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Developing a website in WordPress, what do we need to know

Mick Pacholli
Mick Pachollihttps://www.tagg.com.au
Mick created TAGG - The Alternative Gig Guide in 1979 with Helmut Katterl, the world's first real Street Magazine. He had been involved with his fathers publishing business, Toorak Times and associated publications since 1972.  Mick was also involved in Melbourne's music scene for a number of years opening venues, discovering and managing bands and providing information and support for the industry. Mick has also created a number of local festivals and is involved in not for profit and supporting local charities.        

WordPress is the most used platform for website development. A website is actually a CMS (Content Management system) and a WebHost for the development of a website. A CMS is a collection of free and easy-to-use tools through which, you can easily handle the content of your website. CMS is the alternative of Coding.

Lilo Perth Web Design Firm noted that coding is a very difficult process of website development and is only used by people belongs to the technical domain. On the other hand, WordPress is so easy to use that a person belonging to a non-technical domain can also use it easily. WordPress has the same interface as Facebook and Google Docs. You can simply create different pages, documents, and images to publish on your website through WordPress. According to research, 35% of people prefer to use WordPress as their CMS system.

Using WordPress as a website development platform has many key advantages, such as,

  • It is a completely open-source and you don’t need any kind of permission to use it.
  • It is free of cost. You don’t have to buy it.
  • It is a DIY (Do it Yourself) type solution for website development.
  • It is versatile means you can develop different types of websites on it.
  • It is fast and secure.

Now, as you have some basic knowledge about WordPress, we will move towards the steps, you have to follow to develop a good website using WordPress. These steps are actually the things you need to know if you want to develop a website in WordPress.

Step 1: Choosing a name for your website, purchasing the domain, and hosting:

Choose such a name for your website that can show the sense of your brand. It should perfectly illustrate the vision of your product. It should be easy to memorize. You can choose different platforms of domain name selection such as Domain Wheel. Here, you only need to put the keywords related to your website and you will start seeing the suggestion about the name of your website. Then, you will move towards the registration and purchasing of the domain. You can easily purchase this domain on different domain seller websites such as GoDaddy.com. 

After that, you will move towards the Webhosting. Bluehost is a domain seller and provide the Webhosting both. You only have to login by making your account into Bluehost. Bluehost is a very easy and cheap Webhosting starting from $3 per month. It is beginner-friendly also and it provides a free name for your website.

There are three types of Webhosting plans available on the Bluehost website. Basic, plus, and Choice plus. All these plans have different prices according to their features. Generally, if you are a beginner and starting your new website, you should choose the Basic plan which provides the hosting for a single website and 50 GB of website space in just $3 per month. Blue host will register your domain name for free.

You will do all the process of domain purchasing and WebHost purchasing on the Bluehost website by providing some of your personal information and the fee of hosting plan. After completing this process, you will have both a registered domain name and a Webhosting plan. Now, you need WordPress installation in your website hosting system. You can ask Bluehost to install WordPress while purchasing your domain name and Webhosting plan. You can install WordPress yourself by clicking “My Sites” and then clicking the “Create Site” button.

Now, you have working WordPress on your Webhosting system. You can start building your website but you need to get familiar with different functions of WordPress first.

Step 2: Get familiar with the functions of WordPress UI:

You can log in to your WordPress user panel by entering the address of your domain into the search panel of your browser like this,

www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin/

After clicking it, you will see the main page of your WordPress. Here you will enter your username and password. After entering the information, you will click the login button and you will move towards the main interface of your WordPress. There is a different section you will see on the left side of this main interface of WordPress. Here are the name and functions of these sections.

  • Home and Update: By clicking the Home button you will get back to the main interface from anywhere on WordPress. The update button is used to update the version of WordPress.
  • Posts: By clicking this section, you can create new posts and publish them on your website.
  • Media: In this section, you can upload images and videos on your website and also manage them.
  • Pages: In this section, you can make new pages for your website and manage them.
  • Comments: You can handle comments of the people on your posts in this section.
  • Appearance: This section is related to the theme and design of your website.
  • Plugins: You can install and manage new plugins here.
  • Users: It includes the information about the owner of the website.
  • Settings: Here you can manage the general setting of your website.

Step 3: Theme selection and installation:

Theme is actually the framework and design of your website. You can build your own them but it needs coding and it is very time-consuming. There are themes provider website which provide different themes for your website, some of which are free and some of which are paid. Justfreethemes and alpha themes are famous independent theme stores and marketplaces. You can download them according to your desire and install them into the WordPress of your website.

The installation process of a theme is very easy, just go into the “Appearance” of your WordPress and then click “Themes”. After this click “Add New”. Now you will have two options, you can upload a theme from your local store or you can install one of the themes available in WordPress already. You can customize your themes according to your desire also.

Step 4: Get Plugins for your websites better working

Plugins are tools for handling different functions of your website easily. For example, for the SEO of your website, you can use the Yoast SEO plugin. For installing or removing a Plugin form your website, you just have to go to the “Plugin” section of the WordPress website.

It is the basic knowledge you should have to develop a website in WordPress. Thanks for reading the article.


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Mick Pacholli

Mick created TAGG - The Alternative Gig Guide in 1979 with Helmut Katterl, the world's first real Street Magazine. He had been involved with his fathers publishing business, Toorak Times and associated publications since 1972.  Mick was also involved in Melbourne's music scene for a number of years opening venues, discovering and managing bands and providing information and support for the industry. Mick has also created a number of local festivals and is involved in not for profit and supporting local charities.        

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