Do It Yourself – Website Tutorials

Setting up a Website or Blog
Whether you are wanting to learn how to create a blog or setting up a website for the first time, the first steps are always the same but before you can begin, you have to decide how you want to set it up. Most people choose to use either a website builder or content management system (CMS) like WordPress as those are the easiest if you have never started a website before. However, for the more advanced option, you could build a site from scratch, but that requires coding skills.

For the sake of simplicity, we breakdown how to set up a website or blog into easy to follow steps using WordPress. The rest is up to you!

Buy a Domain Name
Choose a Web Hosting Provider & Setting up your hosting account
Install WordPress
Step 1: Buy a Domain Name
If you don’t already have a domain name for your new website or blog then the hardest part is picking a domain name that best suits your business or blog. Once you have decided on a domain name and it’s available for purchase, the next step to buy it!

Already decided to use Bluehost as your hosting provider? We provide more detailed steps below on entering or purchasing your domain and setting up your hosting account all at once.

Step 2: Choosing a Web Host
There are many hosting companies out there, but for a WordPress site, Bluehost should definitely be at the top of anyone’s list. Bluehost is recommended by WordPress for website hosting and has been for more than 10 years.

To set up your hosting account with Bluehost, follow the steps below. It will speed up the process to think of a domain name you want to use and to have your credit card for payment ready to go before you get started.

Set Up Your Hosting Account

To get started, go to Bluehost’s home page and click “Get Started.”

Next, you need to choose a domain name for your site. If you already own a domain name, you can enter it here, and you will just have to go through a few extra steps to make sure you get your DNS pointed to Bluehost. If you don’t already have a domain name, you can purchase one from right in the sign up process, and the best part is, it comes free with your new managed WordPress hosting account purchase.

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Once you’ve entered a domain name, you’ll fill in your personal information.

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Then, you’ll choose which hosting package you want. Normal, shared hosting is priced at 12, 24 and 36-month terms. To help save you money, the longer term you purchase, the lower the monthly rate will be. For example, by choosing a 36-month hosting term, you can get a great introductory rate of $3.95/month. And, because you’ve chosen to host with Bluehost, if you ever need more than a shared hosting account, Bluehost provides seamless upgrades to VPS or dedicated server hosting accounts from inside your control panel.

There are few other offers provided at sign up, which you can include at your discretion. One we recommend is Domain Privacy, a paid service that allows personal information to be kept private on WHOIS databases.

After you’ve filled in your information and chosen your hosting package, click the “Next” button to complete your purchase. You’ll then be asked to create a password for your account. You can use the Password Generator to create a strong and secure password or create one yourself. It is required to have both capital and lowercase letters, a number, and a special character (?!#, etc.) in order to have a strong enough password to protect your account.

Now that you are all signed up and are able to log into your account, you can get started installing WordPress!

Step 3: Installing WordPress
This may seem like the most complicated step, but Bluehost has worked hard to make this one of the easiest things for you to do by using the new MOJO Marketplace for installing WordPress and other applications. In your cPanel, scroll to the section titled “MOJO Marketplace” and choose the “One-Click Installs” button. This will take you to a page inside MOJO Marketplace called Scripts and Platforms.

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