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Build a Website (No-Code)

Step 5 of 8 in Tech Lab

Next in your path: 7.7 Web Development Basics (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)

What you'll be able to do
  • Explain domains, hosting and website builders in plain words.
  • Plan a simple website that gets visitors to take one clear action.
  • Build and publish a free site with Google Sites, step by step.
  • Choose between popular builders for a business or online store.
  • Make your site accessible, trustworthy and findable on Google.
  • Follow your country's basics for domain names, anti-spam rules for email sign-ups, privacy and accessibility (worked examples from Canada: .ca domains, CASL, PIPEDA and Ontario's accessibility rule).
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01

How websites work, in plain words

In simple words

A website is like a shop. The domain is the shop's street address. Hosting is the building where the shop lives. A website builder is a kit that lets you set up the shelves and signs without being a carpenter.

Key facts
  • A domain name is the address people type, like yourbusiness.ca. You rent it yearly from a registrar.
  • Hosting is a computer (server) that stores your site and sends it to visitors. No-code builders include hosting.
  • DNS (Domain Name System) is the internet's phone book: it connects your domain name to the server that hosts your site.
  • HTTPS (the padlock in the browser) means the connection between visitor and site is encrypted. Most builders turn it on for you; check that it is on.
  • Country endings: each country ending has its own rules. In Canada, for example, .ca domains are managed by CIRA (the Canadian Internet Registration Authority). To register one you must meet CIRA's Canadian Presence Requirements (for example, Canadian citizens, permanent residents and Canadian corporations qualify). You register through a CIRA-certified registrar, not CIRA directly.
  • No-code means you build with drag-and-drop blocks instead of writing code. If you want to learn the code underneath, see course 7.7.
In your country
Step by step
  1. Write down three domain names you would like for a business idea. Try one with your country's ending (for example .ca) and one .com.
  2. Open any registrar's search box (a CIRA-certified registrar for .ca).
  3. Type each name and note if it is available.
  4. If a name is taken, change one word and try again.
  5. Do not buy anything yet.
  6. Check: you have three names with available or taken next to each. Remember that a .ca needs Canadian presence.
Watch on YouTube
DNS explained in 5 minutescorbin · YouTube · youtube.com

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LESSON 01How websites work, in plain words
LESSON 01 / ANIMATED LESSON / AI VOICE00:00 / 01:00
Read the video script
[Host] "Three words make websites easy: domain, hosting, builder."
[Text on screen: Domain = address, Hosting = building, Builder = kit] "Domain is the address. Hosting is the building. The builder is your kit."
[Screen: browser padlock icon] "And look for the padlock. HTTPS means the connection is encrypted."
[Text on screen: .ca = Canadian Presence Requirements] "Want a dot-C-A? You need a real Canadian connection, like citizenship, permanent residency or a Canadian company."
Try it now

Write down three domain names you would like for a business idea (try a .ca and a .com). Check if they are available using any registrar's search box. Don't buy anything yet.

ClaudeStuck? Copy a ready-made prompt for Claude

Copy this, open Claude, paste it, and Claude will walk you through the lesson step by step.

For a grown-up: Claude is for adults (18+). Copy this, paste it into Claude, and use the answer to explain the lesson to your child.

I'm learning "Build a Website (No-Code)" on The Future Market. Lesson 1: "How websites work, in plain words".

What the lesson teaches:
- A domain name is the address people type, like yourbusiness.ca. You rent it yearly from a registrar.
- Hosting is a computer (server) that stores your site and sends it to visitors. No-code builders include hosting.
- DNS (Domain Name System) is the internet's phone book: it connects your domain name to the server that hosts your site.
- HTTPS (the padlock in the browser) means the connection between visitor and site is encrypted. Most builders turn it on for you; check that it is on.
- Country endings: each country ending has its own rules. In Canada, for example, .ca domains are managed by CIRA (the Canadian Internet Registration Authority). To register one you must meet CIRA's Canadian Presence Requirements (for example, Canadian citizens, permanent residents and Canadian corporations qualify). You register through a CIRA-certified registrar, not CIRA directly.
- No-code means you build with drag-and-drop blocks instead of writing code. If you want to learn the code underneath, see course 7.7.

The exercise I'm working on:
Write down three domain names you would like for a business idea (try a .ca and a .com). Check if they are available using any registrar's search box. Don't buy anything yet.

I'm stuck. Please:
1. Explain the main idea in plain, simple words with one everyday example.
2. Walk me through the exercise one small step at a time. Ask me what I've done so far before giving the next step.
3. Don't just give me the final answer. Help me do it myself, and check my work when I share it.
I'm a parent helping my child (about 8 years old) with a lesson called "How websites work, in plain words" from the course "Build a Website (No-Code)".

Here's what the lesson says:
A website is like a shop. The domain is the shop's street address. Hosting is the building where the shop lives. A website builder is a kit that lets you set up the shelves and signs without being a carpenter.

The activity:
Write down three domain names you would like for a business idea (try a .ca and a .com). Check if they are available using any registrar's search box. Don't buy anything yet.

Please explain this so an 8-year-old understands: short sentences, a fun everyday example, and no hard words.
Then give me 3 simple questions I can ask my child to check they understood, and a way to do the activity together, one tiny step at a time.
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02

Plan before you build

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03

Build and publish a free site with Google Sites

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04

Choosing a builder for business or a store

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05

Accessible, trustworthy and findable

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06

Email sign-ups and privacy (with Canadian examples)

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Final project

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Quiz

  1. What is a domain name?

  2. What does hosting do?

  3. Who manages domain names for a country's own ending (like .ca), and what may you need to register one?

  4. How do you make changes visible on a Google Site?

  5. What should you check on a builder's pricing page besides the first price?

  6. What is alt text?

  7. Why should a public website follow accessibility standards such as WCAG?

  8. What are the three basics of anti-spam rules for marketing emails?

  9. How quickly should unsubscribe requests be honoured?

  10. What free Google tool shows whether Google can find your site?

EX

Final exam

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CE

Certificate

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