how to host a website on hostgator hostgator hosting tutorial hey guys
bryan with WP cupid blog and today i'm gonna be showing you how to host a
website on hostgator step by step in this Hostgator hosting tutorial video
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videos in this video I'm gonna be going over four different steps to get your
website hosted and up and running with Hostgator step one 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 awesome folks over at Hostgator have
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with me to set up 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 your 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'll see three different plans
you can choose from the hatchling plan the baby plan in 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 the 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 as 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 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 3 months 6 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 one is listed in just a second next you
want to enter your username pick anything you would like next just enter
your four-digit pin 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 so it isn't necessary you will
see get a professional email address from Google I done select this as you
can get free email accounts with the Hostgator hosting select this only if
you prefer to do it via Google next you will see back up your hard work this
will create a backup of your site I don't select this as there are free
alternatives that work 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 an SSL
certificate protects sensitive customer information in 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 without email you your Hostgator receipt and your
Hostgator cPanel login credentials once you get the email just click the link
and log in 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
and 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 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 we'll say blog title you want to put in the name of your site
here enter the admin username password and other information to use for when
logging into WordPress next check the automatically create a new database and
check that you agree to the Terms & 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 begin in
creating your site 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 now 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 the most popular it will show you the most popular free
WordPress themes hover over a theme and click install once it 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 is a premium theme a
great place to get premium WordPress themes is theme forest I include the
link in the description below you can get all ready 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've successfully set up WordPress on
Hostgator you can now start creating your website with Hostgator alright guys
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