Interested in creating your own website?

The good news is that it has never been easier to create your very own website. Whether you want to start a website for your business, church, charity, wedding or for a lifestyle blog – this guide aims to help you get started.

1. Introduction

In this example, we provide a simple guide to help you create a WordPress website with website hosting provided by Bluehost*.

What is WordPress?

WordPress is an amazing free content management system (CMS) that helps you to add text, images, videos and more to your website.

What is Bluehost?

Bluehost helps you to make your website visible by storing, serving and maintaining your files. Bluehost is the only hosting service officially recommended by WordPress and powers millions of websites worldwide!

Bluehost.com Web Hosting $3.95

2. Register with Bluehost

Go to Bluehost (www.bluehost.com) and click Sign Up NowBluehost offer a number of amazing hosting deals with prices starting at just $3.49 per month, which includes:

  • FREE domain name
  • 1-click WordPress install
  • 24/7 support
  • 30-day money-back guarantee

3. Choose a domain name

Next choose a domain name for your site. This is the name of your site, for example our domain name is www.gozambiajobs.com. 

Top tip: Web hosts frequently offer seasonal discounts on the cost of web hosting and domain names. This can help you save lots of money. Watch out for seasonal discounts a times such as Easter, Christmas, New Year’s Day and Cyber Monday.

4. Add WordPress

Now that you have signed up to Bluehost you will be provided with some log in details that allow you to log into your account. Log-in to your account and click on the “One-Click Installs” button then click on the WordPress icon. This will open the installation window. Click on the green “Start” button and you will start the WordPress installation. You then just need to:

  • Select the domain where you want to install WordPress
  • Set up your a username and password for your WordPress install
  • Read the terms and conditions and then click “Install Now”

Once WordPress is fully installed, it will provide you with your site URL, the admin login URL, your username, and password. You should get a copy of this information, except your password, in an email as well. Make sure you keep this information in a safe place.

5. Log-in to WordPress

Now you can log into your WordPress site by going to the admin login URL. Enter your username and password, then click “Log In.” This will take you to your WordPress dashboard. From here, you can control everything to do with your WordPress site, such as creating pages, writing posts, and changing the appearance!

CONGRATULATIONS!

If you followed the steps above you should have now created your very own website and can begin adding your own content, video and pictures!

Need help with your website design or need to add special features?

WordPress comes with several free themes that you can use to create your website. However, if you want more styles and websites features you can save a lot of time and energy by using a pre-designed website template. Themeforest* is the #1 marketplace for pre-designed website templates for WordPress. You can browse hundreds of different types of templates and designs for your website at www.themeforest.net.

We hope that this article will be of use to you and look forward to seeing your website soon!

* Please note that this website contains affiliate links. If you choose to click on a link we may receive commission, which helps us to generate income to run www.gozambiajobs.com. 

Further Information

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