guide to your first wordpress website

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Guide to your first WordPress website

Article by Jerry ofWeb Hosting Secret Revealed

A confession: I am a big fan of WordPress. I strongly believe WordPress is the best (and most

poplar! "#S$blogging platform for any beginners %ho %ish to start a ne% %ebsite. And& e'pect forthe old %ebsites I started since year ))* I rn all my %ebsites in WordPress no%adays.

+Ho% do I start a %ebsite,- /his is the most common 0estion I get from my friends and relatives.

1ac2 in old times& in order to ans%er the 0estion& I need to e'plain abot H/#3& 4/P& database&

W5SIS56 soft%are li2e 7ream%eaver& and so on.

8ot no% anymore.

Want to start a %ebsite, +6o %ith WordPress.- /hat9s my standard shortands%eet ans%er for all.

/his long article is meant for ne%bies %ho %ish to start a ne% WordPress site or blog. In case yohate to read long articles from yor compter screen& I prepared a printerready pdf version for this

gide and yo can do%nload it here.

WordPress Explained

4irst thing first& %hat is WordPress, As described in developer9s o%n %ords:

+WordPress is pblishing soft%are %ith a focs on ease of se& speed and a great ser e'perience.

WordPress is blessed %ith an active commnity& %hich is the heart of open sorce soft%are.-

+WordPress is a po%erfl personal pblishing platform& and it comes %ith a great set of featres

designed to ma2e yor e'perience as a pblisher on the Internet as easy& pleasant and appealing as

possible. We are prod to offer yo a freely distribted& standardscompliant& fast& light and free

personal pblishing platform& %ith sensible defalt settings and featres& and an e'tremely

cstomi;able core. -

In layman term& WordPress is an opensorce %eb application that provides a convenient %ay to

create& pblish& and manage contents online. WordPress %as mainly sed as a blogging platform at

first bt as the soft%are revolt* it is %idely sed in bilding and maintaining %ebsites.

If yo are into history& readAbot Wordpress.

Benefits of WordPress

WordPress is free& easytose& featres rich& S$? on WordPress

plgins and templates.

I %rote a brief article abot %hyWordPress is recommendedbt I don9t thin2 it 9s necessary for yo

to dig ot the old stffs.

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Whats about WordPress template and plugin?

A WordPress template is the design codes (in css and php files! that decide the otloo2 of yor

%ebsite$blog* %hile WordPress plgins are fnctional codes that provide e'tra fnctions to yor

%ebsite$blog.

I9ll go into details for each of these at belo%.

WordPress.org vs WordPress.com

People al%ays confsed %ith WordPress.org and WordPress.com. WordPress.org is all abot the

soft%are (%here yo can find spports& docmentations and do%nload lin2s on the soft%are!*

WordPress.com on the other hand& is %here yo can host a free blog online sing the WordPresssoft%are. 1logs hosted on WordPress.com %ill have long BR3s li2e

http:$$%%%.myblog.%ordpress.com Cst li2e %hat yo get from 1logspot.com.

WordPress Templates Explained

/he beaty of WordPress is that the design of yor blog$%ebsite is Dseperated9 from the bac2end

system.

/he appearance of yor WordPress blog$%ebsite is controlled by a series of files named template or

theme. 5o can modify yor blog$%ebsite designs easily by editing yor files in the template folders(%ithot toching the bac2end system!. =nce yo get the stylesheets and template files configred&

the design %ill be reflected thr ot yor blog$%ebsite and there9s no need to edit the designs on

pagebypage basis.

Do I need to create WordPress templates mself?

5es if yo %ant to* bt it 9s not a mst. As a matter of fact& most WordPress bloggers do not create

their o%n blog$%ebsite templates. /here are plenty of templates available (for free or for an

affordable price! online. If this is yor first WordPress blog& I %old sggest yo start by sing

templates bilt by others.



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Where can I get those beautiful WordPress templates?

A simple search on 6oogle shold get yo infinite WordPress templates. Alternatively& yo can find

beatifl templates from WordPress themes gallery sites as %ell as related blogs.Some lin2s to get yo started:

!fficial WordPress Website

/hemes 7irectory

"elated Blogpost

E beatifl WP themes in blogs& gallery& and maga;ine styles

)) e'cellent free high 0ality WordPress themes

WordPress Themes #alleries

WP /hemes FG)

/op WP /hemes

WP /heme 7esigner

Paid Themes $ites


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Installing WordPress on local computer

1efore installing WordPress& yo need a miniserver installed in yor compter something li2e

WA#P shold be good enogh. When yo are done %ith WA#P (or %hatever system yo are sing

on yor compter!& godo%nload WordPress installation fileand follo% the D4amos E#inte Install9

gides.

Koting from WordPress official %ebsite (http:$$code'.%ordpress.org$InstallingNWordPress!

. 7o%nload and n;ip the WordPress pac2age& if yo haven9t already.

. "reate a database for WordPress on yor %eb server& as %ell as a #ySK3 ser %ho has all

privileges for accessing and modifying it.

F. Rename the %pconfigsample.php file to %pconfig.php.

>. =pen %pconfig.php in yor favorite te't editor and fill in yor database details as e'plained

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Installing WordPress on %eb host

If yo are planning to rn a WordPress %ebsite from the beginning& loo2 for a %eb host that can

atoinstall WordPress for yo. /here are plenty (and I really mean P3


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Example( Installing WordPress using $imple$cripts

Installing WordPress (or any other %eb applications! sing atoinstall featres li2e 4antastico and

SimpleScripts is easy. I9ll sho% a screentoscreen e'ample here.

3ogin to yor Hostmonster accont and go to SimpleScripts main page. "lic2 DWordpress9 to proceed

on the installation.

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/he Wordpress installation page covers a brief intro on the %eb applications and reveals the latestversion spported by the %eb host. In this case& the spported version is WordPress v..b.& %hich

is released in late #ay ))L. "lic2 DInstall 8o%9 to begin setp.

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=n ne't screen& yo9ll be re0ired to inpt all the necessary information. What9s yor desired

WordPress version, What9s yor desired site name and preferred tag lines, 7o yo need additional

admin login, "lic2 D"omplete9 once everything is set and the atoinstallation process %ill begins.

(5es& after this everything %ill Cst goes ato pilotQ!



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And there yo go& a fresh copy of WordPress installed in my Hostmonster accont. 8ote that

installation screen might be a little different for different %eb host (some se 4antastico& some se in

hose program! bt the process is basically the same.

Bpon completion& yo %ill be given an BR3 to login to yor WordPress administrator page. In most of

the time& it loo2s something li2e this: http:$$%%%.e'ampleblog.com$%padmin.

6o to this BR3 and login %ith yor preset details there& yo are no% in the bac2end of yorWordPress site.

#etting started %ith WordPress

Here9s ho% WordPress dashboard loo2s li2e. Pretty cool isn9t,

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Pblishing a post or page is simple. "lic2 on post& add ne%& and yo9ll come to the post page. Write

%hat yo %ant to %rite for the content and title& select or create the category for the article& clic2

pblish to (%ell! pblish& and clic2 save draft if yo %ish to pase and contine yor %riting in ftre.


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Wrapping things up( )ore "esources

/his is a pretty long post and gosh I can9t believe that I have already spent more than G hors in

crafting this post. I hope this article helps and of corse& there are a lot more to be learned. /o %rap

p this gide& here9s the list of frther reading materials.

WordPress official lessons

WordPress template tags

WordPress designs and layots

6ettingstarted gides for WordPress.com

Ho% to perform a manal WordPress installation

WordPress beginner 6ides and list of sefl plgins

6etting started %ith WordPress

Bsing WordPress to manage yor %eb content

WordPress ttorials

Ho% to start$setp yor o%n blog sing WordPress

Bse WordPress as a "#S (%ith loads of handy plgins recommendation!

Ho% to se WordPress as a trly cstomi;ed "#S

F mst see free blogging platform

>F %ays to ma2e yor blog stands ot from the rest

> creative %ays to se WordPress

Have fn and good lc2Q

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