premium version, all tools are unlocked and it will be much easier for you to attract visitors from Google and social networks like Facebook and Instagram.

You will have 24/7 support throughout the year, and you can access the Yoast SEO academy for free to learn new skills.

The cost of Yoast SEO Premium is one of the best investments you can make for your website.

Thanks to it, you will be able to stand up to big corporations without problems. It also allows small business owners to create a respectable website they can be proud of.

Yoast u velikoj meri duguje svoj uspeh WordPress-u, pa zato aktivno učestvuje u kampanji „5% za budućnost“, koja pomaže daljem razvitku ove sjajne platforme.

Will a WordPress website work for me?

It will definitely suit you! Once the creation of websites on the WordPress platform is complete, a little training will be required to manage the website. But everything is made so that anyone can understand the basics.

Of course, this does not mean that you will be able to use all the possibilities on your own. But you can work smoothly and educate yourself on how to properly use a WordPress website.

If you are a beginner, it will not be difficult to add and create a simpler new page yourself, and there are many tutorials on YouTube.

WordPress is really flexible, so personal or company blogs, e-shops or online newspapers can be created equally well on it.

Whatever you think is possible!

The software is open source and not owned by any company. And that means that thousands of developers collaborate and contribute to the progress of WordPress. Even if you don’t know how to write a single line of code, it won’t be a problem to manage the site.

Leave that job to the developers!

The good thing is that the WordPress site can be modified and upgraded with various plugins to get some functions that you need now.

And one more very important thing, which is website security. Given that no platform can be said to be 100% secure, this also applies to WordPress.

But it is still one of the safest!

The biggest problem is not WordPress or any other platform, but a mistake by someone who manages the site.

So be careful about everything that comes from outside your website. For any questions and tips, check out what the WordPress community has to say.

WordPress 5.0 and WordPress 6.0!

These are the last two and most important updates for us, especially WordPress 5.0 (better known as Gutenberg). WordPress 5.0 was officially launched on December 6, 2018. This is a very important update because it has completely changed the way developers use CMS (content management system) with its new Gutenberg editor.

Since then, the building of websites in blocks has started and a new Twenty Nineteen theme has been installed for new installations.

It was a big shock and change for the editors because they could no longer use the classic WordPress editor or the WordPress text editor they were used to using until then. To the great opposition of users who were surprised by this fundamental change, the use of the WordPress editor was extended until December 31, 2021.

WordPress 6.0 is the last major update of WordPress for now and it happened on May 24, 2022. . It was not as radical as “Gutenberg”, but it brought many changes. With this update we expected, but we also got a lot of new functions and improvements. With version 6.0, WordPress has continued to improve the tools and new great features.

On it, the developers really tried to fix some bugs that always somehow got through.

Creating websites on the WordPress platform may seem intimidating, but in reality it is not. Like other agencies, we also use it with pleasure.

This was a huge change as there were over 400 updates, 500 bug fixes and 90 brand new features.

Really impressive!

The list display has been significantly improved, new blocks have been introduced, the block editor has been improved, new templates have been added, the theme style has been changed and much more.

These changes made it much easier to use the WordPress platform, and the UX (user experience) became even better.

Conclusion

WordPress is an amazing platform that can be used both for the simplest websites and for the creation of high-quality and very demanding websites.

Like all platforms, it has some disadvantages, but what WordPress can provide, no other similar platform can.

However, it has something that other platforms cannot fulfill. And that is the widest range of options and the ability to adapt to your needs and requirements. We are sure that no other platform is as flexible and extensive in its offer of add-ons.

If you are not demanding, you can create a website with a free theme and plugins. The software itself is also free of charge and has frequent updates. We can say that this is a powerful platform with unlimited potential.

Everything can be done to make the website 100% mobile friendly with the help of free or paid plugins.

The module itself is extremely adaptable to developers and has pre-built security functions and protections. For many doubts, we often visit the WordPress global community and they are really recommended.

However, we have some complaints, because we are also part of the WordPress community. First of all, we would point out the lack of direct support from the WordPress company. Sometimes it is very difficult to find a solution, and we all waste a lot of time looking for it on the Internet.

There is no such thing as a perfect e-commerce plugin like Magento 2 for web stores that have over 50,000 items.

For some advanced customization you will need a good programmer, and for people who do not have prior knowledge it can be complicated.
Also, someone always has to take care to update the software on time.
However, these are not such big problems, because other platforms are even worse with their problems. That’s why there is no perfect platform for creating websites.
If we were to choose the best platform for creating websites, it would definitely be WordPress!