Introduction
When you’re ready to start building a website, one of the first decisions you need to make is choosing a web hosting service.
If you’ve never built a website before, then it’s important that your host makes this process simple and easy. Luckily, BlueHost’s intuitive interface and helpful tutorials make it easy for beginners to get started with WordPress. And now that you’re here, let’s dive right into how easy it is to set up your hosting with BlueHost:
First, choose the plan that’s right for you.
The first step is choosing a plan that’s right for you. BlueHost offers a variety of hosting plans, each with their own features and prices. The best way to start is by picking out the plan that meets your needs, goals, and budget:
$5.95/month! Build your site on the Cloud today!Next, search and register a domain name.
For More assistance with this see:
- How to Choose an Awesome Domain Name for a Blog
- How to Start a Blog and Monetize it in 2023 (step-by-step): Beginner’s Guide
To set up your web hosting with BlueHost, you need to search and register a domain name. A domain name is the name of your website, like “example.com.”
It’s what people will type into their browser to get to your site. The most important thing when choosing a domain name is that you make it memorable and easy to spell.
You can also use an acronym or abbreviation if it makes sense (my site is “thesitewizard” because I want people who don’t know me well yet to be able to remember how they can find my site).
If possible, find a domain name that’s available by searching at sites like GoDaddy or NameCheap (or doing Google searches), but if there are no good options available then you’ll have to spend money buying one from them instead of getting free ones from those companies’ domains registrars (see below).
In step 3 above, we told BlueHost where our hosting was going; now we need tell them where our domain names are going as well! In fact…
Create an account with BlueHost.
To create an account with BlueHost, you’ll need to provide the following:
- Your name and email address.
- A password for your account.
- The domain name you want to use for your website (for example, www.myawesomedomainname.com).
Once your information is submitted, it can take anywhere from 10 minutes to 48 hours for your new hosting plan to be active in our system and ready for use with WordPress!
After you’ve created your account, set up your hosting plan.
- Choose your hosting plan.
- Use the one-click install to set up WordPress.
Installation is easy and can be done in just a few minutes, so no need to stress about it!
From there, install WordPress with one click!
Once you’ve created your account and logged in, it’s time to install WordPress. WordPress is the most popular and widely used content management system (CMS), so it’s no surprise that BlueHost makes the process simple. It takes just one click to install WordPress on your website!
WordPress is free and open source, which means you can use it for free on your own domain name or host it through a third party provider like BlueHost. It’s also very easy to learn—there are hundreds of beginner-friendly tutorials out there for all skill levels, from newbie bloggers who want some tips on how best to optimize their blog posts for search engines or advanced developers who want help building complex websites using HTML5 or JavaScript frameworks like AngularJS.
Finally, use your free WordPress training to learn how to build and update your website.
Now that you’re up and running, it’s time to learn how to use your web hosting. Here are some resources to help:
- Use the free WordPress training available from BlueHost for a deep dive into creating and managing your site.
- Check out our beginner’s guide to learning HTML & CSS in order to start building your own designs from scratch.
- You can also check out Wix or Squarespace if you think they might be more suitable for what you have in mind (though they may not be as cost effective).
You can Seamlessly Transition from a Beginner to an Expert web builder in Just a Matter of Time.
Once you’ve installed WordPress, it’s time to create your page. You have a few options of what to name it, but one thing that’s important is that people can easily find the website later—so don’t make it too complicated!
You also need to decide what kind of content you want on this site. This will depend on whether or not you’re looking for more traffic or just want somewhere where friends and family can visit when they want to check up on how things are going in life. For example: if I want more traffic coming through my website then maybe I should start blogging regularly about subjects related to law enforcement careers; whereas if my goal is just getting more people into my social circle then maybe just posting some pictures would be sufficient – because at least then they know my face! After all there’s no better feeling than knowing someone out there cares enough about me (or knows me well enough) when times get tough 🙂
Conclusion
With just a few clicks of the mouse, you can get started on building your website. You’ll be able to build and update it with ease in no time at all!
