WordPress remains one of the most widely used platforms to develop websites. This article discusses some of the methods by which static website can be created. This can be managed online easily and looks elegant as the standard website.

Registering Domain name

The first step in WordPress Web Design after getting the idea about the website is to find the appropriate domain name and get it registered. Choosing the domain name is a difficult process and there are few things that one should consider:

€ Is the name easy to remember?
€ Is it short enough?
€ Is it easy to type in your browser address bar without obvious typos?
€ There is a difference between coolwebsite.com and koolwebsite.com
€ Does your site name contian Trademark words, or could you get into other legal problems with that name?
€ This domain name for example is wpsitebuilding.com and not wordpresssitebuilding.com
€ Is it catchy or brand-able?
€ Last, is it still free? You can check that by just typing it into your browser address bar.
€ I can highly recommend them as domain registrar, but you should also check the box for Auto-Renewal to make sure you won't lose it because you missed a notification.

WordPress Website Hosting

The second thing to do is to place the website so that it is reachable by everyone in the Internet. Therefore, you rent some hard-disc space on a large server that is maintained for you by specialists. You also need to pay for bandwidth and other stuff related to the hosting of your website (back-ups, server updates, support, etc)

Does it sound expensive? With a Shared hosting account, you won't break the bank, these hosting accounts are around 5 to 7 dollar. We recommend getting a reliable and secure hosting account from either Hostgator or others. Both hosting companies use the secure suPHP option o their servers, keeping you as secure as possible.

If as the website owner, one already has the hosting package, then the owner should go back to go to Namecheap.com, log in and point your domain DNS servers to the servers your hosting company assigned to your account. The biggest advantage of this set up, i.e. a separate domain and hosting is that the hosts can be changed according to the needs of the customer. One can always create a back up website from a different provider so that one can alter easily as soon as any problems occur in the main site.

Installing WordPress

With your domain name and website hosting in place you can do a WordPress installation, followed by the basic setup €How to Configure WordPress.€ There are basically two way's to install WordPress, manually or with a hosting provided script that will do the most parts for you. There are basically two way's to install WordPress, manually or with a hosting provided script that will do the most parts for you.

The following are some of the important steps to take:

€ Create a MySql database with username and password (see the instructions of your hosting company)
€ Go to the WordPress.org site and get the latest version of the Free WordPress Software.
€ Unzip the files unto your PC / Mac hard disc
€ Upload all the files to the www or public_html folder of your hosting account via FTP (Filezilla Client or Cyberduck)
€ Go to your domain name url (or subfolder) and start the installation, you will be asked for the information from step 1
€ Log in to your new WordPress based website and start the configuration

Configuring WordPress for Website

Once you have installed WordPress on your website, you can reach and change these options via your €Dashboard€ menu on the left side of your screen.

WordPress Themes and Layout

WordPress layouts and site presentations are done with themes which makes it very easy to change the way your website looks. There are several designs available on the themes site of WordPress.org, all of which are free to download and use. Some websites out there sell great themes.

Start Building Websites

Once all these are set up, one can begin setting up the website.