1. AN OVERIVEW OF A WEBSITE
A website is a collection of web pages (documents that are accessed through the
Internet). A web page is what you see on the screen when you type in a web address,
click on a link, or put a query in a search engine. A web page can contain any type of
information, and can include text, color, graphics, animation and sound.
When someone gives you their web address, it generally takes you to their website's
home page, which should introduce you to what that site offers in terms of information or
other services. From the home page, you can click on links to reach other sections of the
site. A website can consist of one page, or of tens of thousands of pages, depending on
what the site owner is trying to accomplish.
Why Do People Visit Websites?
Generally, people look at websites for two primary reasons:
1. To find information they need. This could be anything from a student looking for
pictures of frogs for a school project, to finding the latest stock quotes, to getting the
address of the nearest Thai restaurant.
2. To complete a task. Visitors may want to buy the latest best-seller, download a
software program, fill an online form, or participate in an online discussion about a
favorite hobby, do transactions and make payments..etc.
3. To connect and meet people online, especially on social networking websites.
The main thing to remember in creating a website is that you're not creating the website
for you; you already know about the information or service you have to offer. You're
creating the site for your visitors, so it should contain the content they want, and be
organized in a way that makes sense, even to an outsider.
Let’s check the different types of websites and how they are being built.
• A Mini/Blog Website: The word blog is a portmanteau of the words web log. But
that alone doesn’t really define blog at all. Simply put, a blog is a website with
content that is written frequently and added in a chronological order. Many people
compare it with a journal, except it is written online and for everyone to see. Some
of the other terms for blog are online journal, web diary, and web log, but the

2. most common term is indeed blog. The term blog can also be used as a verb to
describe the action of updating a blog.
There are different kinds of software’s that can be used to build blogs; some of
them are
1. WordPress
2. LifeType
3. B2Evolution
4. PixelPost
5. Nucleus
• A Forum Website: Just as the name implies, is a meeting or medium where ideas
and views on a particular issue can be exchanged but this time it is done on the
internet. Simply put, it is an internet message board.
An Internet forum is different from a chat room. Members in a chat room usually
all chat or communicate at the same time, while members in an Internet forum
post messages to be read by others whenever they happen to log on. Internet
forums also tend to be more topic-focused than chat rooms.
Example of a forum is www.TheExpertHost.Com/Forum
There are different kinds of software’s that can be used to build forums; some of
them are:
1. Simple Machine Forum
2. phpBB
3. bbPress
4. MyBB
5. Advance Electron Forum
6. PunBB
• A Content Management System Website: A content management system
(CMS) supports the creation, management, distribution, publishing, and discovery
of corporate information.
It covers the complete lifecycle of the pages on your site, from providing simple tools to
create the content, through to publishing, and finally to archiving.
It also provides the ability to manage the structure of the site, the appearance of the
published pages, and the navigation provided to the users.

3. There are different kinds of software’s that can be used to build a CMS Website; some of
them are:
1. Drupal
2. Joomla 1.5
3. LiveSite
4. Moodle
5. Geeklog…………………. Etc
• E-Commerce Website: Firstly, E-commerce is business in the online
environment. Here all transactions, deals take place over the internet. E-commerce
includes retail shopping, banking, stocks and bonds trading, auctions, real estate
transactions, airline booking, movie rentals—nearly anything you can imagine in
the real world. Even personal services such as hair and nail salons can benefit from
e-commerce by providing a website for the sale of related health and beauty
products, normally available to local customers exclusively. Therefore, An E-Commerce
Website is a website that does the function of transaction, buying and
selling online.
Examples of e-commerce websites are www.ebay.com, www.wakanow.com,
www.amazon.com, etc.
There are different kinds of software’s that can be used to e-commerce websites; some
of them are:
1. Magento
2. OpenCart
3. Zen Cart
4. osCommerce
5. PrestaShop
• Social Networking Website: A social networking site is website where
individuals can set up an online profile, describing his/her interests, and add links

4. to other profiles. Generally, users are able to post personal information, including
photographs, videos, and blog entries.
Social networking sites can be a great way to stay in touch with a large group of people.
If you have news you'd like to share with everyone you know, you can simply post it on
your own personal bulletin board, and it will be distributed to everyone on your friends
list. Social networking sites can also be helpful for connecting with new people, whether
on a business, friendship, or a romantic level.
Examples of social networking websites are the popular www.facebook.com,
www.twitter.com, www.skype.com etc.
There are different kinds of software’s that can be used to build social networking
websites; some of them are:
1. Plig
2. Jcow
• Search Engine Websites: These are websites that are used to search and surf
the internet. Good examples of search engines websites are www.google.com,
www.yahoo.com, www.ask.com amongst others.
THINGS NEEDED TO BUILD A WEBSITE
You need these three very important tools to set up a website
A Domain Name: The domain name is a unique address that can be used on the
Internet. It's what you see in the address bar after the “www.” in your web
browser and it's what comes after the @ sign in an email address. It is an an
identification label that defines the presence of a website on the internet. Example
of a domain name is www.TheExpertHost.Com, TheExpertHost is the domain name
here.
A Website Hosting Space: This is spaces that are provided by web hosting
companies to make a website accessible to the World Wide Web.

5. Design /Content: This is the design and content styles of the web pages that
constitutes the website.
The focus of this tutorial is on How we can build Professional Websites using
Jooma 1.5
At the end of this seminar
You will be able to……
Design Professional Websites Using Joomla
GOOD LUCK.
TheExpertHost Team.
www.TheExpertHost.Com