How to Start a Website or Blog with Hostgator and Wordpress in 10 Minutes or Less

How to Start a Website or Blog with Hostgator and Wordpress in 10 Minutes or Less

 

How to Start a Website or Blog with Hostgator and Wordpress in 10 Minutes or Less video transcript:

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Hey everyone, it's Steven Fabian from BusinessOnlineGuidance.com

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Thanks for taking the time to watch this video on how to start your

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website or blog

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in 10 minutes or less. I promise, by the end of this video you'll know how to

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set up your own domain name, how to choose a professional design

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and how to publish your first posts.

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By the way the reason I'm recording this video is because I receive a ton of

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requests from you

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to help you set up your blog,

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so instead of replying to everyone separately I decided to walk you through

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this simple process by doing it myself. Besides the very first of online success

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is setting up your own website or blog and now you'll be hopefully able to

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start your own one and gain followers quickly.

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Before we start I'd like to reassure you that setting up a blog or website is

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very cheap and easy and it doesn't require any special programming

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knowledge or stuff like that. It's really one of the most risk-free online

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money making models,

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so I definitely recommend you get started as soon as possible.

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So let me show you how to do it and then you can follow along yourself.

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So the first step is to visit HostGator which provides all the

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services you need.

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You can go to HostGator by visiting hostgator.businessonlineguidance.com

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or you can simply click on the link below this video

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and that will take you there as well. Before you rush off and register

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I'd like to remind you that I have a coupon code you can use to get a 25%

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discount which can save you a ton of money. The coupon code is stevenfabian and I'll

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show you how you can redeem it in just a few seconds.

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Once you visited HostGator click on „View Web Hosting Plans".

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Then you can decide which hosting plan you want to choose.

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I suggest you select the Hatchling Plan since this is the cheapest and it will

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provide you with everything you'll need.

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The next step is to find a domain name for your blog.

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This can be anything you want as long as it's not taken yet by someone else. You

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can even choose whether you want a .com

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.net or .org extension.

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I recommend you stick with the most popular .com

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extension, so I'm gonna register your1stblog.com as my domain name.

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The next step is to choose your Billing Cycle. As you can see, the longer

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you commit, the cheaper your monthly fees will be.

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So if you can afford it I recommend you choose the 12 or the 6 month plan

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but if you want to play it safe you can of course choose the monthly plan as well.

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Next, you have to choose a username and a security pin

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which can be anything you want.

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. Then below you can fill out this form so that you can finally purchase your

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website

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and start building it.

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By the way, you can pay both with credit cards or PayPal,

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which is another great feature I like about HostGator.

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The next step is completely optional. You can decide whether you want to buy some

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addons, such asDomain Privacy or Site Lock.

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I wouldn't worry too much about these things, but if you can afford it,

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you can surely go ahead and buy them as well.

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And now's the most important part

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because here's how you can redeem your twenty five percent discount coupon.

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By entering steven fabiani into the coupon field and clicking Validate!

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. If you scroll down you can see on this line how much money this code save

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you, so I highly recommend you keep it in mind.

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Now the last thing you need to do is tick this box and then click Create Account.

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Right after you create your account, you'll receive a welcome email from

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HostGator containing your control panel link, password and username.

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Simply click this link in your email and then log into your account.

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If you want to start a WordPress blog like most people do, scroll down this page

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until you find Software and Services.

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Then click Quick Install here.

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Under the Blog Software tab you'll see WordPress

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listed so click on that and then click continue.

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From there it's really easy. Leave the Application URL blank

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give your Admin Email

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type in your blog's title

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type in your admin username and then click install now.

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HostGator will automatically install WordPress on your blog and you'll be able

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to build your site through WordPress's admin panel, like most people do.

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Once you completed this step, login to your email account and wait for

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the email from WordPress to show up.

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This will contain the login information you need to access the admin panel of your site.

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As you can see, the default WordPress site looks something like this.

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To login to WordPress, go to yourdomain.com slash WP dash admin

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WP dash admin

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and enter your username and password. This will immediately take you the

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admin area.

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For security reasons, I suggest you change your password right away, which

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you can do by clicking on the Users button here.

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As I promised, now I'd like to show you how to choose the design of your blog.

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. It's very easy and it's lots of fun so you can play around

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with for quite some time.

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Click on Appearance and Themes, then select Install Themes.

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Here you can search among hundreds of professional looking website design you

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can use for free.

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You can even filter these themes by keyword so I'm gonna

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gonna type in adventure and see what it brings back.

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This one looks pretty cool, so I'm just gonna click Install Now

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then click activate.

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Now if you type in your URL and click enter you can see that your blog's deign has been

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been updated just as you wanted.

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Another thing I promised was to show you how to publish your first post

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so here's how you can do it.

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Click on Post and Add New.

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From there it's pretty obvious. You can enter a Title here and type your post

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post into this big box. If you want to add an image click on Add Media

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and select the image you want to upload.

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Then click Insert into Post.

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If you want to add a link, then simply highlight the text you want to be

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a link

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click here and then type in the URL you want to link to.

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You can format your text by using these buttons, just like you

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can in Microsoft Word for example.

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So once your post is ready click Publish

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visit your blog and as you can see, your new post is live.

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So I guess we're done here. As you can see, the complete process is very very simple

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and cheap, all you have to do is click a few buttons while HostGator

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provides both the hosting

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and the domain name.

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And you can use WordPress for free for building your site.

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. Of course you don't have to use HostGator but for me it's my favorite host

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provider

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since I've hosted several sites with them and I've always been satisfied.

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Besides, it's definitely one of the cheapest hosts out there

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especially if you use my coupon code to get a discount.

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So if you're tired of spending so much time and not getting any results, I guess you can

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use this tutorial to take the first step towards your online success

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and start your very first blog or website right away.

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You can get started by clicking the link below this video

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which will open a new window so if you get stuck somewhere you can watch

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it again to see how to move forward.

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So thank you again very much for watching this review,

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and if you have any questions please let me know and I'll reply to you

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personally as soon as possible.