A lecture given on the University of the Philippines Open University Introduction to E-Commerce Course Workshop

1. CREATING YOUR OWN
WEBSITE
I N 5 E A S YSTEPS!

2. STEP 1
GET A DOMAIN NAME

3. A domain name is the internet address of
Your business startup

4. .COM : P500-P600/yr
.PH : P1,500/yr
You need to be creative!
EXPENSIVE?

5. STEP 2
GET A HOSTING
SERVICE

6. Web hosting is where your website, along with its
contents and software, will be housed and made
available to visitors.

7. It doesn't matter where
in the world you're
located, or where your
web hosting is located.
TECHNOLOGY

8. Around P3,000 to
P10,000 per year
depending on the size of
the storage and
bandwidth
HOW MUCH?

9. STEP 3
INSTALL A SOFTWARE

10. Software that allows publishing, editing, modifying,
organizing, deleting and maintaining content in websites
from a central interface

11. FREE software are
made available with a
license to use for any
purpose
(Open Source Software)
EXPENSIVE?

12. • E-Commerce (e.g Opencart, AbanteCart, Magento)
• Blogs/CMS (e.g. WordPress, Drupal, Joomla)
• Social Networking (e.g. Oxwall, Dolphin)
• Learning Management ( e.g. Chamilo, eFront)
• ERM (e.g. WebERP,EPESI, FrontAccounting, X2CRM)
• Project Management (e.g. qdPM, Collabtive)
Types of OSS

13. • Music (e.g PodCast Generator, kPlaylist, AmpJuke)
• Video (e.g. Clipbucket, Dolphin)
• Polls/Survey (e.g. Piwik, LimeSurvey)
• Forums ( e.g. MyBB, phpBB)
• Image Galleries (e.g. Piwigo, Gallery, Coppermine)
• Classified Ads ( e.g. OSClass, OpenClassifieds)
Types of OSS

14. STEP 4
CUSTOMIZE YOUR
SOFTWARE

15. Organize your website by placing your BRAND
(Your Logo) and other visuals (Menu Selections etc.)

16. Use ready-made
themes/templates of
your chosen Open
Source Software
TECHNICALS?

17. CREATE
CONTENT
STEP 5
CREATE CONTENT

18. When you write your
website contents, think
from an advertising
perspective.
WORDS?

19. Use compelling photos
so visitors arehooked
instead of moving on to
the next website.
PICTURES?

20. Foundation of
Marketing Messages to
Attract Leads
CONTENT?

21. STEP 6
LAUNCH!

22. Quickly launch your
website and run
feedback loops
SIDE NOTE

23. BONUS
SPEED UP CREATING
YOUR WEBSITE!

24. andSIGN UP on
skip steps 1 – 4 and
start creating content
for your website

25. Exclusively For eCom Students
SIGN UP and you’ll get FREE:
1. Subdomain
2. Web Hosting
3. CMS Installation
4. Plugins/Themes

26. THANKS!
RM Nisperos
Course Instructor
Introduction to E-Commerce
University of the Philippines Open University
http://rmnisperos.com
ramonmanuel.nisperos@upou.edu.ph
info@rmnisperos.com
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