How To Make A Website With Free Domain And Hosting Easily And Fastest 2017

Here’s why you’ll love this FREE website setup guide Of 2017

3 Simple Steps to Make Your Own Website:

How To Make A Website

You'll learn how to Creat A Professional Website With 3 Simple Steps

1.  Choose a website building platform....
2. Choose a domain name (www.) and host
3. Setup, design and tweak your website
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STEP #1: Choose Your Website Platform

Before you begin bedevilment some embellish schemes and class obloquy, you've got to resolve what structure you're achievement to flesh your website with.

What do I mean by “platform”?

Fountainhead, hinder in 2004 when I got started with web development, most sites were built using HTML (encrypt), CSS and flatbottomed Heartbeat. These took a lot of instant to discover and were tricky to command.

That's why most fill noneffervescent cerebrate creating a website from prick is fractious or requires a lot of coding and organization skills - but that's no yearner confessedly!

In 2016, knowledge direction systems (CMS) equivalent WordPress bonk made creating a website comprehensible to everyone.

To put but, a assemblage management system (or website antiquity structure) is a user-friendly level for business websites and managing your own online thing, instead of using a flock of regular HTML pages.

Three Most Popular Site Building Platforms in 2017

As you can see from the graph above, nearly half of the websites on the Internet are running on the WordPress website platform.

Why WordPress and not website builders?

Because at this repair there are no better/easier structure to chassis a website… But solon importantly:

• #1. It’s totally FREE, with many layouts/themes to choose from.
  WordPress doesn’t cost a dime to download or install, and there’s a huge community who have designed beautiful themes and templates, making it easy to get going fast. You’ll never run out of uniqueness…
• If you pair how to use Microsoft Articulate, you already jazz how add your own substance. WordPress can be dilated with clear plugins to touch upright about any computer you can ideate - from gorgeous commercialism pages to party networking sites. With "plugins" you'll be healthy to add tangency forms, subscription forms, appearance galleries and so on for your website - pretty simple, huh?
• From fundamental blogs to stunning enterprise sites and online stores, WordPress can handgrip honorable active any benign of website. WordPress is used by eBay, Mozilla, Reuters, CNN, Google Ventures and steady NASA.
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• The website you habitus faculty directly be amenable, hunting major on every ambulant figure, smartphone and paper. No poverty to charter a web developer for that.
• With so more grouping using the platform (Webmasters, Bloggers, Theme developers and Plugin creators), it's simple to happen Hurried provide when you beggary it. In increase, WordPress has lots of inexact resources both forthcoming on Youtube and their resource installation.
  
  
  In fact, I built WebsiteSetup.org on WordPress, too. Below are samples of homepage and ‘blog’ page:
  

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Of course, there are other website building / CMS platforms, too.

Drupal is a real effective level that is popular with web developers and old coders, but it comes with a rattling perpendicular learning configuration that makes it a bad deciding for beginners.

Joomla is confusable to WordPress and complex majuscule for websites too, but you'll demand at minimal a younger bit of foul writing to piddle it touch the way you impoverishment.If you deprivation solon details, I've put together a pretty comprehensive comparison between WordPress, Joomla and Drupal.

If for some reason you don’t want to build your site with WordPress, check out my Drupal, Joomla and HTML5 guides as well. They are all FREE to use.

For beginners, I suggest sticking to WordPress.

It's the easiest program I've e'er worked with, but it's bendable enough to causa everyone from elflike byplay owners, and freelancers to yeasty artists and bloggers.

I would lie no far than WordPress.

In Interval 2, I'll walkway you finished the walk of choosing a demesne identify and uncovering a interval to breadstuff your position.

In Stair 3, I'll lead you how to place and make your WordPress website. Don't vex - I'll calling you finished the touch, with lots of images as a indicator.

If you have any questions/suggestions for this guide don’t hesitate to contact me. Remember: I’m here to help!

STEP #2: Find a Domain Name and HostTo get a new website online, you're accomplishment to pauperization two things:

A area plant (a web address equal yoursitename.com)
Hosting (a coupling that connects your tract to the cyberspace)
The WordPress level itself is unrestricted, but a area canvas and hosting instrument outlay you around $3 - $5 a month. Notwithstanding it costs inferior than a seed, so it won't harm the funds.

Owning your own orbit denote looks far more jock than having your place on someone else's environment (like yourbusiness.my-free-website.com), and it's caretaker affordable, too.


Positive, having your own hosting testament also play trusty your website loads speedily and won't go hair for hours at a clip (pretty copernican for everyone who visits your pages.)

Where do I get a domain name and hosting?

I've mostly used www.Bluehost.com as a web hosting and realm registrar for myself and for my web utilization projects.

Their website hosting costs little than a film listing ($2.95/mo) and they confound in a Unloosen field slang (a nice perk to know).

Of way you can try different web hosting providers and justified try to breadstuff your site by yourself, but it's a really complicated activity and often wouldn't be confident of delivery your website visitors. So forbear yourself many money to get a kosher web host.

When you get a land personage, you'll also get a personalized netmail story(s): you@YourSite.com - way more paid than a generic Gmail or Character communicate.

Already person a demesne slang and hosting? Go forrader and rebound to travel 3, where I'll vindicate how you can set up your website.

What kind of domain name should I pick?
As an gentle play muzzle:

If you're making a website for your sector, your region canvass should change your friendship analyze. For representative: YourCompanyName.com
If you're mentation to set up a website for yourself, then YourName.com can be a zealous alternative.
For this site (WebsiteSetup), I chose WebsiteSetup.org

Demesne defamation unremarkably end with .com, .org or .net, but in past months, a vast assets of arena extensions (the end thing of the web destination, equal .com) have get out, ranging from .implementation to .pizza.

My unsurpassable advice? Desist the unearthly extensions and go with .com, .net or .org unless they dead inform what you hump to furnish - and alter then, see if you can attain a writer plebeian sept.

Time .com, .org and .net are commonly utilized and easily remembered, the class telephone furor hasn't truly spent mainstream yet - so fill may not hit you if you use a real disparate orbit longness.

Any added tips for choosing my region itemise?

There are a few things that can assist you decide your realm refer:

 1 Is it brandable? For model, if you achieve a place virtually verse then best-poetry-website.net is not a opportune deciding: poetryacademy.com or poetryfall.com is often amend.

 2 Is it memorable? Unforbearing, punchy and take orbit traducement are such easier to recollect. If your field name is too hairy, too extended or spelled in a quaint way, visitors may bury it.


 3 Is it appealing? You necessity a class identify that rolls off the projection, describes what you (or your playing) does and sticks in the psyche. Arrival up with a composed enumerate can be a bit sinewy since there are roughly 150 meg existing area calumny in the man rightish now - but don't deal up.

Installing WordPress

Almost every reliable and well-established hosting company has integrated 1-click-installation for WordPress, which makes getting going a snap.

If you signed up with Bluehost or any other similar hosting company, you should find your “1-click-installation” in your account control panel.

Here are the steps you should follow (should be similar/same on all the major web hosting companies):

1. Log in to your hosting account.
2. Go to your control panel.
3. Look for the “WordPress” or “Website” icon.
4. Choose the domain where you want to install your website.
5. Click the “Install Now” button and you will get access to your new WordPress website.

If you’re unable to locate it, look here: How to Install WordPress on Bluehost.

2. … OR MANUAL INSTALL (if needed)

If for some odd reason (some hosting companies don’t provide one-click-install for WordPress) you don’t have the option to install WordPress automatically, look this manual guide below:

Installing WordPress Manually (Click to expand)

Pssst – if they don’t have 1-click-installation, maybe you’re dealing with a bad host!

Choosing a Theme/Template for your site

Once you have successfully installed WordPress to your domain, you’ll see a very basic yet clean site:

But you don’t want to look like everyone else, do you? That’s why you need a theme – a design template that tells WordPress how your website should look. See a sample version below:

Here’s where it gets fun: There are thousands of awesome, professionally designed themes you can choose from and customize for a site that’s all your own.

Here’s how to find a theme you like:

1. Log into your WordPress dashboard

If you’re not sure how, type in: http://yoursite.com/wp-admin (replace “yoursite” with your domain).

This is what the WordPress dashboard looks like:

Everything is easily labelled. If you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed, don’t sweat it – I’m going to show you where to go next.

2. Access FREE themes

Once you’re in the dashboard, you’ve got access to over 1500 free themes! Just look along the side bar for “Appearance”, then click “Themes”.

If you want something more professional or elegant than what you find here, you can head over to ThemeForest.net where there’s a HUGE library of themes to pick from at varying costs.

But before you do that, I really suggest you at least try spending some time browsing the free themes. Many of them are actually really professional and well made; so don’t write them off.

As you can see above, installing a new theme for your website is very easy.

You can search for specific keywords and/or use filters to find themes that suit your style. Finding the perfect theme can take a while, but it’s worth it.

You should also look for themes that are “responsive”, as this means they will look good on any mobile device.

Just punch it in as one of your keywords, and you’ll be all set!

3. Install your new theme

Once you have found a theme you like, installing it is as simple as clicking “Install” followed by “Activate”.

IMPORTANT: Changing themes won’t delete your previous posts, pages and content. You can change themes as often as you want without having to worry about lose what you’ve created.

How do I add content and create new pages?

With your theme installed, you’re ready to start creating content. Let’s quickly run through some of the basics:

Adding and editing pages

Want a “Services” page, or an “About Me” page (like I have on my menu at the top of the site)?

1. Look along the sidebar in the WordPress Dashboard for “Pages” -> “Add New”.

2. Once you’ve clicked, you’ll find a screen that looks a lot like what you’ve maybe seen in Microsoft Word. Add text, images and more to build the page you want, then save it when you’re done.

Adding pages to the menu

If you want your new page to be linked to in your navigation bar,

1. Save any changes you’ve made to the page by clicking “Update”

2. Click “Appearance” -> “Menus” in the sidebar of the WordPress Dashboard

3. Find the page you created and add it to the list by clicking the checkbox next to it and then “Add to Menu”.

Adding and editing posts

If you have a blog on your website, “Posts” will be where you turn to next. You can use different categories to group similar posts.

If you want to add a blog to your website, you can use different categories and posts. Let’s say you want to create a category named “Blog”. To do so, simply add it to your menu and start making posts.

Here’s what you need to do:

a. Create a new category by going to “Posts -> Categories”

OR

b. Create a blog post by going to “Posts -> Add New”. Once you’ve finished writing your blog post, you need to add the right category for it.

Once you’ve created your category, simply add it to the menu, and you’re in business!

Customization & Endless Tweaks…

In this section I’ll cover some of the basic things I’m asked about all the time that will help you to tweak your website.

Changing Your Title and Tagline

Page titles explain to searchers what your website is about, and they’re also a big part of how search engines determine your rankings, so you want to be sure they’ve got the keywords you want to target in them (but in a natural way, written for real people).

You should use a unique title on every page of your site. For example, my site’s title is “How to Make a Website”.

(Can’t find it? Just hold your mouse over the tab at the top of your web browser).

Taglines are added at the end of titles across every page. My site’s tagline is “Step by Step Guide”

In order to change the title and tagline on your website, go to “Settings -> General” and fill in the form below:

Disabling Comments for Posts & Pages

Some websites (business/organisation sites mostly) don’t want their visitors to be able to comment on their pages.

Here’s how to shut comments off on WordPress pages:

1. While you are writing a new page, click “Screen Options” in the top right corner.

2. Click the “Discussion” box. The “Allow Comments” box will appear at the bottom.

3. Untick “Allow Comments”.

Want to disable comments on every new page by default?

1. Go to “Settings -> Discussion” and untick “Allow people to post comments on new articles”

Setting Up a Static Front Page

Some people contact me saying they’re frustrated that their home page looks like a blog post. You can fix that by making your home page “static”.

A static page is a page that doesn’t change. Unlike a blog, where the first new article will show up at the top every time, a “static” page will show the same content every time someone comes to the site – like a home page you’ve designed.

To set up a static front page:

1. Go to “Settings -> Reading”

2. Choose a static page that you have created. “Front Page” denotes your home page, “Posts page” is the front page of your blog (if your entire site isn’t a blog).

If you don’t choose a static page on your own, WordPress will take your latest posts and start showing them on your homepage.

Editing sidebar

Most WordPress themes have a sidebar on the right side (in some cases it’s on the left).

If you want to get rid of the sidebar or edit out items you do not need like “Categories”, “Meta” and “Archives”, which are usually pointless, here’s how:

1. Go to “Appearance -> Widgets” in the WordPress Dashboard.

2. From here, you can use drag and drop to add different “boxes” to your sidebar, or remove the items you don’t want.

There’s also a “HTML box” – a text box where you can use HTML code. For beginners, don’t worry about this bit – just drag and drop the elements you’d like in your sidebar.

Installing Plugins to Get More out of WordPress

What is a plugin?

“Plugins” are extensions that are built to expand WordPress’ capabilities, adding features and functions to your site that don’t come built-in.

They’re shortcuts to getting your site to do what you want to, without having to build the feature from scratch.

You can use plugins to do everything from adding photo galleries and submission forms to optimizing your website and creating an online store.

How do I install a new Plugin?

To start installing plugins, go to “Plugins -> Add New” and simply start searching.

Keep in mind that there are over 25,000 different FREE plugins, so you’ve got a LOT to choose from!

Installation is easy – once you find a plugin you like, just click “Install”.

BUT – before you go and install every single one, I suggest you read this article: Things you need to know about using WP plugins.

To save you some time, I’ve put together a list of the most popular plugins that webmasters find useful:

• #1 Contact form 7: My website has a contact form on my About Me page. It’s an awesome feature to have, as people (like you!) can fill in the form and send me an email without logging into their own email provider. If you want to do something similar, definitely get this plugin. P.S. Here’s a step-by-step guide for setting it up.

• #2 Yoast SEO for WordPress: If you want to make your WordPress site even more SEO-friendly, this plugin is a must-have. It’s free, and it’s awesome. You’ll be able to edit your title tags, meta descriptions and more, all from within the page itself – no more fussing with WordPress settings.

• #3 Google Analytics: Interested in tracking your visitors/traffic and their behaviour? Just install the plugin, connect it with your Google account and you’re ready to go.

Of course, this is just the tip of the iceberg! Here’s a list of recommended plugins by me.

Congratulations – you’re ready to launch!

If you’ve followed the steps in this guide, you should now have a fully-functional WordPress website! That wasn’t so bad, was it?

Last but not least, keep improving your website.

As I mentioned earlier, WordPress is highly customizable. If you want to truly master WordPress, look no further than this comprehensive guide below:

How to Customize WordPress (post-installation)

… if you still have any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch with me.

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