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So the first step in creating a website is to register a Domain name. Now to understand the domain name registration you have to first understand the Domain Name System (DNS) for a deep knowledge of how website works?

Domain Name System is the global address book for internet just like the phone book in your cell phone. So when you have to call your friend you actually find his name in address book and dial his name but it?s his phone number which is dialed and connected to same way each website also has an address on internet by which it is accessed and that address is known as IP address and typically written as 31.124.56.80 so if you have to open a website you can also type the IP address of that website in the browser and the browser will open it for you. Normally this IP address is always the IP address of the web server where the web pages are held or hosted. But remembering the IP address of any website is not easy so the concept of DNS came and it actually maintains the name and IP address of the entire website in the world and translates the web address in text format into IP address.

So to reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer -- a name or a number. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination, we wouldnt have one global Internet. So managing, maintaining and administrating the domain name and IP address and other associated services with it are called Domain name system. Picture below is an excellent example taken from website howstuffworks.com on how DNS works.

Domain name registration and administration is mainly carried out by the one international body named Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN),it coordinates with Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions, which are key technical services critical to the continued operations of the Internets underlying address book, the Domain Name System (DNS).

You can also read about DNS at http://computer.howstuffworks.com/dns.htm.

But ICANN will not register a domain name for you because it has accredited many companies to act as a registrar so you have to go to one of them. And a good example of them is godaddy.com which is an accredited registrar of ICANN. Few other famous accredited registrars are Namecheap.com, Amazon Registrar, Inc., BigRock Solutions Ltd. And register.com etc.So before registering a domain with any registrar, please check if it is accredited with ICANN.

I registered my domain with Namecheap.com because I found them best in terms of charges and services.you can also register your domain with Namecheap.com by clicking at this link, Register your domain with Namecheap.com.and I am going to show you the steps of creating a website from registering a domain to hosting a website using Namecheap and 000webhost.com because I did it with them.

So the first step in creating a website is to go to Namecheap.com.And check if the domain name you have decided is available.So type in the name of domain( mydomain.com) in search box and then click search as shown in the picture 1(a).

Now if that domain is not available it would not give you the option of buying rather it would show you the option to make an offer as its going to buy it from the existing website owner as shown in the picture below.

000webhost also gives you the option of creating a free sub domain with them. So let?s go to 00webhost by clicking here.

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