3 Essential Things To Keep In Mind Before Creating A Website

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Are you having trouble creating your website? Do you think it’s too technical? Well, not anymore. Today creating your website is as easy as creating a Facebook account. Would you like to know how to do it yourself? We can help you with that with our Step-by-step guide.

Step 1: Register a domain name

Wondering what a domain name is? In simple terms, a domain name is the name of your website. Your domain name is also the web address of your website on the internet.

For Example:

Let’s assume that you have a new business idea and want to start an online store. You have taken care of all the other requirements from the target audience to the kind of product you want to sell, but don’t know how to reach your target audience. So the first thing you have to do is create a website, and to create a website you need to first register a domain name. How do you register a domain name? Let’s find out.

 Finding a perfect domain name can be tricky, but don’t worry we have got you covered. But before registering for a domain name, you need to research and find out if your domain name is available.

Domain names don’t necessarily have to end in .com, there are multiple domain names that are available from .org, .net, .edu, etc.

This is because sometimes certain domain names are not available, in that case you can find alternate domain names for your preferred name.

Things to keep in mind before you choose your perfect domain name

1. Be memorable

With millions of domain names registered, a catchy and easy-to-remember name is essential.

2. Choose a domain name that is easy to type

Long domain names can be hard to remember, losing the chances of customers visiting your website.

3. Keep it short and simple.
4. Avoid numbers and hyphens

Numbers and hyphens can be forgotten when typing the domain name, yet again losing out on customers visiting your website.

6. Use keywords in your domain name

If you are specifically trying to target a particular niche, you can use the keyword in your domain name to make it memorable for your target audience. For example, if you have a real estate business you can use real estate in your domain name.

7. Research it

With millions of domain names registered you have to make sure your name stands out and is unique and you can do this by using the following tool.

8. Choosing the right domain extension

Helps the customers understand your business better. Like Non-profit organizations mostly use .org, educational institutions mostly use .edu.

9. Act fast

Getting your desired domain name depends on purchasing your preferred name as soon as possible.

Now let’s see,
How to Register your name with Markitome

Once you have decided your domain name, next it is time to register that domain name. Here are the step-by-step instructions to do the same.

Time needed: 10 mins

1. Visit the Markitome dashboard search page

Start by visiting the Markitome dashboard Search tool.

2. Enter your desired domain name into the search bar

Next, type your preferred domain name in the search bar on the Markitome dashboard Search tool and select search.

3. View domain search results

After selecting Search, you will be shown whether the domain name you entered is available for purchase and registration, or if it is taken and unavailable for purchase. You will also be shown alternative options of domain names to choose from.


4. Continue to Checkout

If the domain name you want is available or you like any of the alternate options, select Continue to cart to begin the purchase and registration process.

5. Purchase and register your domain name

Lastly, simply follow the prompts to complete your checkout and the purchase of your domain name. Once you complete the registration, you will be the proud owner of your very own domain name and would have taken the first step towards creating your website. Pretty simple right?

Step 2 Hosting

So what is hosting? In simple terms, hosting is nothing but an online service that enables you to publish your website on the internet. Want to know more about this service? Let’s find out.

 As we learned earlier, the domain gives a name to your website, and hosting gives a physical space on the internet for storing all the files and data necessary for your website to work efficiently.

Starting a new website requires a web hosting provider that will supply you with that server space. So choosing a hosting plan that is suitable for your needs is crucial.

Before choosing your web hosting plan let’s look at the different types of web hosting to choose from:

cPanel

What is cPanel?

cPanel is a Linux-based control panel used for conveniently managing your web hosting. The system is similar to a desktop application. With cPanel, you can perform actions from a user-friendly dashboard instead of running complex commands.

What is cPanel hosting?

cPanel hosting is essentially Linux-based web hosting that includes the installation of cPanel. The hosting plan provides a cPanel account to control your web hosting elements. Including shared, dedicated, and managed WordPress hosting are a few of the different types of hosting that also use cPanel hosting. Control panel hosting is the perfect and straightforward choice for a control panel solution for beginners and the most common and widely used web hosting option.

Now let’s look at the benefits of opting for cPanel web hosting:

1. The interface is user friendly: 

It categorizes different features under manageable modules, making it easier to locate them. The cPanel dashboard also comes with intuitive menus and graphics to navigate smoothly.

2. They are highly compatible:
Known as one of the most popular control panels, it is compatible with several browsers. cPanel also supports many third-party applications, from site builders to SEO tools.
3. They have a wide range of features:

Requiring no advanced technical knowledge, users can perform complicated tasks, such as generating site backups and managing databases.

4. Automatic Software Installation:

 cPanel provides many features. You can access more than 400 applications, including popular content management systems like WordPress.

5. Highly Supportive:

There are plenty of resources in the cPanel forums and blogs. Dedicated and technical manuals are available as well. They show how to use and solve issues with cPanel products.

Things you can do if you choose cPanel web hosting:
  1.  Edit and manage site files.
  2. Can save important contact information.
  3. Create and manage databases for WordPress websites.
  4. Installing software has never been this easy with just a few clicks.
  5. Update and add DNS records.
  6. Keep a track of the metrics of your site and server.
  7. Build extra security layers.
  8. Create and manage email accounts.
We have a range of cPanel web hosting providers to choose from that suit your website needs:

To check them out further you can visit https://dashboard.markitome.com/products/cpanel

Plesk

What is Plesk?

Plesk is one of the most popular server controls after cPanel. This control panel helps run over 11 million websites on over 380,000 servers. Plesk is known to be an all-inclusive website hosting platform for all your needs ranging from technical features, security options, and automation tools.

Why should you choose Plesk for your website needs?
It’s Dually Efficient

cPanel may be the most popular control panel out there. But one significant reason that gives Plesk an upper advantage over cPanel is that cPanel only works with Linux web servers, whereas Plesk works with both Windows and Linux web servers.

It is Mobile-Friendly

People are increasingly working on multiple devices today. That’s where Plesk comes in handy to update the changes on any device without a hassle. Plesk is mobile friendly also because it has a mobile app that can be optimized for smaller screens, making it easier for you to work on any device of your choice, from a desktop to a smartphone.

Safe and Secure

Any new website requires good security, and choosing the right web hosting platform can protect your website from hackers and malicious attacks. Plesk is the right web hosting platform for your security needs with a reputation for stellar security and provides a range of options for making your website more secure.

Compatible with multiple third-party applications

Choosing Plesk for your web hosting platform gives you the benefit of being compatible with popular third-party applications like WordPress and Amazon. They provide a natural and seamless integration between the two products.

Effective Customer Support

Plesk gives you a seamless and easy user experience, but there are times when you still might need help, and that’s where Plesk’s 24/7 customer support comes into play to answer any doubts that you may face while using the Plesk web hosting platform.

Unlimited extensions to choose from

You can use a wide variety of extensions that extend the product’s features. These extensions help you add functionality in categories like security, appearance, backups, email, and SEO.

Here are a few good options for Plesk web hosting that you can choose from:

To check them out further you can visit https://dashboard.markitome.com/products/plesk

WordPress

I’m sure we have all heard about the famous WordPress web hosting platform, widely used worldwide for web development and blogging in businesses today. WordPress powers one in four websites that you would have visited. WordPress is the most popular web hosting platform mainly because it makes building a website easily accessible to anyone without knowing programming or the need for web developers.

What kind of websites can WordPress make?

WordPress initially started as a tool to create and manage blogs, and today it is used as one of the most popular tools for building the best websites. With WordPress today, anyone can make a range of websites like the following:

  • Business websites
  • eCommerce stores
  • Blogs
  • Forums

Here are examples of business and organizations that use WordPress as the choice for their web hosting platform:

1. The Indian Express:

You can check out the website here  https://indianexpress.com/

2. Sony Music

You can check out the website here https://www.sonymusic.com/

3. Markitome.com

You can check out the website here https://markitome.com/

4. New York Times

You can check out the website here https://www.nytimes.com/international/

5. The Walt Disney Company:

You can check out the website here https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/

Essential Reason to Use WordPress:

Now let’s look at why you should choose WordPress as your preferred web hosting platform:

1. WordPress is Free!

Yes, you heard that right, WordPress is a free software where you can download, install, use and modify it to suit your needs.

2. It is Easy to Use

WordPress is the most popular web hosting platform because it does not need any technical knowledge and is easy to use even for a beginner. It has a simple dashboard with different menu options listed in the sidebar to choose from to suit your website needs. Creating posts, pages, customizing your web design, and adding navigation menus have never been so simple.

3. Customizable to your Taste

It is the perfect choice for all your web-hosting needs because you can customize it to suit your website design requirements. They are easy to customize because they provide a range of options allowing you to change colors, upload your logo, change the background, all by browsing through the large variety of themes for you to choose. You can also add additional plugins similar to apps for your website to help you add advanced features like analytics and contact forms.

4. It is SEO-Friendly

The main goal of building a website is to garner traffic and visitors to your site, and the best way to do that is to opt for an SEO-friendly web hosting platform ‘WordPress’ is that SEO-friendly web hosting platform. It is developed with the idea of driving search engine traffic to your website. WordPress is written using high-quality code and semantic markup. In layman terms, this means Google loves WordPress and ranks every website associated with WordPress higher than others in search engines.

5. Safety and Security at it’s best

WordPress is one of the most reputed web hosting platforms in the market also because of the safety and security that it provides.

We have a range of WordPress web hosting providers to choose from that will suit your website needs:


To check them out further you can visit https://dashboard.markitome.com/products/wordpress

Business

What is Business Hosting?

Business hosting is a hosting service provided to online businesses and ecommerce companies.

Business Hosting gives you the ultra-fast speed of a Virtual Private Server with a super simple control panel — a perfect fit for those who don’t have tech skills but still need powerful hosting. This is similar to WordPress but mostly used for online businesses and ecommerce companies.

We have a range of Business web hosting providers to choose from that will suit your website needs:


To check them out further you can visit https://dashboard.markitome.com/products/business

VPS

What is VPS hosting?

A (Virtual Private Server) is a hosting service that provides dedicated resources on a server for multiple users. If you are confused about what a server is? It is a computer on which your web host stores the files and databases needed for your website. Every time an online visitor wants to access your website, their browser sends a request to your server, and it transfers the necessary files through the internet. VPS hosting provides you with a virtual server that mirrors a physical server.

A VPS private server usually offers more than one hosting plan. For instance at Markitome, we have seven VPS plans to suit your different business needs and let you scale your site seamlessly.

Have a look at the different VPS servers to choose from:

Get total control with SSD-powered VPS Hosting that gives you full root access and optional control panels, backups with performance monitoring, unlimited traffic and a 99.9% uptime guarantee.


To check them out further you can visit https://dashboard.markitome.com/products/vps

Dedicated Server

What is Dedicated Server/Hosting?

Dedicated hosting refers to web hosting packages that provide a dedicated server with specific resources to a single client. This web hosting is the perfect choice for WordPress websites that garner a lot of online traffic. The client leases a whole server with all the resources in a dedicated web hosting plan. These plans are the right choice for large organizations and websites that invite a lot of search traffic. The clients get complete control of the server, which allows them to arrange it accordingly to meet their own needs.

We have a range of Dedicated web hosting providers to choose from that will suit your website needs:


To check them out further you can visit https://dashboard.markitome.com/products/dedicated-server

Security

What is Web Security?

As the name suggests, web security refers to the protective measures adopted by organizations to protect their online presence from cybercriminals and threats that use the web channel. Web security is critical to protect your data, users, and companies from risks that can affect your online presence.

Why is it important to get Web Security?
  •  As we discussed earlier, web security is essential and should be made a priority for every organization. On an average 30,000 to 50,000 websites get hacked every day. Mostly these web attacks are malicious software used to infect websites and steal the data and resources from that particular website, this malicious software can also affect the users infecting them with malware.
  • On average, only 5% of a company’s folders are properly protected.

  • There are over 1.5 billion websites on the web today, and it is growing exponentially every day. Not securing your website can lead to your website getting hacked and losing your customer’s trust which will, in turn, lead to a loss for the company’s reputation and which can prove very detrimental for an e-commerce company especially.
  •  One of the main reasons companies use web security is to protect their websites from the danger of getting boycotted. Every day, Google anonymously removes close to 10,000 suspicious websites. Search results on Google display these sites with a message that says ‘This site may harm your computer to warn users to stay away.

So to protect your website and keep your customers safe, we have a range of comprehensive and simplified security solutions for you to choose:


To check them out further you can visit https://dashboard.markitome.com/products/website-security

SSL

What is SSL?

Did you ever notice the search bar while searching for websites where some URLs have HTTP:// and some have HTTPS://?

There is also the symbol of a padlock on the websites with that extra ‘s’ after the HTTP. So what is that extra ‘s’, and why is it important?

Simply put, the extra ‘s’ means your connection to that website is secure data you enter on that website is shared safely with that website. The reason you see that extra ‘s’ after the HTTP is because of a security application called SSL which stands for ‘Secure Sockets Layer’.

As a consumer of a newly developed website, the first thing you need to keep in mind is to get an SSL certificate for your website so that visitors coming to your website know that it is safe and secure. Back in July 2018, Google started an initiative to mark any website insecure if it did not showcase the SSL certificate, affecting the company in reaching new customers.

Are you wondering what SSL certificates are?

The link between a web server and a browser can only be established with a small data file called an SSL certificate. All data passed between the web server and browser is kept private by this link.

Filling information and submitting it on an insecure website makes you more vulnerable to being hacked. But when you visit a website with an SSL certificate, your browser will connect with the web server, look at the SSL certificate and then bind your browser and the server. This binding connection ensures that your website is safe and secure, accessible to only you while being protected from any form of malware.

Companies that request personal information from a user, such as an email address or bank account details, must have SSL certificates on their website. Having an SSL certificate means that the data you collect is private and creates trust between the customer and the company.

Speak the language of security with an SSL certificate. The little green lock lets visitors know that you’ll keep their data safe. We have a range of SSL certificates that you will need to keep your website safe and secure.


To check them out further you can visit https://dashboard.markitome.com/products/ssl

Managed SSL Service

Now that you have an SSL certificate for your new website, why not sit back and relax and let us help you with a seamless experience of installing and maintaining the SSL certificate for your website. We’ll do all the work to ensure your site is safe and secure.

  • No more long grueling hours of manually installing, configuring and troubleshooting your SSL.
  • There is no need to remember to renew the certificate or worry when it expires.
  • Our managed SSL service does it all for you.
Get the Ultimate Security:

Our service will ensure that your website is encrypted with the best security we have to offer. This way your customers see your site is safe and secure and it creates a trust between you and your customer and shows them that you have taken that extra effort to keep their data safe.

Promise of Security:

Like we saw earlier without an SSL certificate your website will be deemed as ‘Unsecure’. This will affect your online traffic because they will be driven away by a warning to stay away from your website. Getting your SSL managed will provide you with the assurance of never letting this happen to your website.

Stress-Free Security:

With our managed SSL service you will not have to worry about getting your SSL certificate renewed and updated, we will work to make sure you can focus on the more important things like running your business.

Here are the options for Managed SSL Service we have to offer:


To check them out further you can visit https://dashboard.markitome.com/products/ssl-managed

Website Backup

What is Website Backup?

Website backup, in simple terms, is taking a backup of your website and related databases via FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to a secure cloud location.

We have already spoken about the importance of keeping your website safe and secure. But one of the most important things to keep in mind when you are protecting your website from malware; is to perform a backup of your website early on and regularly after. Performing regular backups of your website can help you retrieve lost information if your website gets hacked.

Why is Website Backup Important?
1. To Err is Human

We all make mistakes now and then, we are all human anyway, but you can avoid losing out on important information or correct any errors that might take place if you perform regular backups.

2. Helps in getting compatible after new installations

A new or a successfully running website needs updates to function smoothly and efficiently. A website backup helps to become compatible with a new WordPress plugin that you may have added recently to be on a safer side. If you get a compatibility error, you can go back to a previous backup and install an alternative tool.

3. Helps in cleaning your website faster

Malware infection is a common problem, and getting it cleaned is the only way to resolve it. A website backup helps to get the website cleaned faster.

4. Helps in transfer of hosts

In case you need to transfer your website from one host to another. Performing a website backup is important because it involves moving all of your site’s files from one server to another, and in this case, you have multiple copies of your website ready to go. There are several ways you can use backups to migrate your website. You can manually copy files or use dedicated tools.

5. No loss of Revenue

It is helpful for ecommerce websites that are a source of revenue. Every minute that it doesn’t work is a loss of money. Troubleshooting unexpected problems from scratch is a rather tedious process. But on the other hand, if you have taken the backup of your website, you can continue generating that revenue and take your time later to find out the errors and resolve them accordingly and ensure it doesn’t happen again.

We have a few options of website backup tools that can keep your data safe while you grow your business online. Automatic backups and one-click restorations mean you’re ready for anything that comes your way.


To check them out further you can visit https://dashboard.markitome.com/products/website-backup

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