5 things i learnt as website master

5 Things I learnt as website masterWhile still launching and creating a brand on Social Media

By Stefania Borchia

I built a website because…

• I had an idea I wanted to develop

• I was bored at work

• I wanted to learn a new skill

• I wanted to do it on zero budget

Why did I build a website?

Where to start

• Write down the main idea

• Download Ruby on Rails

• Add pgAdminIII database

• Add CSS3 and Images

• Deploy on Heroku

• SEO

• Social Media Marketing

Idea Code

Deploy Launch

1. Write down your ideaThink about what you app is about and describe it.

Write down idea…

Website Theme

• What is the website about?

• Who is the audience?

• How can I add something unique?

User Page

• Register• Login/Logout• Can users

upload photos, comments, videos?

• Do users buy products?

Item Creation

• Do I sell products?

• Do I provide a service?

• Is social media oriented?

Payment

• Do users buy products?

• Do you need payment details?

• Do you need to handle online payments?

2. Download CodeStart by downloading all the necessary software

Tools to create Ruby on Rails App

Download Address Code

Download Ruby http://rubyinstaller.org/ Follow instruction

Download Rails Installer http://railsinstaller.org/en Follow Instruction

Download Databasehttp://www.pgadmin.org/do

wnload/Follow Instruction

Download localhosthttp://sourceforge.net/projec

ts/openlocalhost/Follow Instruction

Create NameApp Open Command Prompt cd NameApp

Create Database in pgAdmin Open pgAdminIII Name database

Add database Name App/config/database.yml Database: NameApp

Add CSS3 and Images

CSS3 Download for free

• Go to a free CSS3 website and download CSS3 for free

• http://designscrazed.org/free-responsive-html5-css3-templates/

• Make sure is devise dependent

• Move CSS in assets/stylesheets

• Call CSS in html <head>

Images Source

• Add images to asset/images

• Call images using asset/images/imagename in html

• Make sure almost every web page has an image

http://designscrazed.org/free-responsive-html5-css3-templates/

3. Deploy on Heroku Deploy your RailsApp on a Rails

friendly (and free) Platform

Go Live!

Deploy

Follow doc https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-rails4

Register

Register on Heroku 1 dyno = Free Select App Name

Download Code

Git Bash Git GUI

4. SEOMake sure your website works

Best SEO TOOLS (free)

Best Tool to analyse your traffic

To find out broken links

To check up your website general

healthFind the keywords your competitors

are bidding for

5. Promote your websitePromote your website with a small or no budget on social media

From large Audience to specific niches

General Audience

1

chat Niche

From videos and images to sharing news

IMAGES NEWS

Bonus Round!

Coding Issues?

Stackoverflow

GitHub