Have you wanted to set up a website of your own? Perhaps you want to start a blog to share your recipes or all the crazy things your kids do. While there is a lot that goes into building a stunning website like this one ?, the process of starting a website it quite simple.
This post is a guest post from Jebby of Xploited.media
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Do you want to make a website yourself? Then you’ve come to the right place. On this page, you will find a free tutorial with which you can build your website.
This tutorial is suitable for the absolute beginner. You do not need any technical knowledge. If you know how the mouse and keyboard work, you can create a professional website. Moreover, building a site does not have to take much time. You can have your website design online within 15 minutes.
Domain name and hosting
The domain name is the address at which visitors can visit your website. The domain of this site is Xploited.media and if someone types this in, this person will end up on our site.
Simply put, web hosting is the place where your website is placed. At a hosting company, you can put the site on a server. The server and your domain name are then linked together, allowing visitors to view your website.
You now have to register a domain name and order hosting. We recommend Neostrada for this. This is a good hosting company used by many websites. When you get to their website, you first need to choose a hosting package.
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Not sure which hosting package to choose?
If you don’t know which hosting package to take, just choose the ‘Starter’ package. This is the smallest and cheapest hosting package. However, this is more than enough for beginners. A larger hosting package is often not yet necessary.
After this, you have to enter your details and choose a domain name.
Have you done all this? Then you have successfully registered a domain name and ordered hosting. Congratulations! Now you just need to install the software.
Install the software
The software we will use to build the site in WordPress. This is a free program that allows you to easily create your website. No technical knowledge is required for this.
WordPress is used by millions of websites and blogs worldwide. Major sites and companies such as UPS, Sony, eBay, TechCrunch, and Mashable use WordPress.
Before you can use WordPress, you must first install it. You can install WordPress both automatically and manually. We will show you in this tutorial how to install WordPress manually because we prefer this way.
Have you followed the steps from the article and installed WordPress?
Then you have now made a website yourself. Just type in your domain name and view the result. The site does not look very nice and professional at the moment, but you can still change all this.
Log into WordPress
The great thing about WordPress is that there is a dashboard and from this, you can manage the entire website. To log in to the dashboard, type /wp-login.php after your domain name and then press enter. When you have done that, you will see the login screen. Here you must enter your username and password and click on ‘login’.
Explore the management area
If you are logged in, you will enter the administration area. From this dashboard, you can manage the entire website. On the left side of the dashboard, you will see a menu that allows you to navigate through the entire management area.
The best way to familiarize yourself with the dashboard is to take a look at everything and try it out. Just click on the links in the menu and try everything.
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Add a blog post and page
One of the reasons so many people create a website with WordPress is the ease with which you can create and publish new posts and pages. After 2 mouse clicks, you can already start writing a new blog post (another word for message) and with 1 mouse click, you can publish this message on your blog.
To create a new blog post, you must first click on ‘posts’ and then click on ‘new post’. Then you will see the text editor. Enter a title here and write the text.
Above the text box is a toolbar that allows you to adjust the text. For example, you can use the toolbar to bold a word or add a quote. We recommend that you try all options in the toolbar. Then you know quickly enough what options there are and what you can do with them.
Do you want to put the blog post online? Then click on ‘publish’. The message is then published on your blog and is then visible to everyone.
Adding a page is the same as adding a post. The only difference is that you have to go to ‘pages’ in the menu and then click on the ‘new page’. Enter the title and text here again and then click on ‘publish’.
Change theme, install plugins, and more
We have now shown you how to start a website, how to login to the dashboard, and how to add posts and pages. However, many other things are important to know. If we put everything on this page, this page will be way too long. That’s why we created this beginner’s guide. Here you will find all the things that are important to know. We recommend that you read these articles from the manual:
- Setting up WordPress for optimal use
In WordPress it is best to adjust several settings. The settings are not all automatically optimally set, so it is advisable to make some adjustments.
- Installing a WordPress theme
You can easily change the layout of your site by installing a different template. The theme determines the layout of your website. In this article, we explain how exactly this should be done.
- 3 ways to install a WordPress plugin
With a plugin you can add new features to your website. In this article, we explain where to find plugins and how to install them.
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Get started with marketing
If you have created a site, however, you are not ready yet. Then the real work starts! And that is website promotion. You have to promote your website so that visitors come there. The most common ways to attract visitors are advertising, search engine optimization, and social media. Several lesser-known methods are not widely discussed. Then we advise you to read this article about website promotion. The article clearly explains how you can get visitors to your site.
Other options
We have now shown you how to create a site with the WordPress software. However, there are also other ways to create a website.
Do you want to build a website, but don’t have the money for it? Then you can create a free website. There are various English websites where you can create a free blog or website. However, we never recommend anyone to a free website, because there are too many drawbacks.
Often you do not have the opportunity to choose your domain name and sometimes even advertisements are placed on your site. You can also choose to have a website made. You hereby outsource the creation of the website to a company. This is ideal if you don’t have enough time to develop a site yourself. Having a website built is not that expensive anymore.
Often you have a website from 500 euros. Of course, the price depends on the requirements you set on the site. So there are several ways to build websites and you will have to make a choice yourself. However, we can wholeheartedly recommend WordPress, because this is a fantastic system to work with.
Did it work?
Did you manage to create a website? Then we wish you good luck with the new site. Do not forget to subscribe to our newsletter, so you will always be kept informed of events on our website.