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- [Paul] Hello, Paul here from Teachmor.com,
and today's tutorial I wanna show you how to
build a WordPress website step by step
using the simple Bluehost WordPress One-Click Install.
So there's two things that are required for this.
First you're gonna need a domain name.
This will be the name of your website,
and I prefer Namecheap.com for this.
And the second thing you'll need is a hosting account.
I prefer Bluehost if you're just starting out.
So you have two options when buying your domain name.
Option number one, you can get it from
a domain name registrar like Namecheap or GoDaddy,
or option two, you can pick up your domain for free
for the first year when you sign up
for a new hosting account over at Bluehost.
However, if you go this route,
it's a bit more expensive to renew every year,
and it doesn't include the free privacy protection
that Namecheap does, which is why I prefer Namecheap.
If you want more information why I prefer Namecheap
check out the video I created on my blog
or my YouTube channel.
Right, so if you bought your domain name from Namecheap
or another domain name registrar,
the first thing we're gonna have to do
is switch the domain name servers
from that domain name registrar over to Bluehost,
and I'll walk you through this step by step.
Once that's done, the second thing
and the last thing we have to do
is we simply need to install WordPress
onto our Bluehost hosting account,
which I'll show you as well.
Now the good news is, the entire process can be done
in under 10 minutes, and I'm gonna walk you through
installing a WordPress website using Bluehost step by step.
All right, so let's get started.
The first thing we need to do is we need to log into
our domain name registrar to change the domain name server
over to Bluehost.
And I'm gonna use Namecheap for this,
but the same applies no matter what domain name registrar
you're using, so it could be GoDaddy or any other one.
So let's do that now.
By the way, if you haven't signed up yet,
you can sign up here.
It's a pretty self-explanatory process.
If you need any more instruction,
I actually created a video that you can find
on my YouTube channel showing you how to do this.
But it's pretty self-explanatory.
Once you're done signing up you'll have a username
and you'll have a password.
And you're simply gonna log in.
Okay, so once we're logged in, I'm gonna head over
to the domain name that I want to install WordPress on.
If you remember my last video, I actually picked up
this domain, which is buildyourfirstblog.com,
which will be used for a future challenge
I'm about to create.
But you simply head over to the Manage button,
click it, and this is where we're gonna change
our domain name servers over to Bluehost.
So I'm gonna scroll down a bit just so it's more centered,
and as you can see right here, it says Name Servers,
and there's a dropdown arrow.
So we're gonna hit the dropdown arrow,
we're gonna click Custom DNS,
and this is where we enter the Bluehost name servers.
So Bluehost is ns1.bluehost.com
and ns2.bluehost.com.
Okay, and we're gonna hit the Save button.
Now that that is saved, and switch over to Bluehost.
Let's head over to Bluehost and get you set up.
All right, so we're over at bluehost.com,
and Bluehost is the web hosting company we're gonna use
to actually install WordPress on the domain
we just purchased.
It does require a nominal fee,
but let me tell you why it's worth it.
If you wanted to build a website or a business
on any type of free platform like wordpress.com
versus the version we're gonna be using,
which is the open source software at wordpress.org,
the main difference is, the difference between
renting and owning something.
If you build your business or website
on a free platform, you don't own that.
If they should go out of business, so does your website.
You give up a lot of control when you use a free service,
and really, you're just putting a lot of faith in something
that you don't own.
And I just would not recommend that,
especially if you're trying to make money with your website,
especially if you're taking this serious.
So anyhow, enough of that.
To get started, you simply the big green button,
Get Started Now.
You're gonna select a plan, so if you're starting off
I mean you might just want to start off
with the smallest plan they have.
It will work just fine.
Now this is what I was talking about.
If you have a domain name,
you can put your domain name in here.
If you want to get your domain name through Bluehost
you can add it in here.
Either way takes you to the same step.
So for example, I'm just gonna make up a domain,
and I would enter it,
and then I would enter all my information, right,
I'd create my account.
Name, address, phone number, and email.
In regards to the package,
really there's nothing here I recommend you do extra.
So I would uncheck Site Backup Pro,
I would uncheck the SiteLock Fraud.
I do believe in backups,
but I think there's better solutions,
and I'll talk about that later on in other videos.
And then I would just pick a plan that you like,
and enter your credit card information,
confirm, hit Submit.
That'll take you to a username page
and then you'll hit Save and then
it'll take you into your account.
Since I already have an account,
I'm gonna go back and log into Bluehost.
All right, so I'm gonna log into Bluehost right here.
Okay, so now we're at the Bluehost login page,
I'm gonna enter my username and password and hit Submit.
And it's gonna default to, more than likely
to the hosting page.
I'm gonna X out of this.
But before we install WordPress,
we need to do one thing, which is we need to assign
the domain name we want to put WordPress on to this account.
So how we do that is we head over to Domains,
and we're going to click on the
Assign a Domain to your cPanel Account.
We're going to use the domain that is not already
associated with your account,
which is where I'll enter the domain
I want to build the blog on, which is actually
buildyourfirstblog.com.
Just gonna verify it,
and it says ownership verified.
Now if you hadn't changed the name servers over
at Namecheap or your domain name registrar,
it wouldn't be verified, but as you can see here,
it's showing that we actually entered the correct
Bluehost name servers in the previous step.
Okay, so now that's set up.
Keep everything the same,
and just hit Assign This Domain.
Okay, so once that's done, all we're gonna do
is click over on the Hosting tab,
and it's really all downhill from here.
So this is where things get really simple.
All we're gonna do is we're going to scroll down,
and hit the Install WordPress.
We're going to Install.
All right, so you wanna select the domain
you want to install WordPress on.
So, I've got the correct domain here.
I'm gonna hit Check Domain.
I'm gonna do Show Advanced Options.
This is where you put your title of your site,
so I'm gonna put
Build Your, and you can change this later.
You'll have your admin username,
and you'll have a password.
So copy the password down or create a new one.
And keep the Automatically Create a New Database
for this Installation,
Select I have read the terms and conditions,
and hit Install Now.
It says, "Your install is underway."
This should take a few seconds.
All right, it says, "Your install is complete."
you can view your credentials.
And you'll come down here.
It says, "Your WordPress install has finished."
Hit View.
This is where you'll log in to your WordPress account,
and this is actually your WordPress site,
and you've got your password, so take this stuff down,
and we're gonna click over to the blog right now.
So we're gonna enter the username and password.
We got in.
And I'm gonna hit Visit Site.
Okay, well this is good news.
If you've been following along step by step,
and you've come to a page that looks similar to this,
well then, congratulations, because you just installed
WordPress onto your domain name,
and you officially have your first website.
So, I hope you realize it wasn't too hard or difficult.
There's still some work to do in regards to
getting the website to the liking of your taste,
like you want to change your logo,
or you're possibly gonna want to change the theme
of this site, but those are all really simple things to do.
Nothing is technical in regards to that.
If you can use a word processor,
then you can use WordPress.
But before I leave you, I want to show you two things.
One, how to set up your permalinks correctly
so your site's titles are better optimized
for search engine traffic,
and two, how to create your first blog post.
So the first thing that we want to do is
we want to come to the Dashboard,
and under Settings, we want to go to Permalinks,
and for most people, the post name is probably
gonna be the best bet for you
in regard to search engine optimization.
If you don't change this, then you end up with
a URL like this, and nobody likes that
and neither does Google.
So change your post name to this.
Hit Save Changes.
Okay, now that's done.
I'm going to head over and create our first post.
I'm gonna do Add New.
And, Welcome World.
I finally got (muttering)
All right, I'm gonna add an image.
I'm gonna hit Select,
and I'm gonna hit Insert Into Post,
and I'm gonna hit Publish,
and I'm gonna hit View Post.
And voila!
There is my first blog post.
So as you can see, it's really simple to use WordPress.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
If you have an questions you know where to get me.
Teachmor.com.
I've got a contact page, you can reach me out there.
And until then, I will talk to you later.
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