Creating a new website is not a hard task anymore. You don’t need to be high-tech web designer and know html codes. Thanks to wordpress for creating a very simple CMS. In this generation of digital age, every business or individual need to own a website.
Website is like your address, where people can always find and interact with you. Even a small business establishment can speed up their growth with an online presence. If you are looking for how to create a website without spending a dime, you are at the right place.
Here in this post I will show you how to create a new website in three easy steps.
If you follow the easy steps— 1.You can save your times,(you don’t have to look for other tutorials) 2.You can save more money( you can launch a fully functional website in a low budget hosting).
To create your own website, first you need to purchase a domain, then web hosting company. For that I will recommend hostripples. Web hosting starts from 1 dollar or 35/- rupees per month. Hostripples have various hosting options right from wordpress hosting, ssd, linux Cpanel, and VPS. You can upgrade or downgrade as per your need with no extra fees.
How to create your new website in 3 Easy steps
1. Choose your Domain name.
Click on the below link and search your perfect domain name.
Enter the verification code and search for domain availability. There is a big dropdown list of domain names, .Com, .Net, .In and so on. Choose your prefered domain.
Complete the domain purchase. Now, after domain purchase, you need to check your mail inbox to verify your domain registration. If you buy the domain through other hosting company, then you don’t have to worry. You can redirect and shift your hosting to Hostripples. For that you only need to change the Nameservers in DNS settings For instance, if you purchase the domain from Go Daddy, you can login Change the nameserver under DNS management. Put your two nameserver names from hostripples and save it.
Hostripples nameserver can be found under domain management or you can check email for nameserver after purchasing your domain.
2. Choose your hosting plan
Next step is choosing your web hosting plan. There are different web hosting plans in Hostripples.
For now if you want to start on low budget, I will recommend Business Linux hosting. Business hosting plan has various features and can host 10 websites and 50 subdomains, 3Gb Ram, unlimited disk space, unlimited bandwith and you have easy access Cloudfare (CDS).
Once your website grows you can shift to better like SSD wordpress hosting or VPS hosting. Click the link below to choose your hosting plan.
Choose Shared hosting then click Read more on Popular Linux hosting. Now you have a great news, you can choose from three server locations, USA, France, India. Choose the server locations as per your target audience nearer to the server.
For instance if my website target audience is from India, then I will choose India. Now you have 6 options for Linux Cpanel hosting. If you want to start on low budget, choose popular Linux Plan2 hosting. Now complete your purchase for web hosting and login back to your hostripples account.
3. Login to Cpanel and install wordpress
Wow, so far you have done a great job. Now the major part in installation of wordpress. Now check your mail for Cpanel login password and information for login. They may created your username or password for login. Now type e. g. yourdomain.com/cpanel in your browser and login using your password. Once you login change your password clicking on the password and Security.
Next scroll down to Softaculous app installer then wordpress. Now you can choose custom install for wordpress.
Select the latest version of wordpress. Create username, password and enter email address and install the wordpress. Don’t worry about other settings, it can be edited afterwards. Once installation is complete, type yourdomain.com in your browser, put your username and password to login to dashboard. Check your website, by clicking on the small home icon and visit site.
Congratulations, your site is live now. You can delete the sample post and post a new page. This is your site, you can install new theme, plugins and create new pages. This is the beginning but so far you made and your site is live for public. Hope that now you know how to create a website and it helps you start on your own.
Read the post why having your own website or blog will greatly benefit you.
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Good post. I learn something new and challenging on blogs I stumbleupon every day. It’s always interesting to read through articles from other writers and practice something from other websites.