How to Create a Website from Scratch in Under 10 Minutes!

How to Create a Website from Scratch in Under 10 Minutes!
Hey guys today I'm going to prove to you that setting up a website doesn't have to be complicated or expensive.

In fact I'm going to show you how you can set up a fully functioning, great looking website in under ten minutes by using a very popular content management system called WordPress.

Now you don't have to be a computer whizz or have any fancy equipment or special software to set up blogs and websites using WordPress.
You just need two things.
The first thing you'll need is a domain name.
Now this is just the web address that people will go to to find your site.
So for example Google's domain name is Google dot com and yours can be whatever you want dot com.

You can pick up domain names for less than ten dollars a year so they're really cheap.

The second thing you'll need is a web hosting account.

This will give you a place to store your website so that it's accessible to people on the internet.
Hosting costs around eight dollars a month but I'm going to show you how you can get your first month of web hosting for next to nothing. Now both of these things are extremely easy
to get so here's how you do it.
So the first thing we want to do is register a domain name.
Now to do this we just head over to Namecheap.com.
Namecheap is where I like to get all of my domains from.
They're just cheap and very reliable.




Once you're on the Namecheap website just enter the domain name that you want into the search box and click search.
So if I wanted to set up a website about bike tricks and I wanted to call my site Uber Bike Tricks I would just type in UberBikeTricks and then click the search button.

Next it will tell you if the domain name you're after is available or if someone else has already registered it.
It will also tell you the availability of the different types of domains including dot net, dot org, dot info and all the other variations out there.


So if the dot com version of the domain name that you want is already taken chances are you might be able to get the dot net or dot org version instead.

Once you've found an available domain name that you want to use just hit the add to cart button, followed by the checkout button and you'll then be asked to create a Namecheap account by choosing by choosing a username and password.

Once you've done that you'll be asked to enter a few contact details and then after that you'll be taken to a page with the title 'Domain Options'.


Now on this page there's a few different options that you can choose between but you really don't need to do anything just now so just click the next step button to continue.

Finally just choose a payment method.
You can either pay with your credit card or with a PayPal account and once your payment has been processed you now officially own that domain name.
So the next thing we need to do is get ourselves a hosting account.

Now I've tried quite a few different hosting services before but none of them have been quite as good as a company called HostGator.com. These guys are really cheap, they offer great
support and I've never actually had a single problem with them ever and I've been using them to host my websites for years.
So what you want to do is head over to Hostgator.com and click the big button labelled 'View Web Hosting Plans'. You'll then see a few different plans on offer but I strongly recommend choosing the baby plan in the middle. It only costs around eight dollars a month and it allows you to host as many websites on the one account as you want.
So even if you wind up setting up ten different websites you'll still only be paying eight dollars a month.
Once you've clicked the 'Order Now' button you'll be taken to the next page where it will ask you to enter your domain name.







So in the box on the right hand side that says 'I Currently Have a Domain Name' just enter the domain that you've just registered. So for my example I would enter UberBikeTricks.com.

Now below this box you'll also see a section where you can enter a coupon. Now I've actually got a really awesome coupon for you that will give you your first month of web hosting for one cent. So you've got a whole month to try it out for pretty much nothing. To get this discount just enter the coupon

DIRTCHEAPHOST - all one word - and then click the 'Continue to Step 2' button. Next you'll be asked to choose a username and a security pin and then to enter your payment details.



Once again you can either pay by credit card or PayPal.
Once your payment is completed you now have
everything you need to set your website up.
So what we need to do next is go back to NameCheap.com
to link your domain name to your new hosting account.

So to do this just log into your NameCheap account and head over to the domains section that's located up the top.

We then want to click the 'Manage Domains' link.

You'll then be taken to a page with a list of your domain names so just click the one that you've just registered.

Then in the menu on the left hand side click the link that says 'Transfer DNS to Webhost'. You'll then see a few text boxes where you can enter what are called nameservers.
Basically these just tell Namecheap where your website is located. Now this might look a little bit confusing the first time that you see it but it's actually quite simple.
To get your nameservers just open a new window and check your email inbox for the email that Hostgator will have sent you after creating an account with them.




In this email you'll see a line that says '1st Nameserver' followed by an address and then another line below it that says '2nd Nameserver' with another address.
So what you want to do is just copy the first nameserver address and then go back to your Namecheap window and paste it into the text box marked 1.
Then copy the second nameserver address from the email and paste it into the text box marked 2.

Then just hit 'Save Changes' and your domain name and hosting account are now linked.
Now all we need to do is set up our website and the way we are going to do that is with a system called WordPress.
WordPress is a bloggin software that allows you to easily create and manage a website.
Don't worry if you actually want more than a blog because WordPress is extremely flexible and is actually a whole content management system that can be turned into almost any kind of website that you want.
So to set up WordPress just head back to the email that you received from HostGator and look for the line that says 'Your Control Panel' and click the link next to it.
You'll then be asked to enter your hosting username and password which you can also find in the email.


Now once you're logged into your control panel you'll see a tonne of different features but the one that you need is the little smiley face that's labelled 'Fantastico De Luxe'.


Fantastico is an addon that comes with HostGator that allows you to quickly and easily install all kinds of different software including WordPress in just one or two clicks.
Once you're in the Fantastico section look for the WordPress option in the left hand menu and click it.

Then click the 'New Installation' button.

Then you'll see a few text boxes for you to fill out.


Leave the first box block and enter a username and password in the next two boxes.

Then in the last few boxes enter a nickname, an email address, a website name and a website description.

When you're done click the 'Install WordPress' button and then the 'Finish Installation' button and now your website is ready to rock and roll.

On the confirmation page you'll see a link to your admin area along with the username and password that you just created to access it so make sure you save these or write them down somewhere. Now when you type in your domain name you should see your brand new WordPress site.

Obviously the website looks a little bland at the moment but if you head over to your websites admin area which should be located at YourDomain.com/wp-admin then you can log in with the username and password that you created and you'll be able to access your  websites administrator section.
And this is where you can do all that cool stuff like customizing the look and feel of your website as well as adding new content
to it.
For example to change the look of your website just head over to the 'Appearance' section and click the themes button.
Then click the 'Install Themes' option up the top and from here you'll be able to search through thousands of different themes that you can instantly apply to your website.


Once I've found a theme that I like I would just click the 'Install' button and then the 'Install Now' button and finally I'd click 'Activate'. Now my new theme will be applied and if I
go to my website I can see it.
You can also find thousands of other cool WordPress themes that are free to download just by doing a Google search for 'WordPress Themes'.
To add content to your website just head over to the 'Posts' section and click the 'Add New' button and you can now write a header and some text.

You can add some images if you want with this button.

And when you're done just click the 'Publish Now' button.
Now obviously there are a tonne of other cool features in the admin section that allow you to completely customize and pimp out your WordPress website.
They're all very user friendly and the best way to get familiar with it is just to play around with it.
Check out all the features and get to know how they work and in no time at all you'll be comfortable and fluent with using WordPress to build websites.
So that's how to create a website in under ten minutes.
Now the first time you do this process it might take a little bit longer but once you get the hang of it you'll just how quick and
easy this stuff really is.

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