Your First Website: From Server to Search
A ten-part, hands-on path from buying a first server and domain to deploying, operating and submitting a real website for search discovery.
- 01Website Building
How to Buy Your First Cloud Server Without Wasting Money
Choose a first cloud server by workload, region, operating system, memory, disk and renewal cost, then complete a verification checklist before installing anything.
- 02Website Building
First Hour on a New Ubuntu or Debian Server
Turn a blank Ubuntu or Debian instance into a predictable host by checking resources, updating packages, setting time, creating an administrator and documenting the result.
- 03Website Building
Secure a Linux Server with SSH Keys, UFW and Automatic Updates
Harden a beginner Linux server in the safe order: add an SSH key, verify a second session, allow SSH in UFW, open web ports and enable security updates.
- 04Website Building
How to Buy and Protect a Domain Name for Your First Website
Choose a readable domain, compare registration and renewal terms, keep ownership under your control and secure the registrar account before changing DNS.
- 05Website Building
DNS for Beginners: A, AAAA, CNAME and TTL Explained by Practice
Point a root domain and www host to a first server, understand A, AAAA, CNAME and TTL, verify public DNS and remove conflicting records.
- 06Website Building
Build Your First Website with HTML and CSS, Then Preview It Locally
Create a clean one-page website with semantic HTML and responsive CSS, preview it on your own computer and check content before deployment.
- 07Website Building
Deploy Your First Static Website to a Linux Server with Caddy
Upload a local HTML and CSS site to a safe web directory, install Caddy, configure the domain, validate the configuration and publish without exposing a development server.
- 08Website Building
How Caddy Automatic HTTPS Works and How to Troubleshoot It
Understand Caddy automatic HTTPS, verify DNS and ports in order, inspect service logs and solve common certificate failures without destructive guesswork.
- 09Website Building
Website Operations for Beginners: Logs, Monitoring, Backup and Restore
Create a small operating routine for a first website: health checks, disk and memory monitoring, versioned backups, off-server copies and a tested restore procedure.
- 10SEO
Help Baidu and Google Discover a New Website: A Practical SEO Checklist
Prepare useful pages, crawlable links, metadata, canonical URLs, robots and sitemap, then verify the site and submit it through Google Search Console and Baidu Search Resource Platform.