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 Bluehost cPanel

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

domainYour “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 Password2)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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