How to Make a Website Using WordPress
- How to make a website using WordPress is super easy
- Start with the web hosting company - you need a place that will host your website
- If you want easy, relatively inexpensive, go to Godaddy.com
- Get a basic WordPress website hosting package, Deluxe or similar (1 site with one-click staging)
- We are not recommending their website builder
- Set up your GoDaddy account - you need the Deluxe package, with malware essentials, and a security certificate (http://bizresearch.com has an SSL certificate, which renews annually)
- Set up the WordPress installation, using their WordPress installation wizard
- Then go into the WP admin through GoDaddy's dashboard, once the WordPress is installed
- You will typically have the current version of WordPress installed on your site, with a basic WordPress theme
Which WordPress Theme Should You Use:
- WordPress themes are easy to use, but you need to consider the following:
- Just because a WordPress website theme looks nice, that does not mean it is code friendly
- Most WordPress themes will need some CSS code customization
- You can hire a CSS code editor, preferably state-side or someone local you know that you can trust
- The WordPress theme that we typically use (2017-2018-2019) is from Themeisle.com
- We like the Zelle Pro WordPress theme the most, despite all of the other options
- Once you find a WordPress theme that you like, you might want to stick with it for 2-3 years, until something else comes out that you prefer
How to Create a Website
- The above websites were created using the Zelle Pro WordPress theme
- The price is between $69-$99/year per website, or if you have 1-3 sites, it's $99 (as of the writing of this article)
- You will need to download the Zelle Pro WordPress theme OR you could activate the basic from within the WordPress admin area, within your new website
- If you activate Zelle (formerly Zerif) within WordPress, you will need to purchase the theme pro version, then get the license code for your WordPress theme version
How to Create a Website Using WordPress Zelle Pro Theme
- Once you have WordPress installed, Zelle Pro activated, you are ready to customize your new Zelle Pro WordPress theme
- You can set the background image, or choose 1-3 background image sliders
- These images are called hero images, they should be at least 1000 pixels wide, and 500 pixels long
- They should be your images, or licensed images, or royalty free images