Getting Started with WordPress
Building a WordPress based website is not that hard, you just need to follow some simple steps.
- Think about the Topic of your website
- Get a domain name
- Get a hosting account (or a combination of domain and registration)
- Download the latest version of WordPress from WordPress.org
- Unzip it to your computer
- Upload the files via FTP to your hosting account
- Create or request a MySQL Database and Database User with a good secure password
- Run the installer
- Choose and upload a Great WordPress Theme
- Install a number of basic plugins
- Start writing the content in pages and / or Blog posts…
Looks pretty easy, and still is a lot of work.
I will show you on this site how you can do each of these steps in very simple and easy to understand articles.
In some cases we will combine a few steps to speed up the process.
Each of the steps will get its own page or post to get you started.
If you are new to WordPress, start working form the top down.
Otherwise you can go right to the topic of your interest.
WordPress as Website Content Management System
The above mentioned steps are the same for any WordPress based website.
It doesn’t matter if you are creating a Blog or a Static Website, you need that have the basic WordPress install process ready.
Once you have that base, we will go into the creation of a static website with a Blog page if you want one..
If you want just a static site, we will not create a Blog page.
The main part of building a static WordPress based website covers the following subjects:
- Creating pages
- Creating sub pages
- Sorting of pages
- Installing plugins to handle CMS features
- Using CMS or Magazine like Themes
- What to chance in your Theme
- Use of Images
- Creation of Menus
The menu’s should reflect the structure of your WordPress site and guide your visitors through the content on your website.
