1. Creating simple website in Serif Web Plus And uploading to free hosting A2 ICT

2. Create simple 1 page web site in SWP Header text Image (and/or slider) Text boxes Preview in Web (Alt-P)

3. Publish site This creates the web ready site – HTML files – Images – Javascript But wait….

4. What about web hosting? In order for a website to be visible to millions of potential users, it needs to be hosted on an external web server What are the important features of a web server? 1.Always available (good uptime) 2.Support available if problem occurs 3.Sufficient hardware/software to cope if the site gets lots of “hits” All this costs $$$$$ !

5. Free hosting Visit https://x10hosting.com/https://x10hosting.com/ Sign up: – Choose a domain name Will be of the form --------.x10.com Eg: http://mrsjames.x10.comhttp://mrsjames.x10.com – Email address Will send you a confirmation link – Choose password

6. X10 set up complete Show FTP information

7. In Serif Web Plus File > Publish Site > Publish to Web Add FTP account details for x10 hosting

9. Click Test to be sure!

12. When complete visit your site http://mrsjames.x10host.com/ Your site is live on the web!