A lot of comic creators have their own website, and I was wondering how hard making websites is. I don't intend to make a website anytime soon, though. I was just wondering.
Aug '20
Apr '23
Well you can make one for free on websites on wix. It’s pretty easy and the websites look good (well, if you’re good a designing), becuase I used it. So I’d give that a shot and see how it works out. Unless you mean like coding your own, then idk about that.
Not that hard. I'm taking an eight hour class on Udemy, and it's been really easy so far. Not sure how much a domain costs, though. Maybe just stick with wix or squarespace.
A lot of webhosts will have drag and drop creators that make it super easy. Weebly is definitely like that, Wix may be as well. Any host with wordpress will also feature templates you can use. Would definitely look at different webhosts and see what features they have like that, and see which one most appeals to you.
Yeah. If you have history with html and json, it's easier, but even if you don't, it's not that bad. If that's something interests you, then I'd say it's worth checking out.
Depends on the website. there are several ways to go about it. I will speak only about making a "comic", website. you do have the option in hosting on "tapas" or "webtoon", however with using a free hosting platform you do not have the luxry of owning a unique domain name. there are websites like "Smackjeeves", that gives you the option of just purchasing a domain name and linking it to your comic this way, you stand off a bit this way. I have tried that and honestly, it wasn't enough for me so I bailed.
So if you want to create a website from scratch, you do need a basic knowledge of HTML and CSS however that won't get you Far unless you know JS. lets say you decide to ditch that and use Wordpress which is a CMS that lets you ditch all that coding. you will need a hosting and a domain name and a general knowledge of WP. and oops, there go another obstacle. now, you gotta learn to understand, FTP(file transfer protocol) and hosing. because if you want to stand out you need to understand the basics on how to even host your website in your server. then you gotta learn how to link your domain name to your server. and once you successfully get it up and running after setting it, you gotta install plugins and template and you need a basic knowledge of Wordpress to acquire all that. then once you have gotten this far you have to maintain the hosting, domain name and the website. because you have to Pay annually to maintain your hosting plus, if something breaks down in the website you have to have a basic knowledge on what plugin is F*XXXXX up your website LOL (from experience) 
anyway, you get the gist. so long story short, you gotta invest TIME AND MONEY.
so yea, here is my website. guess how long it took me to acquire all that knowledge. http://pleasurecomics.com10
- FTP
- Hosting and Domain names
- HTML and CSS (basic)
- Basic knowledge of PHP and cPanel
-Editing Wordpress Themes (if need be)
- Being able to transfer your website to another hosting?
-Backing up and extracting your information ( incase your hosting ppl decided to charge you a million dollars 
)
a long time and dedication. Yea, you REALLY have to be Really dedicated. websites are very expensive
I have my own Wordpress site. It's not hard, there are themes that are very easy to use. Wordpress is very customizable so that's why I chose it, but it does take some time to get the customizations in (read days, weeks, and then I change my mind, grab a new theme and have to redo all the work).
To take full advantage of Wordpress you need to have an aptitude for web development, meaning, you're not afraid to get your feet wet and learn something new.
Domain was cheap, less than $10 for a year if I remember right. I got hosting on namecheap for about $20 for a year. You get what you pay for. They're probably not the best/most reliable but I can't afford more now so I went with the cheapest option.
I tried AWS before for hosting a Wordpress site. They have a free tier for a year. Their hosting was very stable (def. better than namecheap), but the free period ran out. Sigh. If I were to go full out commercial with my site, I would definitely consider AWS again.
Here's my wordpress site, if you want to check out what I've got so far. I'm still not happy with it, and I haven't updated it recently. Seriously should.
I get it, The idea is not to discourage you, the idea is to let you know fully aware of the time, effort and maintenance that goes into it. that's all. you can lean and acquire all of it. heck, I did but it took me a while. all I'm saying is, you have to be determine because it will cost in a long run no matter how cheap. Thats all.
It honestly depends on what service you use I personally used Wix to make one of my own (which I need to update). They have a pretty simple interface that you can go more in depth with depending on how much you want to do with it.
My solution: Make my hubby do it who's an It business developer, or my friend makes it who's a webdesigner
(In all: I'm not going to tackle this myself)
If you use the right tools, it will be no more difficult than tying your shoelaces, believe me. I already have more than three websites from different businesses that have more than a million users a day. All this is due to the fact that these sites are made to attract attention: design, convenience and comfort in ease of use. All this affects whether you will increase the number of clients or not. To do this I use this useful tool https://amasty.com/magento-server-configuration-service.html1. If you have any difficulties creating a web page then you can resolve all the issues here
There are websites that have templates that you can use and customize. If you are learning basics, HTML is not hard and CSS may just need a few classes. Plus there is a bonus that minimalist site designs are now trendy which makes things a little easier.
Like others here have already said, the easiest way is to use a service that does all the hard work for you, so you don't have to learn any coding. You'll be up and running a site in no time!
However, I wouldn't be too intimidated by coding your own site. It seems scary now because most things on the internet have been made super easy and knowing things like HTML and photo editing are no longer necessary skills. That doesn't mean they're skills that take a lot of effort to learn. Especially HTML is a simple code and it seems confusing at first but it's quite easy to learn. Especially since every single piece of code you could need can be found online and you can just copypaste them into your own code. CSS and Java take more effort to learn but for a simple site you don't even need that much of them. With them you don't need to learn the whole coding system but only the pieces you need and how to use them. Just because a lot of websites these days use ridiculously complex navigation systems doesn't mean you need to do that. Sometimes a simple website is better and more user friendly. Which is exactly what basic HTML can give you.
In my opinion the key ingredients on making a nice website is making it easy to navigate and having it be pleasing to look at. Sometimes a clean and beautiful design can be executed with a really simple code. For webcomics that's usually all you really need.
This so far, is the best advice. I'm going to add to it though:
-Understanding how to maintain https is a must - google is now a hard ass about this.
-design, design, design. We're in the era of mobile apps. Your website must be mobile friendly. CSS3's media queries can help you with this, building whats called a responsive web site.
-Adding to the above, ADA compliance is now a must. Your site legally must be accessible by those with handicaps.
-We have frameworks now to help us with some of this stuff. Twitter Bootstrap is a great way to have a lot of stuff built
for you already and ready to be dropped in. ReactJS, Angular, VueJS etc are also all there to help you with the coding side.
-SEO is a necessity. Search engines need to know how to crawl your page so they can determine how relevant they are to search terms and thus rank it higher in search results. Otherwise you'll flounder on page 100 of google.
We use the Wordpress software. Most hosting services offer it as a fee, but GoDaddy lets you install without charges. From there, we use a Wordpress theme called ComicPress, and a plugin called "webcomic" and that's basically it. It requires a tiny bit pf programming, but if we can do it, anyone can. =P
It's not necessarily difficult if you use the sites like wix and squarespace. But it can be kind of pricey and whether you use one of those services or build your own from scratch you still have yearly domain fees. With the sites you have their subscription fees as well.
