Create a Website in 10 Easy Steps in 2021
Hello there if you are here it means you are looking for an easy way to build an amazing website and get it live in no time. There are so mnay ways to create a website but we are going to focus on WordPress CMS.
WordPress is an amazing powerful and easy to use content management system to create a responsive eye caching website to reach your target audience. Now wheather its a simple blog, corporate web application, a landing page or an ecommerce store wordpress has covered it all.
Now lets assume you have tried all the drag and drop builders like wix, webs,shopify etc and want something out of the box with no limitation and room for improvement and scalability.
This article will walk you through 10 easy steps to create your website using wordpress with no coding or wordpress experience to build your first website.
Step 1: Choose a Domain
Step 2: Purchase Web Hosting and Domain
Step 3: Install WordPress
Step 4: Find a WordPress Theme
Step 5: Install Your WordPress Theme
Step 6: Configure Your WordPress Theme
Step 7: Publish Your First Pages
Step 8: Create a Menu
Step 9: Configure Your WordPress Settings
Step 10: Install Essential WordPress Plugins
Step 1: Choose a Domain
First of all you will need a domain name for your website. domain name is the web address used by users to visit your website.
It will serve as the URL inside your visitors’ address bar when they visit your WordPress site. Make sure it is:
- Relatively short
- Easy to remember and type out
- Matches your brand name or is directly related to it
Unless you have already purchased a domain for your website, it’s best to do so when you purchase your web hosting plan (especially since some plans will include a free domain).
So long as no one has claimed the name before, you’ll have your choice of top-level domain (TLD) as well. A TLD is the suffix you attach to the URL like .com, .edu, .biz, etc. There are even ones available for specific industries as well as based on your geographic location (like .uk and .eu). Google has a pretty good roundup on the various TLDs you can choose from.
Step 2: Purchase Web Hosting and Domain
Web hosting does exactly what it says: it “hosts” websites. In other words, web hosting companies own and manage giant web servers located in data centers around the country (and, sometimes, the world).
It’s on these web servers where websites like yours sit, so you don’t have to buy or manage any of the server technology yourself. You pay these companies what amounts to a monthly or annual rent for space and bandwidth on the server. Then, you can focus on building your website in WordPress.
Step 3: Install WordPress
There are a number of ways to install WordPress. Most web hosting service will provide you with an easy-to-use one-click installation process that simplifies the whole process.
With WPMU DEV hosting, we make things even simpler by automatically installing and configuring WordPress for you when you create a new site (and we give you different options to create your site too!)
Let’s go through an example…
Step 4: Find a WordPress Theme
You may be tempted to start combing through the various settings and pages in the WordPress menu, but hold on that for now. The first thing you need to do here is to find a theme for your site.
A WordPress theme is a pre-designed and pre-coded interface template for WordPress. Basically, it saves you the trouble (and money) of having to design your own website from-scratch or to pay someone else to do it for you.
Step 5: Install Your WordPress Theme
When you find that perfect WordPress theme, it’s time install it in WordPress.
Free WordPress Themes
If you’re using a free theme from the WordPress repository, here is what you need to do:
Inside WordPress, go to the Appearance tab and click on “Themes”.
Step 6: Configure Your WordPress Theme
Step 7: Publish Your First Pages
There are two types of “pages” you can create for your website:
Step 8: Create a Menu
Whereas when you hit the “Publish” button on a Post and it goes straight onto your blog, a Page needs to be added to your site’s navigation (or menu) if you want it to show up.
So, the first thing to do is to create those pages for your site (which you did in Step 7).
Step 9: Configure Your WordPress Settings
I typically advise new WordPress users to leave the settings setup until this stage of the process. Many of the settings offered by WordPress control things related to your pages and posts, and that’s not necessarily something you’d understand until you’ve actually created them for your site.
So, now that you’ve done that, it’s time to go through your settings one-by-one and make sure your WordPress site is configured to work exactly as you want it to.
Step 10: Install Essential WordPress Plugins
Installing WordPress plugins is the final step in the WordPress setup process.
In terms of what a WordPress plugin is, it’s a piece of software that hooks into WordPress. As for what it does? Well, plugins can do a lot of different things. They can help you:
