The easiest guide to building a website

Owning a website is extremely empowering for anyone who has an idea to share with the world. Websites can be used by almost anyone, be it a blogger, freelancer, business owner or an artist because it is super easy to display your work, sell it and receive feedback from people on your own website. Owning a customized website adds to your name's credibility and makes your business look professional. People might think that building a new website is some wizardry that laymen cannot perform. They are wrong.

Making websites is easier than ever and you can learn that today just here. Let’s get started.

#1: Choose your Domain Name and Domain Host

We know that WordPress is free but a professional website needs a domain name and host that needs to be purchased. Purchasing a domain is almost necessary because it looks beautiful and professional and running a site on someone else’s domain is (yourbusiness.wordpress.com) is highly unappealing. Also, purchasing a domain is super easy and affordable.

A good hosting service makes sure that your website does not go down for long hours and loads quickly. This is important to offer your visitors a good experience. You can try hosting the site by yourself but it will take an awful lot of time and you may not be able to serve your website visitors. It is advised to get a proper hosting service that helps you save time and money and meets all the requirements of your WordPress site.

#2: Understanding WordPress

There used to be a time when most sites were built using HTML (code), CSS and even Flash. These took a lot of time to learn and were difficult to master. WordPress is a content management system (CMS) that has made it easy for people belonging to all backgrounds build a website. It is a user-friendly platform that builds sites and manages content online so that you don’t have to invest time in managing loose pages of HTML. About half of the websites on the Internet are running on the WordPress website platform.





Why use WordPress?

We give you five awesome reasons:

1). It’s FREE, with loads of themes to choose from.

WordPress doesn’t charge you to install, and it enjoys the presence of a large community that contributes with brilliant customizable templates and designs that make your website look unique.

2). It welcomes everyone.

Any person in any part of this world with basic knowledge of computer programs such as Microsoft Word will have no difficulty in managing their content. It is expandable with free plugins to tweak any site with every imaginable feature. Add forms, pages, buttons and many other features to your site within minutes.

3). WordPress is everyone's favorite.

Bloggers, business owners or artists, every kind of user can fulfill their needs on this platform, whether their sites are big or small. Some of the biggest names like eBay, Mozilla, Reuters, CNN, Google Ventures and even NASA use WordPress.

4). WordPress sites are ‘responsive’, they work on mobiles & tablets, too.

It’s easy just like that. Websites built on WordPress are instantly responsive and work flawlessly on all kinds of mobile devices, smartphones, and tablets.

5). Got stuck? An expansive support and developer community is ever ready to rescue you.

There are a number of experts like Webmasters, Bloggers, Theme developers and Plugin creators who provide a solution to all your problems for free that you can instantly access using search engines, WordPress support pages, and YouTube tutorials.

With WordPress, you don’t have to put your creative energies into maintaining a complex system of codes and pages, rather you only need to upload and manage your content with simple actions like clicking and dragging.

#3: Time to Set Up Your Website

After purchasing your domain name and host service, you need to install WordPress on the cPanel of your host. 

These are the steps to be followed and these are similar to all major web hosting companies:

  • Log in to your hosting account.
  • Go to your control panel.
  • Look for the “WordPress” icon.
  • Choose the domain where you want to install your website.
  • Click the “Install Now” button and get access to your new WordPress website.
After installing WordPress, you’ll be greeted with a basic site which you can customize as per your choice and needs. There are hundreds of amazing themes available for free which are designed by professionals that can be customized so that no two websites look the same. There are many other purchasable themes available but you might want to start with the free ones first. Once you like any of them, you can customize them, preview and then save them. It is also very easy to change your theme whenever you feel like and won’t cause any loss of posts or pages.

You are now familiar with the basics of website building and it’s time to start building. Remember, you got nothing to lose, so have fun while you experiment. Stay tuned in for more about technology and business every week.

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