how to create a website with hostgator hostgator website tutorial
hey guys bryan with WP Cupid blog and today i'm gonna be showing you how to create a
website with hostgator or step by step in this Hostgator website tutorial video
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videos in this video i'm gonna be going over four different steps to create your
website with Hostgator step 1 is how to sign up for an account with Hostgator
step 2 is choosing a hosting package step 3 is registering a domain name and
then step 4 is how to install and setup your website with site builders or
WordPress on Hostgator so you can start creating a website with Hostgator the
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awesome features you will get with Hostgator hosting is a one click site
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free to click the Hostgator link in the description to walk through the steps
with me to setup WordPress on Hostgator once you click the link you will see
Hostgator web hosting page like you see here keep in mind Hostgator does change
their landing page quite often so if it looks different don't worry the
remaining steps after this stay the same you'll see a get started button click
the button you will see three different plans you can choose from the hatchling
plan the baby plan and the business plan the planned I recommend
going with is the hatchling plan you can have one domain name with this plan you
can always scale up to one of the other two plans if you need to if you have
more than one website you'll want to go with the baby plan as this includes
unlimited domains go ahead and select a hosting plan you want by clicking the
sign up now button you will now be on a page where you want to choose your
domain name type in the domain you would like to use along with the domain
extension for example.com dotnet dot org etc I recommend going with a.com if you
can is this is the most common domain extension if you already have a domain
name just click on the I already own this domain and put it in your domain
name once you do that we want to choose our hosting plan just make sure the
package type is the correct plan you want next you want to choose the billing
cycle you can choose to pay monthly every three months six months 12 months
24 months and 36 months you will see you will save the most money the farther out
you purchase your Hostgator hosting 4 I'm going to show you how to get hosting
even cheaper than what is listed in just a second next you want to enter your
username pick anything you would like just enter the four-digit pin that you
would like to have make sure to remember this is this is used when you need to
talk to Hostgator support next you want to enter your billing information over
on the right hand side you will see where you can put in your card
information or you can pay via a PayPal account after you input this information
go to the next section where you can add additional services if you would like to
you will see protect your site from hackers I will say there are plenty of
free security alternatives for WordPress if you happen to be using WordPress so
it isn't necessary you will see get a professional email address from Google I
doesn't select this as you can get free email accounts with the Hostgator
hosting select this only if you'd prefer to do it via Google next you will see
back up your hard work this will create a backup of your site I'd unselect this
as there are free alternatives that were just as well next you will see HTTPS SSL
Certificates in order to get this you have to have
the baby hosting plan or above SSL certificate protects sensitive customer
information the next section is where you can add a coupon code if you want to
receive hostgator hosting for up to 60% off use promo code Cupid 60 now just
scroll down and accept the terms and conditions and click the checkout Now
button you will now be directed to a Thank You page Hostgator will now email
you your Hostgator receipt and your Hostgator cPanel login credentials once
you get the email just click the link and login to the Hostgator cPanel once
you are logged in we want to install a website builder to start making your
website you will see 1-click installs it next to it WordPress click WordPress if
you'd like to create your site via WordPress if you want to make your
website with something other than WordPress click on 1-click installs when
you do a bunch of site builders and content management systems will pop up
for you to choose from to make your website for the remaining of this
tutorial I'm going to go over how to make your website in-depth with
WordPress as this is the most popular website building platform select
WordPress next you want to choose your domain name you can pick it from the
drop-down leave the box next to it where it says directory blank now just click
Next now it will say blog title you want to put it in the name of your site here
and there the admin username password and other information to use for when
logging into WordPress next check the automatically great a new database and
check that you agree to the terms and conditions once you do that click the
Install Now button you will now be redirected to a installation complete
page that lists out your WordPress login credentials now you want to enter your
domain name at the top of the search engine and put a slash wp-admin just
like you see here this will take you to the wordpress login page for your site
you'll receive an email with a link from Hostgator with a login URL as well once
you log in you'll be in the WordPress dashboard where you can be
in creating your sight towards the top you will see your site title and if you
hover over it you will see view site click either one and you will see the
WordPress default theme currently being used now you just need to customize the
site and make it look however you would like I want to go over a basic WordPress
tutorial to help you learn a little about WordPress when making your website
from the wordpress dashboard on the far left you will see tabs hover over them
and get to learn them post is where you can add new post pages is where you can
add new pages the media tab is where your images will show that you upload to
your blog comments is where you can view comments people leave on your blog
appearance is where you can change the look of your theme or change your theme
to another one or a premium theme select themes when you hover over appearance it
will showcase free wordpress themes that you can choose from
if you select most popular it will show you the most popular free WordPress
themes hover over a theme and click install once this is done you will see a
button where you can select activate to make the theme your WordPress theme you
should also see add new theme on this page this is where you can add a new
theme if you got it from another site or it as a premium theme a great place to
get premium themes is theme forest I included a link in the description below
you can get already professional made WordPress themes if you don't want to
bother with designing your site etc another great site if you need help with
designing your customizations in WordPress is freelancer.com you can hire
freelancers for tasks that you need done for as low as $10 per task Fiverr is
another great resource where you can get tasks done for just $5 you have
successfully set up WordPress on Hostgator you can now start creating
your website with Hostgator alright guys thanks for watching that is my Hostgator
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