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Step 1
Plan the architecture of your site. Decide how many pages your site will contain, and what information you will present on each page. It may be helpful to draw a diagram on paper that shows which pages within the site that you want to link to the other pages.
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Step 2
Create the basic layout of your site, using your HTML editor. Set the background color and font color. If you want to include different columns in your site, you can create a table with one row and two or three columns. You can also do this by using the div element. If you use this method, float the div that will be the left column left and the right column right.
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Step 3
Add an image or text at the top of your page as your header. You may have a logo that you want to include here, or you may simply want large text with the name of your business or website.
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Step 4
Create your site navigation. You can use an image editor to create buttons, or you can simply use text links. Once you've inserted the text or images for your navigation links, you can right click on them and choose "Make Link." This will open a box that will allow you to type in the address of the link or browse through your files to select the target file.
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Step 5
Save this file as your template. Select "Save as Template" from the save menu in your HTML editor. Select the regions that you want to be editable on other pages within your site. Editable regions are areas that will be different on most pages within the site. Editable regions can be selected by highlighting the area that you want to be editable and selecting "Set Editable Region" from your menu bar.
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Step 6
Open a new file based on your new template and save it as "Index." This will be your site's homepage. Repeat this process until you've created a page for each area of your site that you planned out in Step 1. Other common pages found in pamphlet websites include about, contact, services, and media, but you can include any type of page that you want.
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Step 7
Add the content that you planned in Step 1 to each of your new pages. Each page should have a purpose and contain its own content that stands alone from the other pages within your site. Visitors to your site could end up on a page other than your homepage first, so you'll want to have navigation to all the other areas of your site on every page.
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Step 8
Publish your website to your hosting server. You can do this using free software, such as Core FTP.
