How to Build a Website with WordPress
This is not your average “Build a Blog with WordPress” website..
What I will try to do here is to show you how you can Build your own website based on WordPress.
That means that it is not going to be about Blogging…
No, instead you can read about Building a Static website which you can manage on-line.
You will read here how to do a WordPress installation and you can read the simple instructions on “How to Configure WordPress“. But first get WordPress site itself, because you need to get the latest version of the Free WordPress Software…
Once you installed WordPress on your own website, I will show you what you need to configure like using a static homepage for WordPress and a seperate page for Blogging and how to setup the structure of your site.
WordPress layout and site presentation is done with themes which makes it very easy to change the way your your websites looks.
There are a lot of designs available on the themes site of WordPress.org and all of them are free to download and use.
And there are some websites that sell great Themes. I do suggest you check the template code to get an understanding of how they work. If you buy a commercial theme you will get access to tutorials that will show you how you can get the most of your purchase. And for a website like this one, we need to change some items in the theme..
You will see how to edit WordPress theme’s to to take out some of the features only used for Blogging..
What you need to understand is that ANY Theme can be used to create a Static WordPress website, but there is a difference between building a site this way and using a WordPress Magazine Style Theme.
Using a Theme like the latter is not the same because you will use Posts to fill your site with content instead of using Pages.
I will show you some tips on how to work with both type of Themes
Plugins are extensions for the WordPress software that can help to overcome some limitations of the Blogging Software, or can extend the possibilities of this great Software.
And of course there are some Plugins you need to Optimize you website for Search Engines.
You will find the best WordPress Plugins to get your site up and running in no time, and getting Indexed in the Search Engines… or do you just want a website for your own?
In that case, learn how to install Xampp on you local PC and test run everything there…that will cost you nothing!
Well, talking about the costs of setting up a website with a content management system… that could cost you thousands of dollars, or just your web-hosting and domain registration if you use WordPress.
But it will always cost you time, even if you ask someone else to do it for you, you have tot tell him/her what you want!
And you want a website that is easy to setup and to maintain, Right? So lets get started..
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