2. Creating a website is like building a house…
There are three
things you will need
to build your virtual
house..
http://www.thesisvideotutorials.com
3. The Address
A domain name is the
address you send your
customers to.
http://www.thesisvideotutorials.com
4. The Address
Choose a domain
name that represents
your business
http://www.thesisvideotutorials.com
5. Block Of Land
Web hosting is the
block of land you build
your website on
http://www.thesisvideotutorials.com
6. Block Of Land
What hosting you
choose depends on
how ‘hands on’ you
want to be.
http://www.thesisvideotutorials.com
7. The House!
WordPress provides
the framework of your
website
http://www.thesisvideotutorials.com
8. .com vs.org
Build your own house…or not.
It is difficult to run an
online business with a
wordpress.com free
account.
http://www.thesisvideotutorials.com
9. Costs???
Domain Name - $10 - $20 per year
Shared Hosting - $10 per month
Grid and Managed – $24 per month
WordPress – FREE!
Compare this to the cost of setting up a
bricks and mortar shop??
http://www.thesisvideotutorials.com
The basic requirements you need for setting up a websiteWho supplies them.The costs involved
Domain name registrarOnly renting the domain nameChoose a name closely related to your business – business name preferable
Maintenance – security, site maintenance/updates, site performance, backupsDreamhost– Shared hosting (cheapest option). you have to share your resources (memory, bandwidth) with other users who are hosted on the same machine as you failure of a shared host cantake your website offlineMedia temple – Grid hosting (more expensive) web space is not located on one machine, but is more like a "virtual machine” on a cluster of serversyour website can leverage resources from more machines in the cluster if necessary. If one grid fails, another server takes overWordPress Managed Hosting – everything is managed for you.Some web hosts will include a free domain name when you sign up for a planIf you cancel the plan you may have to then pay for the domain name
FreeEasy to installThere is a learning curveUser friendlyCustomizable and adaptable for your needsConstantly updatedLarge communityLots of plugins, themes and add ons.
Free – security and hosting taken care of. Good for learning.Can’t customize code, premium themes, plugins, advertising.Self Hosted – use plugins, themes, customize code but have to supply own domain name and hosting. Maintenance.
What’s next?Manual InstallationGrab a domain nameSign up for webhosting account