Hello!
Welcome back. In Part II, we talked about the blueprint of a site—UI, UX, and using tools like Figma to plan everything out. Today, we are talking about how a website actually goes “live” so people can find it.
You might have a great design and perfect code, but if it’s just sitting on your computer, no one else can see it. To fix that, you need Hosting.
Think of a website like a house. If the code is the wood and nails, Hosting is the piece of land the house sits on. You pay a hosting provider to give your website a “plot” on the internet so it stays online 24/7.
To get into more detail… There are two main things you need to launch:
- Domain Name: This is your address (like zeltardesign.com). It’s how people find your “land.”
- The Server: This is where your files actually live. When someone types in your domain, the server sends the files to their screen.
But just because your site is live doesn’t mean it shows up on Google yet. That’s where SEO (Search Engine Optimization) comes in. Google has “bots” that crawl the web to find new sites. To help them out, we use:
- Sitemaps: A map we give to Google so it knows every page on your site.
- Keywords: Words in your text that tell Google what your business is about.
Other than that, I could get into more detail about security and maintenance, but I’m not going to today… That wraps up our web design series for now!