WordPress

Why build a WordPress website?

WordPress is a free content management system (CMS) and blogging tool

As of August 2013 was used by 22% of the world’s top 10 million websites
A WordPress blog uses the most popular blogging system around

As of this writing, more than 60 million WordPress websites in the world
Read this WordPress tutorial to learn more

Build a website with WordPress

This page will start at buying domain name

After you finish this WordPress tutorial, you will enter your domain name in search bar and look at your website
All points in between will be covered.

1. Buy a domain name

You could go to WhoIs.com and buy a domain name for around $10

Alternately you could go to a domainer and find the perfect domain name for, say, $50,000
I would stay away from domainers
Suppose you are looking for a domain name for a WordPress tutorial website
- You go to WhoIs.com and search for wordpresstutorial.com
- As you would guess, that domain name is unavailable
- However, WhoIs gives a list of matching domain names
- You can choose wordpresstutorial.website
- Proceed with purchasing and domain name registration

Best domain name

To choose the best domain name from a marketing point of view, remember this acronym: RAIL
- Recall
- Aesthetics
- Impressions
- Length
  - Recall: Will domain name be easy to use/remember? Choose a name that’s easy to recall
  - Aesthetics: How does name look written on paper? How will it
    appear alongside other lettering on business cards and company
    stationery?
  - Impressions: First impressions can be crucial. So select a domain name that gives immediate good impression
  - Length: Typing a short web-address is always preferable to typing a long one. Choose for length

2. Web host

Need a web host that offers free WordPress

Excellent web host: LiquidNet Ltd Hosting
Best technical support team I have ever used
I cannot say enough good things about this host

I will be explaining things as if you are using LiquidNet
If you are using a different host, do some creative thinking to guess at the similarities between the two hosts
Do they have the customer support to help with all aspects of your WordPress website?

page 2 of the WordPress tutorial

DNS

3. Change DNS settings

Using LiquidNet Ltd Hosting?
- Domain name server (DNS) settings will be
  dns1.supremedns.com & dns2.supremedns.com
Go to website where you bought domain name
Go to support area
and find how to change DNS settings

Suppose you bought webdesignblog.biz from WhoIs.com
This is how to change DNS setting

Go to manage.whois.com/customer
Log in using email address & password
That takes you to the “Jump to Domain” box

Enter domain name and click arrow button

In new screen click on Name Servers link

You’ll see the manage name servers box

Enter LiquidNet Hosting settings: dns1.supremedns.com & dns2.supremedns.com

These DNS settings tell World Wide Web where to go look for a
domain name

In this case,
tells Web to go to Liquid Net Ltd Hosting and find appropriate
page

Note that DNS propagation takes from several hours to several days

After propagation is complete, every Interconnection in world can find URL

4. Host your domain

Finish off domain name server process by getting domain name hosted

Log into LiquidNet Hosting (or whoever your webhost is)

Click on My domains > Hosted
domains > Host domain

Enter your domain name (webdesignblog.biz in this example)

Click Add a Host button

Notice the name of the domain with a green circle to the right of it.

This image is telling you

That webdesignblog.biz is hosted by LiquidNet Ltd Hosting

And the World Wide Web knows about the new DNS settings

5. Install WordPress

Using LiquidNet Ltd Hosting? If so, this tells you how to install WordPress.

Go to Installer > Applications Installer > WordPress.

After you click on WordPress, you will get an Install Application
box like this one. Take careful note of these instructions:

a. You do not want people to have to type in wordpress after the domain name. Delete that word but leave the slash

b. Your domain name will be in the box. If you have more than
one domain name with WordPress, click dropdown box
arrow and scroll down with keyboard down arrow.

c. Fill in rest of form. Change the Admin user name to increase security.

d. Change Weblog title to something that you would want people to see.

e. Change database prefix to something like wpp_ to increase security.

f. Add and confirm a password that you would use every time you log into website

g. Click install button.

If you use LiquidNet Ltd Hosting, you will receive an email telling how to get to your new WordPress administration panel.
Click on login link and use username & password from your
email

If you do not use LiquidNet and are a bit confused by these instructions, watch the YouTube video below. Alternately, you could use Income Activator. This website was built with Income Activator. I find it easier to use than WordPress. Plus, it includes the software for ten different ways to earn money online including an easy-to-install store.

6. Adding a new page

To
add a new page, go to your dashboard and click on Pages >
Add New. Then, using the Visual mode, you add a title, text and
possibly pictures.

Then click the Publish button and view your page. If you want to make any changes, click Edit Page tab

7. WordPress Housekeeping Issues

a. Add a few plugins. There are a few free must-have plugins that will make your life simpler. Go look at the WordPress plugin page.

b. Create a home page. Somewhere along the way, you will want
one of your pages to be your home page. To make your home page, go to
Settings > Reading > A static page > select the static page.
Save changes.

8. Start a WordPress Blog

After you installed WordPress, take full advantage of it
Excellent instructions on how to start a WordPress blog
- WordPress Blog page