Hey everyone, today I want to make this short training on how to make a website with WordPress. It is a topic I should have covered for a long time due to being quite at the beginning of the process of getting affiliate marketer.
Of course, I have my own system here and provide you with all the necessary tools and programs you need to make your first WordPress website.
If you are like I was when I started, you’re probably feeling a little insecure due to the fact of not knowing anything at all about this process.
I can promise, this thing is made totally easy today. It’ll take you only about ten minutes and you’re entering your editing dashboard.
I will also link to some of my prior posts where you can find alternative ways of building a WP site.
With no further do, let’s jump in it right now.
What is a WordPress website?
WordPress websites are websites build on this particular (WordPress.com) program. WP sites are some of the most used and liked websites on the internet.
If you build a WP site you can use it on most common hosts and work with most themes and plugins. I’d say it is the most advanced and developed website building platform there is.
With WP you can build a blog, websites, sales pages and everything else you can think of. Most website support and tool plugins are made for WP sites.
Stop, before you build the first website you want to think of a niche.
You can jump this step if you have already thought about this. Every website is addressing a niche. The niche will be the topic your website writes about.
It is quite important that you choose a niche that you will have fun with. See my articles on how to choose a niche. Don’t skip the process, or you will have to do it later.
Once you have chosen a niche you want to be prepared with a choice of domain names. The domain name you choose you’ll have to buy, about $15.00 per year, so you want to choose the one you want to use for some time.
Following my plan, you have the choice of two free websites, “siterubix.com” subdomain websites. These are for free and therefore you don’t have to think too much about the name.
Actually, I recommend you to build your first website as a free subdomain website, work on it for a while and then transfer it to a real domain. This costs nothing extra but gives you the chance to try the WordPress system out for free.
Ok, first thoughts are made, you have a niche, a domain, and website name, now you are ready to make your first WordPress website.
Sign up to a website host (one that hosts WP sites).
I have listed the top 10 website hosts here on this post. But my number one recommendation Is to follow my steps and explore the wonderful world within my favorite website host and go join here for absolutely free.
Signing up for a hosting platform should be easy. You need an email address, a username and choose a password. Some hosts will want you to sign-up and pay for the first month.
If you sign-up here you’ll not need a credit card to start with. This is for when you are ok with a free subdomain website in the beginning.
The recommendation I offer is connected to a training platform that offers lessons for website beginners up to professional webmaster skills.
If you are serious about working on a WordPress website and need to learn how the whole affiliate and SEO business works you’re in the best hands by using my program.
The monthly price for hosting, training, 24/7 support and tools is comparably cheap. There’s no better offer available in the whole internet industry.
Of course, if you are a website pro you can just sign-up to a hosting platform which will cost a bit less but I told you, don’t get upset if you’re ending up paying more than $359.00 a year.
You have set up an account and chose a domain name, one more click and you have your WordPress website.
I told you it’s easy. It has never been as easy as today to make a website for a newbie. (Check out the video training 2.4 here).
Now you only have to choose a theme for your site and there you are. WP offers thousands of free themes. For a free website, you have a choice of about 6.
Once you enter the WordPress dashboard you firstly want to activate the pre-installed plugins and delete the page, post, comment that WP has left there for you to see.
If you work with a website made by my recommended program you have SSL, highest security standards installed, you have the “all in one SEO ” plugin installed and are being hosted on one of the fastest and safest servers in the industry.
You see, the easy part is done now, here comes the fun part.
Making websites with WordPress is a lot of fun. You can now start adding written content, Images and also videos to your site. I totally love working with the WP editing dashboard.
With one click on “preview”, you see how the post/page looks for your visitor. I’d not lose much time on customizing your theme in the beginning.
The first two pages are a must for every website. No. 1 is the “Privacy Policy”. Every website published on the internet needs to have one.
You can copy mine if you want and change the personal stuff. The website domain name has to be changed into your own several times and your email address has to be updated, that’s all.
NO. 2, is an about page. This is a page where you describe your self and write about your intention, why you build this website.
Make sure to paste an image of yourself and write in a personal style. Your readers might want to know who they are dealing with to before they start trusting you.
Always remember you write the website for your audience, most probably to serve the community in your niche. Try to write helpful easy to understand content that is interesting and catchy too.
Don’t get frustrated easily, I know there’s a ton of skills to be learned for operating a good website. I recommend doing a in-depth training somewhere you feel comfortable.
If you go try without training you will never learn all the necessary tricks and turns getting your website successful and on Google page one.
You might have heard of Wix and such websites, they promise website building is the easiest thing in the world and want you to choose their drop and drag system.
You might think this if a lot easier than doing all by yourself. I can assure you, building a WordPress website is exactly as easy if not easier but in the end, you are much more flexible.
The difference is, here you have to add all the things you want to see on your website when at Wix, for example, they fill your website with a lot of pics and text written by their computer and you have to change everything before publishing.
As I said many times now, I think the best way, and I have done it several times by now, is to build a free WordPress website here, see how it works and if you don’t like it try something else.
Take a look at the WordPress editor dashboard.
It would definitely be far too much to explain every possible function here by writing them out. I let you see this short video and hope you find all you need.
I hope you enjoyed the information.
I hope I could help you make a decision on how you want to make a WP website. I personally just love the program.
If you need more information leave a question, please. If you would like to share your experience feel free to do so below in the comment section.
With this, I say goodbye, for now, have a great time,
see you, Stefan 🙂 asuperaffiliate.com
My brother suggested I might like this blog. He was entirely right. This post truly made my day. You can not imagine just how much time I had spent for this info! Thanks!
Hi Mooddey, Thank’s for looking in 🙂
I’ glad if I can help. All the best, Stefan 🙂
Hey Steff. Great review.
I, too, use WordPress on my website. I actually learned a lot from this blog, though.
Thanks for your service to our community. I love the video. Great help!!!
Hi Wendi, and thanks for commenting.
Happy to hear you could still get some new info out of this post although working with WP already.
I too saw something new that I didn’t know in the video.
Have a great time, see you, Stefan 🙂
This is one of the easiest tutorials I have read online about creating a website.
You laid out the directions very clearly step-by-step.
I can appreciate that because I am the type of person that needs good “click here, do that” type of tutorials.
After I get my website up and running do you suggest any plugins I should go with first just to get started?
Hi Josephine, thanks for commenting.
I’m glad you say so, I want to make things easy. Making a website should be easy for everyone these days.
If you create your website at the program I recommend, Wealthy Affiliate you have all necessary plugins installed automatically.
If you do it somewhere else You would have to find out. I think you should at least have an SEO plugin, pretty links, and a social media.
Try to minimize the number of plugins due to hurting your website loading speed and with that your rankings in Google.
I hope this helps, if you need more details please reply again.
See you, have a great time, Stefan 🙂
Great explanation on how to make a website with WordPress, Steff.
Over the years, it’s gotten really easy to build a website.
In my opinion, though, the key to becoming successful in this area is to know the exact best practices and have a clear strategy.
For both, I believe that anyone wishing to start in Internet Marketing should look for a platform that offers web design, hosting, and training like the one you’ve mentioned.
Hi, Eliane and thanks for the comment.
I think you are absolutely right there. Trying to get successful in the online business without the proper training is not easy at all.
Of course, everyone can find most important information on different websites on the net but how do you know what to look for?
I’m so glad to have found the place I work on, just the great possibility to share our experiences and tricks in our great community is priceless.
Not to mention the great features you mention your self.
I wish you all the best, see you, Stefan 🙂
This is a well organized and easily readable review. I learn something new each time I read one of your posts.
The use of videos is right on and I can learn from that as I am starting the use of videos on my sites.
I need to go back and review my personal page on each one of my sites as you have reminded me of the importance of connecting with your readers.
I really like the way you used the pictures for your links and did not clutter you content with them, smart!
Thanks so much and sharing your experience.
Hi, Don and thanks for the comment.
I’m glad you like my style. I really try to be conversational and easy going on my posts.
Sometimes I think a pic of an older post can fit in quite well and give the opportunity for a link instead of a written one.
I’d not lose too much time on older posts but try getting implement new knowledge in future ones.
You’re very welcome, hope to see you back, see you, Stefan 🙂
Great article!
As someone who uses WordPress, I learned a couple things I didn’t know before!
If I have never used WordPress before this would have been extremely helpful!
The video was a nice touch as well!
Thanks, Cassandra for the comment.
I also learned something new from the video lol.
All the best, see you, Stefan 🙂
Hi Stefan,
Awesome tutorial! I wanted to make a website many years ago, but things weren’t as simple as explained in your article.
Do you prefer WordPress or Wix?
Cheers, Eric
Hi Eric, thanks for the comment.
I know, times have changed a lot in the last years. Today it is a matter of minutes to build a website when maybe 10 years ago It took days.
I would choose nothing but a WordPress website today.
I have actually started to make a Wix site but I found it too confusing there. They Work with a drag and drop system that’s ok but they prepare your website with so many suggestions, text, and pics, that you all have to change before publishing.
It is also not enough training involved at the Wix website building platform.
I love WordPress sites due to being able to customize them to any look you want. With a few free plugins, you can change it into an online shop for example or into a training dashboard etc.
Of course, it is a bit of training and learning involved especially if you want to have a special website but this will be the case no matter where you build your site.
Thanks for visiting, have a great day, see you, Stefan 🙂