As a rule, the process of creating a website includes three main stages: planning, implementation, and website updating or maintenance.
Planning: The first and most essential stage in any project is planning. Before starting with SiteBuilder, think about the purpose of your website and its target audience. After this, decide where your website will be stored, or, in Internet terminology, hosted. This stage is beyond the scope of this document. We assume that if you have access to SiteBuilder, you have all resources required for website hosting. Then, you should develop a detailed structure of your future website and prepare its contents, including text information and graphics. The planning stage is extremely important because it eventually determines the usefulness of your website.
Implementation: The next stage is the implementation of your website. The five-step SiteBuilder Wizard takes you through the entire procedure of creating your website, from initial design to publishing and maintenance. The following are the main steps required to create a website using SiteBuilder:
http://site_identifier.sitebuilder.hosting_provider.com
, you can later return to your website, edit and publish it (about editing your website, see the After Publishing chapter, later in this guide). Change the site identifier to some name you can easily remember (click Change My Site Identity). Maintenance: When you complete the above steps, your website becomes available for visitors. It is critical to keep your website content fresh because this is a good way to show your attitude to customers and services. Therefore, always be sure that your website is updated on a regular basis.
In SiteBuilder, it is easy to keep your website content up-to-date. All you need to do is to log into the SiteBuilder using the website identifier and your password, edit the content, and click Publish. SiteBuilder will automatically transfer the updated content to your hosting location.
For detailed instructions about what you can do at every stage of creating your website, see the following chapters.