- What You Need To Do Before Installing WordPress
- Step 1: How To Register Your Domain Name and Obtain Web Hosting
- Related Tutorial: How To Find Available Keyword-Rich Domain Names Quickly
- Step 2: Deciding Where To Install Your WordPress Site
- Step 3: Installing WordPress.
- Step 4: Creating A Google Account
- Step 5: Creating Your Initial WordPress Content
WordPress Installation Guide With Step-By-Step Tutorials
Welcome To Our WordPress Installation Guide!
This training section provides complete step-by-step tutorials that will guide you through the entire WordPress installation process.
The tutorials are easy to follow and show you step-by-step how to install a brand new WordPress site or blog for your business or for personal use.
We also include a step-by-step “online pre-installation checklist” that will help to ensure you have everything you need in place before installing WordPress. This will save you a great deal of time and eliminate any problems or confusions when you start installing your new site.
And, as a SwellHost customer, you qualify for support with your WordPress installation, in case you get stuck in the process.
WordPress is changing lives and businesses around the globe right now, and if this is your first introduction, check out the next section, below. If you already ‘get it’ then you’ll find the Step By Step WordPress Tutorials by clicking here or scrolling to the bottom of this page.
Why Use WordPress?
WordPress is a powerful free blogging tool initially created to make beautiful blogs easy to manage. In more recent years, wordpress is being used to create a diverse array of websites for small businesses, entrepreneurs, marketers, even ecommerce sites.
This sounds great, but what exactly can WordPress do for you?
If you’re an online business owner or a small business owner, your website needs to become the cornerstone of your business, if it isn’t already. If you are a budding entrepreneur with a great idea or passion about a specific niche, a WordPress website is an extremely cost effective way to test and market your concept.
WordPress allows you to create a web platform where you can connect with your target market through search engines and social media. WordPress is your entrance point into the connected economy where your message, idea and products can connect with the billions of people who are searching and surfing the web, each day.
The best part?
WordPress is developed and updated by the world’s smartest and most passionate nerds, so you don’t have to deal with the technical stuff! They have created a dashboard that allows you to manage your look and your content all yourself through your internet browser.
If you can communicate with business associates, friends and family members via a Yahoo mail or a Google Mail account, you have the skills you need to manage a successful WordPress site.
Essentially… WordPress is your online vehicle that puts YOU in the driver’s seat! WordPress is powerful, flexible, inexpensive, easy to manage, and it allows you to have complete control over your own web presence …
(Screenshot from “Blog Vs Website: Which Is Better For Your Business?”)
Now … you probably have some serious questions about what WordPress as a content management system has to offer you. First of all, let’s look at some impressive statistics about WordPress:
- There are well over 60 million installations of WordPress worldwide. This number is growing everyday
- One-sixth of all sites are powered by WordPress.
- More than 50% of all sites that use a content management system are powered by WordPress.
- WordPress is a completely free and open source content management system.
- WordPress is built by volunteers.
- WordPress is constantly being updated to improve both functionality and security.
That’s all pretty impressive, right? Let’s take a closer look at what 60+ million people see in WordPress. What does WordPress offer you that will make it the right online vehicle for setting up your web presence?
WordPress – Facts And Figures
If you are ready to start using WordPress, then simply follow the step-by-step tutorials below – they will show you exactly how to install your very own WordPress site or blog.
WordPress Installation Process
The flowchart below shows the recommended process that we will follow in these tutorials to help you install a WordPress site or blog on your domain quickly and professionally …
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WordPress Installation Guide Tutorials – Tutorials List
The WordPress Installation Guide Training in this section includes the following tutorials:
- What You Need To Do Before Installing WordPress
- Step 1: How To Register Your Domain Name and Obtain Web Hosting
- Related Tutorial: How To Find Available Keyword-Rich Domain Names Quickly
- Step 2: Deciding Where To Install Your WordPress Site
- Step 3: Installing WordPress.
- Step 4: Creating A Google Account
- Step 5: Creating Your Initial WordPress Content
- Related Tutorial: WordPress Site Content Creation Checklist
- How To Install WordPress Manually Using FTP
- Related Tutorial: How To Transfer Data Between Your Computer And Your Server (3 Methods)
- Related Tutorial: How To FTP Files To Your Server Using Filezilla
- Related Tutorial: How To Configure Server File Permission Settings
- How To Update WordPress Automatically Using The WP Dashboard
- How To Update WordPress Manually Using cPanel
- How To Update WordPress Manually Using FTP
- How To Install WordPress Plugins Automatically
- How To Install WordPress Plugins Manually
- How To Upgrade And Delete WordPress Plugins Automatically
- How To Upgrade And Delete WordPress Plugins Manually
- How To Install WordPress Themes Automatically
- How To Install WordPress Themes Manually
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