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How to Make a Sports Website for your Team or LeagueBY: MattD | Category: Sports | Post Date: 2009-07-21
Having a website is a must for your sports team or league in the 21st Century. With important information that needs to be communicated on a daily basis, there is no easier way to keep your players, parents and fans informed other than a sports website. Before you can think about getting your site up and running, you will first have some things to consider, such as: 1. Creating and Maintaining a Website 2. Hosting a Website 3. Buying and Managing a Domain Name 4. Getting Exposure for a Website 5. Fixing Technical Problems Creating and Maintaining a Website YOUR OPTIONS: 1. Learn how to become a computer programmer and make your site from scratch. The amount of time this will take depends on your programming skills and how advanced you want your site to be. 2. Pay someone to make a custom site for you. This is a great option if your budget can afford a Sports Information Department. Your webmaster will need to create your website and be in constant communication with you to update your website. 3. Use a Sports Website Builder to make your site. This will give you the features you need and control over your site. The cost is minimal which includes professional technical support. Hosting a Website One of the most important factors for your website is how and where you host your website. Website hosting is storing your website on a computer that is shared on the World Wide Web for everyone to view. Typically this would be done on a "super computer" with a website hosting company. You will have important information on your website that your visitors are counting on being able to view, so it is crucial that you have a reliable company hosting your website. Keep in mind that if you decide to create your own website you will need to re-upload your website every time you make a change, whereas if you use a sports website builder your changes will be uploaded automatically. Buying and Managing a Domain Name Owning a domain name is like owning real estate on the internet. Your domain name will be the place where everyone can find your website. To obtain a domain name you need to register it with an ICANN-accredited domain registrar. When you register a domain name you need to be aware of the fine print and extra services you may be purchasing without your knowledge. There are a number of services to manage such as domain forwarding, domain masking, auto renewals, domain transferring and domain emails. It is not an impossible task to manage the domain services at your disposal, but it can get tricky filtering through them all. Getting Exposure for a Website With all of the competition in sports today, everyone is looking for that edge to get recognized. To put your site on the map you will want to start by getting picked up by a search engine such as Google. Once that has been accomplished you will need to raise the ranking of your website on the search engines. There are certain measures you can take to ensure the likelihood of your website being recognized above others such as having a good title, content and keywords. This process will take a lot of time and energy to accomplish. Fixing Technical Problems If you decide to create a website from scratch you will need to prepare yourself for potential technical problems ranging from programming errors to server malfunctions. Problems you will most likely encounter can be very time consuming and require a wide variety of technical expertise. Hiring a webmaster would help alleviate programming errors, but you may still have to deal with server issues. SPORTS WEBSITE SOLUTION If you are not a computer programmer and you do not have the budget for a Sports Information Department, using a Sports Website Builder is probably your best option on a number of levels. Even if you are a talented website programmer, you may be taking on a larger project than can be anticipated. It can only be one of two ways if you make it from scratch: • Create a dynamic website that will distribute information throughout the site and upload automatically from one simple change. - OR - • Create a static website that will require you to manually update and upload your site every time you make a change. Dynamic websites are great for sports teams and leagues because the information is constantly being updated. The only problem is that it is difficult to create. A static website is easier to create, but it will be very time consuming when you have to update your site frequently. With the services of HomeTeamsONLINE you will be able to meet the needs of your sports team or league in the 21st Century. HTO is a Sports Website Builder that offers dynamic website templates allowing you to easily make your own website from anywhere you can access the internet. Every time you make a change to your website it uploads automatically and distributes the information accordingly throughout your site. HomeTeamsONLINE has been offering sports website templates since 2000 and has established a top ranking among sports websites on search engines such as Google that all HTO users inherit. That means instant credibility and increased exposure for your team or league, along with website reliability through years of being battle tested. Besides having a team of programmers to take on all of the technical problems a website can encounter, HomeTeamsONLINE offers superior customer service for you that goes beyond just fixing your problems. There are a number of packages HomeTeamsONLINE offers depending on your needs: ROOKIE (FREE) • 100% Free with No Ads on your Site • Change your Website Colors to match your team • Update your Roster, Coaches, Schedule & Scores • Keep everyone informed with your Home Page • Password Protect your Site or Individual Pages • Individual Profiles for every Player and Coach PRO-STYLE ($45) • Comprehensive Statistics Program with Sortable Stats & Automated Team Leaders • Upload photos and videos with your Photo Gallery & Media Manager • Spice up your website with an Instant Flash Banner & Logo • Post information on your About, B-Board, Records & Awards Pages ALL-STAR ($95) • Get your own Free Domain Name with Domain Management • Create Custom Pages and Navigation Links for your Site • Support your Sponsors with your own Sponsors Page • Receive messages on your Guestbook and post News Articles CHAMPION ($195) • Collect payments online using Online Registration • Sell your own products with your Online Store • Sponsor Banners on every page to sell to your Sponsors • Use the Online Donation Manager to handle all of your Fundraising Go to www.HomeTeamsONLINE.com for a free Rookie site and start taking advantage of a dynamic sports website. *Prices are for individual teams. 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