Tuesday, January 19, 2016

First Step with Wordpress Website

New to Wordpress – Where to start – Beginning with Wordpress

Read Create Website with Bluehost to know about your Bluehost account.

You should have credentials for your Bluehost and Wordpress account. You can access your website through Bluehost or  Wordpress.

Log into Bluehost to see control panel (cpanel) of your account. You will see a pop-up to log in to your wesite(dashboard). Click log in to your site.

A new tab will open and what you are seeing is your website Dashboard home.

First Step with Wordpress Website - Wordpress Dashboard
To visit your website home page click home icon on top left corner. Sample welcome message and comment will appear on your home page.
First Step with Wordpress Website - Wordpress Visitpage

 To go back to your dashboard click dashboard icon on top left corner.
First Step with Wordpress Website - Wordpress Dashboard

You should use menu on side bar to configure, control, design/build your website.

First Step with Wordpress Website - Wordpress Sidebar
Update your profile information. Select the name to display publically. Author for your post.
First Step with Wordpress Website - Wordpress User Profile

Go to Settings -> General. Edit site URL if you want. You can set http://example.com or www.example.com. But stick to one either non www or www version. Set site title, tagline, language, timezone and time format.
First Step with Wordpress Website - Wordpress SettingGeneral

 Go to Settings -> Permalinks. Select a URL for your posts, page, permalinks and archives.
First Step with Wordpress Website - Wordpress SettingPermalinks

By default, a very few themes, plugins and tools are installed in your account. You need to install (TinyMce, Yoast SEO) additionally for your site requirement/design. Installation is very easy. Click corresponding menu, add new, search for theme/plugin/tool, install and activate. Once activated, do the necessary settings.



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