We provide several short articles and tips on building your own WordPress site. The short articles are under the WordPress menu. Most of the blog posts are about WordPress and web sites. You can search for blog posts in the sidebar on the right or go to a recent post or use the cloud of tags to locate all posts that contain key words.
Here is what Wikipedia has to say about WordPress, and Content Management Systems:
WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system. WordPress was used by more than 23.3% of the top 10 million websites as of January 2015. WordPress is the most popular blogging system in use on the Web, at more than 60 million websites.
A content management system (CMS) is a computer application that allows publishing, editing and modifying content, organizing, deleting as well as maintenance from a central interface. Such systems of content management provide procedures to manage workflow in a collaborative environment. … CMSs are often used to run websites containing blogs, news, and shopping. Many corporate and marketing websites use CMSs. The function of Content Management Systems is to store and organize files, and provide version-controlled access to their data.
Sources of Information
Aside from this website, there are several other websites that are great sources of information.
http://codex.wordpress.org/
http://www.wpbeginner.com
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/
Learn with YouTube
There is a one-hour and 12-minute video course on YouTube called How To Make A WordPress Website For FREE 2020 Elementor Tutorial 1,800 FREE TEMPLATES. The site that he shows us how to build is modern and professional looking. That video was put up in the fall of 2019.
Hosting Options
There are three options to publish a public website using WordPress. The first option is free.
- Fully hosted with WordPress.com
- WordPress.com with an upgraded plan, like our Business Plan that allows a lot of self-hosted functionality, like plugins and custom themes.
- The self-hosted version, whose software is available for free at WordPress.org. This requires purchasing hosting with another provider, such as Bluehost, GoDaddy, HostGator or SiteGround and installing WordPress software on it.
If you are brand new to creating websites I recommend the first option. You will need an email and will need to create a password when you sign up. You will also need to decide on your website address name. For example, If your company name is ABC Inc. you would use “abcinc” as your website address, meaning that the public will be able to go to your website by visiting abcinc.wordpress.com. You have to use the wordpress.com in the last part of the website address. If you want a more professional website address, such as abcinc.com you will need to use the third option and pay for hosting at Bluehost, HostGator or some other hosting provider. They have different plans, but budget for somewhere between $100 to $200 per year. Before spending the money, you could try the first option for free.