How to Create a Blog/How to create a Website

If you’re watching this page, you’re definitely in need of a blog or website. Your wait is over now, you can get your website or blog up and running on your own now. It doesn’t matter if you are not a tech expert or if you don’t have any previous knowledge about web development. I’ll help you create your first website. We’re gonna use WordPress website builder to create a website. You’ll be all up and ready to create your website in under 30 minutes after you finish this tutorial.

*and if you want your website built and customized, I provide this service, contact me at Fiverr *

And yeah, you don’t need a lot of money for this either. It costs from $0 to $60 to create your own website.

Step 1:

Register a domain and get Web Hosting:

To start this process, you’re gonna need two things:

·      Domain Name or URL

·      Web Hosting

Owning a domain name looks more professional than some random domain name that someone else owns like *abc.free-website.com* and owning a domain name is pretty affordable.

You cannot go on any further in website creation if you don’t have a domain name and hosting.

Now, where to get these?

For domain and web hosting, head over to BLUEHOST. They have different plans, choose the one that suits you the most. There prices start from $2.75/month and currently they are providing the domain name completely FREE for one year.

Choose a plan that suits you best. Bluehost basically has four plans:

·      Basic

·      Plus

·      Choice Plus

·      Pro

Choose Basic plan if you’re on a budget or if you are expecting a lot of visitors, choose the Choice Plus plan or Pro plan.

Get a Domain Name:

Choosing a domain name is an easy part of this process.

·      If you’re creating a website for your business, your domain names should include your business name. It may look something like *yourcompanyname.com*.

·      If you’re creating a website for personal use, using your name as a domain name is not a bad option either. It may look something like *yourname.com*.

Fill In Your Account Details:

You need to fill in your personal information like first name, last name, country, street address, city, zip code, phone number, and email address. Your receipt will be sent to the email address you enter here.

It’s optional to also add in your business name within this form.

And then enter your payment information to continue.

Checking Package Info:

Choose the package of your choice and finish the registration.

*Now create your password and login to Bluehost*

Step:2

Setting Up Website:

Now it’s time to get our website up and running.

Install WordPress:

Follow the following steps to Install WordPress.

1. Log in to your hosting (Bluehost) account.

2. Go to your control panel.

3. Look for the “WordPress” icon.

4. Choose the domain where you want to install your new website.

5. Click the “Install Now” button and you will get access to your new WordPress website.

After installation, you will see a very simple looking website.

But don’t worry, you can make it look the way you want.

For that you need a theme, that basically tells how your website will look.

This an example of a theme:

You’ll get hundreds of theme to choose from.

To find a theme you like, follow the steps down below:

1. Log into your WordPress dashboard (type in: https://yoursite.com/wp-admin and replace “yoursite with your domain”).

Dashboard looks something like this:

2. Click on “Appearance” and then on themes.

3. Choose the theme you like and then click on “Install Now”.

Adding Content:

Adding and editing pages

To create a page, follow the steps below:

1. Look along the sidebar in the WordPress Dashboard for “Pages à Add New”.

2. Add text, images and more to build the page you want, then save it when you’re done.

 Adding pages to the menu

To link your new page to navigation bar,

1. Save changes you’ve made to the page by clicking “Update”.

2. Click “Appearance” --> “Menus” in the sidebar of the WordPress Dashboard.

3. Find the page you created and add it to the list by clicking the checkbox next to it and then “Add to Menu”.

Adding a new plugin:

To install a new plugin, simply go to “Plugins" then click "Add New”.

Search for the plugin you need. Simply install and then activate it.

You’ve your first website all set up now, CONGRATULATIONS.