What do you need if you want your own website?

So you've decided that its time to get yourself a website, but you haven't got a clue on where to begin. This very simple guide will definately answer some of the questions you might have:

First of all, what is a website technically? Well, a basic website consists of various computer files. These contain the actual content of your website, like paragraphs, headings, bullets, images, etc. This is written in a special markup language called HTML. Each page of your website usually has its very own HTML file, which contains the text content of that specific page - like your contact page. Images are not embedded in the same HTML files, they are stored seperately, and are only linked to from within your HTML file.

Secondly, your website files, as mentioned above, must obviously be stored on a computer that is always connected to the internet. Such a computer must have a static ip address, and a very fast internet connection, as some of these servers can host many many websites. Obviously you need to "rent" some server space for your websites' files. We also call this website hosting

Thirdly, you get assigned your very own ip address for your website. This can be something like 56.72.109.3 or 231.43.70.29. But who will ever remember your website address if you tell them its 56.72.109.3? So, what the clever people did is they allowed your unique ip address (56.72.109.3) to be "connected" to a domain name, like www.google.com or www.rgcms.com. So you only have to tell people your website address is www.rgcms.com, and not its ip address like 56.72.109.3 - much easier!

Fourthly, you need a person or company that can design your website. Give us a shout to get a quote for your own website.