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Create an account in Bluehost. After logging in, you will be
offered plans as in the photo below. I suggest to take PLUS plan
as circled below and follow the guidelines.
How To Build a Website?
(How to Build a Website Using 2. Assign a domain name. After securing/paying your hosting
Ready Template, Part 1) plan, let's get to domain registration. In your bluehost account
By : Maria Vivian dashboard, click the "Domain" tab. Under "New Domain Search"
CpE,MIS,Blogging “A website is a digital web presence that panel, you can try and search the availability of the domain name
Enthusiast of your choice. Select or create your own domain name for your
displays contents such as texts, photos, videos
over the internet.” (IONOS, 2018) In a sense, a website. This "New Domain Search" panel will tell you if the
domain is still available or not, if not, select another one until you
website is a representation of information you would like to share get one which is available. Try adding some name like or an
to your audience for a purpose. adjective to end up with a unique name like, www.theamaz-

At some point, you might want to build a website about yourself, ingteacher.com. After ending up with a unique and available
your expertise, ideas or services you want to share to the world. A domain name, bluehost will allow you to acquire it and register
website is an effective platform to showcase what you can offer under your name.
and reach a wider demographics. Aside from competitive oppor- 3. Fill up the form. You will be redirected to payment portal
tunity, there are way lots of benefits a website can bring such as wherein you can enter your payment information through either
foster key relationships, increased credibility and around the card or paypal. Don't worry the amount you are going to pay is
clock information availability. One good news is that website is good for one year hosting.
not difficult to make when you are making use of thousands of If your payment is successful, bluehost will send you an email
ready available template found over the internet. It doesn't take an with a confirmation link. Check your email and click on the link
IT wizard or a programming nerd to make one but of course there to verify. At this time, you already have a hosting account. Now
will be millions of advantages when you create one from scratch you can enter the hosting dashboard where you can install the
using programming language such as Javascript, Python or PHP website ready template, and in this tutorial I am making use of
to best cater to your requirements and specifications. In this WordPress. There are other providers of ready templates and you
tutorial, you can make a website by yourself even without can select what are available inside the hosting dashboard.
programming background, though it definitely helps if you have 4. Log-in to Bluehost. Log-in to bluehost using the link in your
basic programming skills such as HTML. email or directly to their site www.bluehost.com.
Below is a summarized step by step process of what I consider to 5. Install your website platform. As mentioned, in this tutorial we
be a DIY (do-it-yourself) guide for building a website. However, will use Wordpress as our platform. Inside your Bluehost account,
first let me bring you to the website basics. under hosting and home tab, click on Install Wordpress icon.

A website has three basic main components as follows:
* Domain Name - this is the texts you see in your browser when
you open a site. Ex: www.yourwebsite.com is a domain name.
* Web-Hosting Servers - simply means the space over the
internet you rent or buy to put your website on. They hold large
space over the internet where your website contents are being
held and supported.
* Website platforms - these are the software that provides the
design or template of your website, the visible aspect or the pages
itself, wherein you can customize according to your needs and 6. Check domain. After clicking install, you will be redirected
objectives of creating the website. In this tutorial I will use Word- here wherein you will have to select your domain name from the
press as our platform. By far, Wordpress is the most widely used
platform for ready templates. Others would argue, however, it drop down menu as shown below; then click check domain
does still work and widely used. button.
Now let's get to the point, the step by step guide on how to really
create your website.

1. Get web-hosting service. To make a website, you will need a
web hosting service from a provider. As I mentioned above, web
hosting simply means "a service" which provides a space for you
in the internet to put your website over the internet. They are the
big guys out there who hold big servers, to store your data and
make them available for everyone. In this tutorial, I will make use
of Bluehost. So far the easiest hosting provider I found. After you click check domain button above, you will be redirect-
ed and just follow and click install now button to start installing
your website template. (Continuation, page 7)

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