Tham khảo tài liệu 'tự học html và css trong 1 giờ - part 8', công nghệ thông tin, đồ họa - thiết kế - flash phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 46 lesson 2 Preparing to Publish on the Web 1. Optionally register a domain name. If you want your website to appear at a URL like or you need to register that domain name if you haven t already. There are a number of domain registrars just enter domain registration in your favorite search engine to see a large number of ads and search results for companies that offer domain registration. 2. Pick out a web hosting company and sign up for an account. It may be the case that you don t need to do this. If you re going to be putting your pages on an internal or external server belonging to your employer or your school you won t need your own hosting. But if you re creating a new website that will be available on the Internet you need some sort of hosting arrangement. 3. Associate your domain name with your new website if you have registered one. Your domain registrar and hosting company should provide instructions for setting it up so that your domain name points to your hosting account. That way when users enter your domain name in a URL they ll get the content that you upload to your server. 4. Start uploading your content. When your web hosting is set up you can use whatever tool you prefer to start uploading web content to the server. Many hosts provide a web interface that can allow you to upload content but usually it s much easier to use a file transfer tool that supports File Transfer Protocol FTP Secure Copy SCP or Secure FTP SFTP to get your files to the server. There will be a more extensive discussion of web hosting and how to publish your site in Lesson 20 Putting Your Site Online but I wanted to give you a head start if you re eager to start publishing on the Web. Summary Designing a website like designing a book outline a building plan or a painting can sometimes be a complex and involved process. Having a plan before you begin can help you keep the details straight and help you develop the finished product with fewer false .