Web hosting is essentially a place for your website to live. From that point forward, you can manage and control your website as you please.
For web hosting, you will have several options. You can choose from virtual private servers (VPS)to dedicated servers. For this tutorial, I will be using a VPS from DigitalOcean. Once you have decided on a hosting provider, check out the websites of the providers to see what kind of packages are included.
The ideal website I would like to have is simple and easily customizable. As I mentioned earlier, you can edit any or all of the files you want, however, I would like a little more control. On top of WordPress, I will be using Zen Hosting as my blogging platform, so I will be using this platform as my base of operations. I won’t be needing to tweak my website much other than making minor changes and running a few tests to ensure everything is working properly. I always find it’s very important to also hire a local web designer, we recently needed a web site for a local area so hired a great web designer in Bridgwater as that was where that business operated and it just worked brilliantly as they obviously understood what was appreciated in that area.
I will be using WordPress, but all instructions in this section will apply to the use of any other blogging platform you might choose to use. You might want to start with your host to decide which of their platforms to use, since there are different options for web hosting, and services that offer dedicated hosting service for specific business as well.
Now that you know a little about creating and running a website, it’s time to create your first website. It will be a simple page that lists my favorite movies on YouTube. Upon clicking on the Site From link, you will be taken to a page with a File download button. Click that link, and you will be taken to a screen where you can enter the following information:
Hostname: YOUR-HOSTING-PROVIDER.digitalocean.com (Choose the best one!) Password: Do not use the same password you have used to sign up to your WordPress site, as you will be creating a new one (and therefore we will be using a different password). This will be your site’s username and password. You will be given a username and password when you sign up to WordPress. Use these!
Type: Blog (Choose the blog you will be blogging under) Filesize: 15MB (You can use a bit smaller or larger. I’m going to be posting a lot of data here, so you can feel free to use a smaller one if you like.) Note: Make sure you can access your WordPress dashboard if you are using Zen Hosting.
When you are ready, click the Download button, and we are done! Click the Apply button to save your changes. For security, you can choose to use a different username and password at any point. This is absolutely no need to do this if you are using this website as your main website.
Great job! You have just created your very first website, and now you need to get it running.
If you want to be able to track your progress, you will need to log in to your WordPress dashboard with your chosen username and password.
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