How to Make a Website with WordPress

WordPress is known throughout the online community as a powerful blogging platform, but more and more people are starting to realize the power of WordPress when it comes to making a website. WordPress allows anyone with just a very basic understanding of computers to be able to make a website that looks great and functions like anything but a blog.

The first step in making a website with WordPress is to make sure you have a domain name. This will be the name of your website and will look like this:

www.mywesbite.com

Once you have your domain name, you need to find a web host that supports WordPress. Because WordPress websites are gaining so much popularity, there is generally no problem finding a web host at an affordable price that fully supports the WordPress platform. In fact, many of the same companies that deal with domain names will also host websites so you may be able to get a better deal if you do both things in one place.

Once your hosting is all set you have to then install WordPress with your web host. Usually, this is as easy as a couple of steps and most web hosting companies that support WordPress will be able to help you with the process if you need them to, provided they have a customer support line available.

Once you have successfully installed WordPress with your web host you will notice that it looks like any other WordPress blog. This is where you have to go in and change things up so that your WordPress website actually resembles a website.

In your site admin you will have the power to change anything about your WordPress website that you want. You can start with such tasks as the changing the header or add as many pages to the site as you desire, but you will likely want to start with the themes, which is under ‘Appearance,’ and choose a theme that fits your style and what you what your website to be about. You can even buy custom themes online if you really want to.

In order to make your WordPress website act more like a website, you will want to create a static home page. This means that it will not update unless you go into the site admin and make changes. You can turn off comments and hide the side bar stuff too, which gives the page a more website look. All other pages will link back to your home page in the same manner as any other website.

As you go along and wish to start adding certain pages and/or items, you can look to the wonderful world of WordPress plug-ins. Plug-ins can be used to install everything from a website counter to a privacy policy page. The best part is that many of these plug-ins can be found online for free.

Form there it is simply a matter of some trial and error and finding what works for you and what doesn’t. Add videos, pictures, you name it. If you want to incorporate it in your website, you will be able to do so with WordPress.

Use a free website builder to make your own website without any programming.