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Lease a web hosting site and a web address: Free software that you’re going to need:
1. www.1and1.com
2. www.godaddy.com 1. Wordpress content management
3. www.hostgator.com system
• wordpress.org
Note: All you want is: Note: Don’t get this confused with the
• Unlimited disk space web site hosting company
• Unlimited bandwidth wordpress.com
• Single domain name • You’ll want to download
Wordpress v3.2.1 (a .zip file that is
Type of Top Level Domains: roughtly 3M in size)
• .com
• .org 2. Filezilla FTP file transfer software
• .edu • http://filezilla-project.org/
• .gov • You want to download the Filezilla
• .net client v3.5.1 (file name
• .info FileZilla_3.5.1_win32-setup.exe )
• .name © 2012 by Blue Elephant Consulting / www.BlueElephantConsulting.com
2. Q: What is a web site?
A: It’s just a place to store files – like your computer’s hard drive.
Things to do once you
Your Your have leased your web site:
Computer’s Web Site
Hard drive 1. Create an email account.
2. Create an FTP account.
3. Create a database
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3. How Does A Website Work?
Why should you use Wordpress to
build your web site?
1. No programming required!
2. WordPress is Free and Open Source
3. Automattic Takes Care of WordPress
4. Plugins Give You More Functionality
5. Themes Let You Style Your Site
6. Google Loves WordPress
7. Your Site Can Grow With You
You!
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4. How To Install A Wordpress Web Site
1. Create a MySQL database
2. Download the Wordpress software to your
computer.
3. Open the .zip file and extract all of the files to your
computer.
4. Determine that you have a new folder with the
files.
5. Upload the folder to the root of your webspace
using Filezilla.
6. Create a configuration file for your Wordpress site.
7. Collect your database information to use in
configuring Wordpress.
8. Fill out the database information.
9. Run the installation.
10. Enter a Site Title, Username, Password and Your E-
mail address.
11. Write down your username and password for your
own reference.
12. Log in!
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5. Themes
There are three types of themes:
1. The ones that come with Wordpress
2. Free themes
3. Paid themes
Get more info at: http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/
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7. Plugins That You Need To Have
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8. Plugins That You Need To Have
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9. Plugins That You Need To Have
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10. Spam!
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to speak to your
team about how to build your
own web site!
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