Do You Want To Make Your First Website?

Most of my offline friends and relatives know I work full time on the Internet, and as such many of them come to me asking how they can make their own websites. Instead of explaining the basics to each one, I tried to find a simple online tutorial for that. After some research I couldn’t find anything I liked, so I decided to create one. That is the story behind my latest project: HowToMakeAWebsite.net.
On the homepage of that site you’ll find a complete tutorial explaining how anyone can get a website up and running in a matter of hours. I cover how to choose the domain, how to get a hosting plan, how to install WordPress, how to choose a nice template and how to customize the website design. Over time I’ll polish and add more sections to that tutorial (suggestions are welcomed).

Starting next week I’ll publish other articles there too, covering aspects like website promotion, basic search engine optimization, web usability and so on.
If you subscribe to the newsletter of that site you’ll get the latest eBook I wrote, titled “50 Mistakes to Avoid When Making Your Website.” Subscribers of the Daily Blog Tips newsletter don’t need to subscribe again, as I’ll send them the direct download link later today.
Finally, any help spreading the word is appreciated (e.g., retweets, stumbles, bookmarks on Delicious and so on).