WEBVTT 00:00.180 --> 00:05.250 The first thing you need to do if you want to build a WordPress site that's live for the public is to 00:05.250 --> 00:12.060 purchase hosting hosting is the back end of your Web site where your actual files are saved. 00:12.060 --> 00:18.220 Wordpress is the framework that allows you to edit your web site but it's not where your files are hosted. 00:18.240 --> 00:20.470 There are many different hosting services out there. 00:20.490 --> 00:25.350 I've used blue hose for a number of years for all of my web sites and I can recommend it. 00:25.350 --> 00:30.750 There's other ones out there that other people recommend Like host gator but I'm going to show you how 00:30.750 --> 00:35.690 to install WordPress with blue because that's what I would do if I were you. 00:35.700 --> 00:42.690 Now for other people if you're using a nother post I'll try to include resources for how to install 00:42.690 --> 00:45.060 WordPress on those hosts as well. 00:45.060 --> 00:48.260 So to get started I'm going to actually walk through the entire process. 00:48.270 --> 00:52.950 If you go to Blue Dot Com what you're going to want to do is click get started. 00:52.950 --> 00:58.950 Now you can select your different plans these different plans have different options so if you go with 00:58.950 --> 01:01.980 the basic plans you only get one Web site. 01:02.010 --> 01:06.750 You have a limited amount of space for that Web site even though 50 gigabytes seems like a lot. 01:06.750 --> 01:12.540 It potentially could get filled up if you end up having a huge web site with lots of files photos those 01:12.540 --> 01:14.770 kinds of things that you upload to it. 01:14.880 --> 01:19.640 You can only have up to five domains 25 subdomains. 01:19.650 --> 01:24.510 These are things that as you grow you might want to consider upgrading and that's another thing you 01:24.510 --> 01:27.640 can upgrade to any of these accounts later on. 01:27.720 --> 01:35.290 These other ones include different types of things like unmetered bandwidth and space and Web sites. 01:35.290 --> 01:40.040 But for this class I'm just going to go with the basic one just to get started. 01:40.250 --> 01:45.290 If you already have a domain name you can submit it here on the right and you're going to have to transfer 01:45.290 --> 01:51.050 it say you purchased a domain name from go daddy dot com or name cheap or another domain registrar. 01:51.080 --> 01:54.140 You're going to have to transfer it to blue post if I want a new one. 01:54.140 --> 01:58.800 Then I click over here and I can choose a new one for this Web site test. 01:58.820 --> 02:03.580 I'm going to create a Web site based off of my very simple woodworking designs. 02:03.710 --> 02:06.160 So I'm going to call it Ebner designs. 02:06.170 --> 02:07.780 Now dot com is the best one. 02:07.790 --> 02:13.340 But if I want something cheaper just to play around with I can use ADOT site or some of these other 02:13.400 --> 02:15.390 different domain extensions. 02:15.440 --> 02:19.820 So I just click next to make sure that this domain name is available. 02:19.820 --> 02:21.200 It looks like what is available. 02:21.200 --> 02:26.450 So the next thing you would do is fill out your name and all of your information and then under your 02:26.450 --> 02:29.670 package information you can choose which package you want. 02:29.780 --> 02:33.060 So for example on blue hose there's different packages. 02:33.170 --> 02:37.210 And the deal gets better the more month that you pay for up front. 02:37.310 --> 02:40.370 So choose the price that fits your plan. 02:40.370 --> 02:43.220 Now there's different options that you might want to consider. 02:43.220 --> 02:45.080 One is domain privacy protection. 02:45.080 --> 02:49.070 This is really important and if you click any of these more information buttons it will give you more 02:49.070 --> 02:50.040 information about it. 02:50.060 --> 02:56.180 If you don't have domain privacy protection then your address and your e-mail address are actually out 02:56.180 --> 02:56.900 in the public. 02:56.900 --> 03:01.110 Once you register for your domain name I would consider that one. 03:01.160 --> 03:06.800 The other one site backup pro search engine jumpstart site locks security all of these things were going 03:06.800 --> 03:13.670 to be learning how to install plugins that do just the same thing but for free and some other options 03:13.670 --> 03:18.380 so I wouldn't recommend not using any of these over here. 03:18.380 --> 03:22.240 Lastly you put your payment information and then click submit. 03:22.250 --> 03:27.290 So go ahead fill this out and purchase your hosting before moving on to the next step. 03:27.290 --> 03:30.980 Once you have signed up for blue host log into your account and under hosting. 03:30.980 --> 03:35.800 Click on see panel then click install WordPress. 03:35.970 --> 03:38.980 It'll take you to this new page and say get started. 03:40.970 --> 03:45.230 You're going to choose the domain name that you just registered for me I have different domain names 03:45.230 --> 03:46.180 that I've purchased. 03:46.190 --> 03:52.070 I'm actually using my main account for blue house now because I can purchase multiple domain names under 03:52.070 --> 03:53.600 the same host. 03:53.600 --> 04:00.900 So now I can click Ebner designs dot com which is the new Web site that I want to build for this course. 04:00.930 --> 04:04.410 Select that domain and leave the directory empty. 04:04.560 --> 04:11.880 Unless you want it to point to a separate web site so if you typed in home for example then when you 04:11.880 --> 04:17.370 go to Ebner designs dot com it would take you to Ebner designs dot com forward slash home so leave it 04:17.370 --> 04:20.670 blank so people can get straight to that domain. 04:20.670 --> 04:25.940 Click next and then it will show you your admin user name email address and password. 04:25.950 --> 04:32.100 Check these two boxes saying that you understand that the install will take place on this domain and 04:32.100 --> 04:35.770 that you've read the terms things click install 04:39.810 --> 04:44.750 once you get this installation complete banner up here you're ready to rock and roll. 04:44.760 --> 04:51.620 You'll also receive an email with the web address and your information for logging in. 04:51.630 --> 05:00.660 So go ahead and go to the Web site address which will be your domain name dot com or whatever your extension 05:00.660 --> 05:01.220 is. 05:01.310 --> 05:05.310 Forward slash W.P. dash admin. 05:05.310 --> 05:12.990 This is how you log on to your wordpress site now input the user name or email address and password 05:12.990 --> 05:17.520 that you were given in the last step of installing WordPress. 05:17.520 --> 05:17.790 Great. 05:17.790 --> 05:24.360 Now you have WordPress installed for your brand new website now to log on and to edit your Web site. 05:24.360 --> 05:31.860 Always remember that you're going to go to your website you're all dot com forward slash WP dash admin 05:31.920 --> 05:37.280 and then put your username and password the blue host account or your hosting account is seperate and 05:37.280 --> 05:42.420 you might have to log into that to adjust things to register new domains or things like that. 05:42.570 --> 05:48.920 But for the rest of this class we won't be dealing with hosting as much as just with your web site itself. 05:48.930 --> 05:55.950 So whether you're using the free option of server press or a hosting option like blue host we now have 05:55.950 --> 05:59.970 WordPress installed and are ready to start building our own Web site.