Create a Basic Website

There are many people here who want to create a website but don't have any knowledge. This tutorial will help them. All typed by me, no copy paste ;)

NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY CODING IS REQUIRED, ONLY SOME COMMON SENSE ;)

NOTE - Any doubts, ask here. Please don't scrap me. If you scrap regarding this, you will have the privilege of getting added in my ignore list for free

Please do not post till I complete the tut ;)

Setting up a website :

Setting up a website can be simple as well as tedious, the way you look at it. Follow these steps and you are going to have a brand new site for yourself within a few minutes. If you think that you need the most simplest and the non-fussiest way of setting up a website, open up a new tab or window and go to Blogger or Wordpress.

If you want to try something new, just go to google and search for blogging but I still suggest you’ll use one of the above.

If you select Blogger, then just go the home page, sign in with your Google account (the one you use for Gmail, Orkut, etc.) and create a new blog. Now configure your settings and you are ready to blog.

Now, if you didn’t like Blogger (It’s too simple, not much of themes, no plugins, blah blah), use Wordpress. Believe me, if you use Wordpress, you won’t use anything else, ever! This website, Techaddicts, is fully based on Wordpress and ‘I am lovin’ it’. Now, Wordpress also has two options:

-> Go to Wordpress, sign up and set up a blog in minutes (not recommended because you can’t add much themes, and put Adsense which converts to no earning).

-> Download Wordpress, and host it on any free/paid hosting site (in details below). It will be in a .zip format. Please don’t extract it.

Hosting:

In case you have downloaded Wordpress, this paragraph is for you, or else you may skip it. Now, to get a free hosting, just go to Google and search for free or premium hosting, as per your budget. (I am using free hosting and there is not much of a difference). But those who’ll are sure that their site will be a hit should go for premium hosting. (Premium starts from $2 and can go upto $200 or more where you even get a dedicated server).

Domain:

Domains are of two types, free and top level domains. To get a free domain, just go to Co.cc or [content suppressed] (Preference to 1st), register there and grab up any domain available. If you intend to buy a premium domain, go to Name or GoDaddy check out the domain you want (.com starts from $8.99 while .info is for jus $0.95). Once you purchase a domain or grab one for free, go to the settings page. There you will find a tab called nameservers. If there are any nameservers included, just remove it and add the ones of your host (It’s generally NS1.*****.com and NS2.*****.com where ***** refers to your host name). Now, go to your Vista Panel and under the Domains Tab, click on Addon Domains and add the domain you just purchased or grabbed for free. Just scroll down on that page and you will also get the nameservers of the website.

Setting Up Your Website:

Setting up a website is very simple if you follow my steps. If you use x10hosting, just go to your cPanel and inside the directory of your website, upload the Wordpress.zip which you had downloaded previously. If your host has a max file upload of 2 MB, use a FTP client like CuteFTP or Filezilla. Your details will be found in the cPanel. But I insist on x10hosting coz of the quality and service though you will feel bandwidth is less, it is enough. My website gets 200-500 hits daily but 10 GB is still more than enough.

Setting Up A Database:

Now go to the MySQL tab in your cPanel and create a new database. After that, add an user to that database. Now to to the website link where you have hosted and you will get a error like it is not configured and you have to configure. Just give your SQL databse name and SQL username and password.

In case you use any other host, you will get the sql host details in your cPanel or Vista panel.

Your website is now hosted ;)

Now go to yourwebsitelink/wp-admin and start maintaining your site ;)