How to make a powerful website- Do it yourself
No need for any web language
Here we show you the way of making a powerful website with hostgator.
Before start we will discuss about the basics of the websites.
Domain – You will need a something for people to type into their browser to get to your website. You’ll learn exactly where and how to purchase it, and point it in the direction of your website.
Hosting – You will need somewhere for your website to live. You’ll learn exactly how and where to purchase it and set it up.
WordPress – Your website needs software to “power” it. And nothing beats WordPress nowadays. You’ll learn exactly how to set up a WordPress website safely, securely (with 1-click install!).
Design + More Information – WordPress makes it easy to have a professional looking website – and has the ability to become whatever you want it to be. You’ll learn exactly where and how to learn everything you’ll ever need to know about WordPress and doing WordPress website setup.
Step 1. Go to HostGator and select ‘View Web Hosting Plans’. Then select the plan you want (the Baby plan is an especially good value) – but if you only want 1 website, then the Hatchling plan will do as well.
Step 2. Fill in the checkout page fields. Start with selecting “I already own a domain” and enter in a new username and PIN code.(or select a new plan)
Step 3. Continue filling out your billing information and continue down to the up sells and promo code section. You can uncheck all the upsells. You can purchase them from better, cheaper providers elsewhere or another time. None are necessary to get your site going.
Then go ahead and agree to Terms and checkout!
Step 4. It takes a couple minutes for your account to get ready. When it’s ready, you will get an email from HostGator that looks like this…
Step 5. Copy the 1st and 2nd Nameserver, and go log in to where you bought your domain names.Then navigate to your Domain’s DNS area. Then, replace the current DNS with the ones provided by HostGator.
In GoDaddy: Go to My Account –> Launch Domains –> Select Domain –> In bottom-left, select Set Nameservers –> Select ‘I have specific nameservers’ –> Paste in 1st and 2nd Nameserver provided by HostGator.
In NameCheap, Login –> Manage Domains –> Select Domain –> Select Manage –> Under NameServers, select Custom and place your nameservers there –> Save Changes.
Step 6. That’s how to setup hosting for WordPress! Now all that remains is to Install WordPress. It may take up to 24 hours for the DNS to switch over completely,it usually goes fairly quickly.
How To Install and Configure WordPress
So now that we have an address and a place for our website to live, we can dive into how to setup a WordPress website on the server. WordPress is going to be the software that powers your website. But before it can power your website – it needs to be installed on your HostGator server.
Here’s how to install and configure WordPress…
Installing WordPress With HostGator Quick Install
While you can certainly install WordPress manually, HostGator has an excellent, free, secure tool to quickly install WordPress onto your new hosting account.
Step 1. Login to your HostGator hosting account. The login information is in the Sales account info email you received. Click the link to go to your cPanel (control panel), then login with your username and password as given in the email.
Step 2. Now that you are logged into your shiny new HostGator account – you’ll need to go looking for an icon called “QuickInstall” and open it.
Note – HostGator does put a lot of ads in cPanel, so you can ignore the first few sections. You’re looking for this:
Step 3. Now that you have QuickInstall opened, look on the left side and click WordPress. And then continue.
Step 4. Now you will just fill out your information, and click Install. Be sure that your email address is correct. Leave the field after / blank – that is for only if someone already has a website on the main domain that they want to keep running. Enter your Blog Title – you can change it once you’ve installed WordPress.
Step 6. Congratulations! You’ve got yourself a new WordPress website – and now you know exactly how to set up a WordPress website Be sure to copy your username and password in a safe place (it will also be emailed to you).
And go login to your new WordPress site at http://[yourdomain.com]/wp-admin! Be sure to check out my guide to Getting Started with WordPress here to continue. You’ll learn how to build out your design, add content, and add functionality to your new site.
