WordPress Dns Settings

Saturday, February 19th, 2011 at 2:49 am

Web Site Hosting Providers - Get your website online quickly

Today it is incredibly fast and easy to get a website or blog up and running - even if you do not have expertise. In this article I will explain how to configure WordPress that can power a website, a blog, or a combination of the two. There are four steps:

1. Registering a domain name

2. Choose one of the many web hosting providers

3. Install WordPress

4. WordPress Setup and enter your content (text, images, videos, etc)

The first step is to choose and register a domain name. You must navigate a web domain registered before buying some of the prices are not consistent. Good places to start are GoDaddy.com and Cheapnames.com. Find the name you want, that is available may be the slowest part of the process of getting online, but you need something you can live as they do not want to have to change later.

Step two is to select one of the many web hosting providers available. Again, there are numerous options, but for a WordPress Installation HostGator.com is a safe option. Many sites also offer web hosting providers and domain name registration services the easiest way forward is to use this. However, though simple, is probably not the cheapest option. Some websites that are hosting providers include a free domain in the package, this may be fine, but make sure you are the owner, that the extension is acceptable and that is still free.

Once you have signed up a hosting plan that will be able to access to your control panel. If you registered your domain name elsewhere is needed to the name servers of your host and return to the site where you registered the name and enter in the name servers in DNS data.

The third step is to find Fantastico in your control panel (a smiley face icon) and open it. Select WordPress in left column and click on New Installation. "Getting the domain" and should show your domain and 'Install directory' can be left blank. Complete other fields, this data is not important as it can be changed later once you see what you use. The field is important is the administrator password, use a strong password to avoid any risk that their site is hacked. Click "Install WordPress" and "Finish Installation" on next page. You should now see a confirmation of the facility and a facility to email the details. You must enter your email address for you to receive a record of your login and URL.

You can now access WordPress, choose a theme you like, start-up of the design, add plugins (Additional software that offers extra functionality) then add content.

I hope this shows how easy it is to launch a website, but in fact can not be done as fast as the above implies. After you have paid for your domain name will have to wait a few hours before it is available and after having entered the server name of your host, will have to wait again for 24-48 DNS information is updated via the Internet.

About the Author

Andy Nataghi is an enthusiast and writer about all things technical and has a particular interest in Website Hosting Providers. To see more detail on the above criteria for assessing hosting providers please visit http://website-hosting-plans.com

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