Installing WordPress

Installing WordPress
Kristal Kraft

You Will Need:
A Domain Name
Purchase it through your hosting company
A Hosting Account
A Credit Card to Pay for it

Wordpress is…
Content management system
Used as website and/or blog
Open source (FREE!)
Easy to use

Domain Name
www.YourDomainName.com
Best to choose top level domains like .com
Choose a name you won’t get tired of
Consider a name that you can SELL when you retire
Or choose your own name/brand

Where to purchase Domain
GoDaddy
Blue Host 
Any of the many good companies out there that support MYSQL data bases which support WordPress

How much is a Domain?
Annual fees can start as low as $7
You are allowed to prepay as much as 10 years in advance
HINT: prepaid domains carry more “authority” with search engines.
Purchasing a Domain is much like RENTING – as long as you pay the rent, it’s yours.
Miss a payment and you’ll have a hard time getting it back!

Pick a hosing company wisely
Zillions of hosting companies
Choose one with superior service
24/7 technical support is important
English speaking is also very nice
Local is good
Proven or recommended is best

Demonstration Purposes

Hosting costs
Can be paid monthly or annually
Annually you can use one domain to host UNLIMITED domains as “Addons”
Most Hosting companies don’t tell you this
Fees $6.95/month paid each month or $83.40 annually
$10 Domain $83.40 host = $95.40 a year for a blog.
Bonus for each additional domain it’s only $10 per. Hosting is free!
Total costs

Getting Started
Sign up for hosting account
If you already own Domain Name it will need to be moved to new host (assuming you want to switch hosts)
Log in to your BluehostcPanel

cPanel

cPanel continued

Register your new domain
To register a new domain you will need to confirm it is available.
Click “Check”
Proceed thru signups to procure domain

Consider Future use
If you plan to have more than one blog or website:
Use a “throwaway domain” as your main domain
Your “good domains” will be “addons”
Example:
www.ThrowAwayDomain.com
www.DenverHomesForSale.com
www.DenverHomeBlog.com
www.MyFunSite.com
If you never plan to use more than one domain, don’t worry about the above!

Adding Wordpress to domain
In cPanel go to:
Click on Simple Scripts

Simple Scripts
Simple Scripts installs a variety of software.
Find WordPress and click

Click “Install”

Choose Domain to install on
Agree to the Legalese and click “Complete”

Save Your Login info
1) Cut and Paste Password
2)Then click on Login URL

Login to your new blog!

First Change your Password
Go to Dashboard>Users>Admin>
Click on Admin>to pull up your profile
Scroll to bottom of form to change your password to something you can remember
SAVE IT!

Change Permalinks
From Dashboard>Settings>Permalinks
The WordPress default is:http://www.weselldenver.com/?p=123
Create a Custom Structure to give URL more meaning, like this: /%category%/%postname%/http://www.weselldenver.com/neighborhood/washparklife/

You can now design your site
Add Themes
Plugins
Widgets

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Installing WordPress

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