Planning our Website
Before starting our website, we need to make a plan for what we want to achieve and what our website will be about. Will it be a travel blog, a musician’s space, a cooking masterclass, a freelancer portfolio website, or an e-commerce shop? Do we plan to monetize or it will be just for fun? Once we have a clear idea and we have made a good plan, we can move on to the next part.
Setting up Hosting and Domain
To have a website, you first need a place to host your files and a unique domain name. In order to be accessed on the internet, your website needs to be hosted or stored on a special computer called a server. This server needs to have 24/7 access to the internet. When you type the website address or domain name in your browser, for example, yourawesomesite.com, you will be pinging a remote server which will then retrieve the page you have requested via the browser. This means that before installing WordPress, you need to ensure that these two things – hosting account and domain name have been up and running.
Installing WordPress
There are two common ways to install WordPress:
Option A: One-Click Installation (Recommended)
Most hosting providers offer a one-click WordPress installer in their control panel (often using tools like Softaculous or a custom setup).
You’ll receive a link to access your site and admin dashboard.
Option B: Manual Installation (Advanced)
Manual setup involves downloading WordPress from wordpress.org, uploading it to your web server via FTP, and setting up a database. This is only recommended if you’re comfortable with server settings and file management
4. Accessing Your Site and Dashboard
Once WordPress is installed, you can visit your site at:
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Frontend (what visitors see):
https://yourdomain.com
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Admin Dashboard:
https://yourdomain.com/wp-admin
Log in with the username and password you set during installation.