Setting up a website (Hostgator and Wordpress) - Giddyup Enterprises

Webpages - A simple
entry to the Digital
World…
Has your organization been struggling with how to
set up your own website on the internet? Here‟s a
quick guide to obtain, set up and host your very
own website…
Henry Hansch III – 2012 www.Giddyup Enterprises.com H3@GiddyupEnterprises.com

Where to start…
Let‟s take a look at where you are
right now….
Tip: When you see an underlined phrase, you
can click on it to be brought to more info…

Henry Hansch III - 2012
www.giddyupenterprises.com

What‟s your current
situation?
Do you have a website with your own
domain?
We are going to cover acquiring your own Domain name
and then using HostGator and Wordpress to set up your
Website in 12 easy steps.

Future presentations will cover some of the other digital
tools that you should be utilizing for your organization like
LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Blogs and other forms of
Social Media to provide meaningful content to your
stakeholders.

What is a Domain Name?
First off, what is a Domain??
A domain name is a name that you‟ll use to name your
website. The domain name could also be used to identify
each page in your website, for example,
www.yoursite.com/index.html. This page is showing the main
page of your website, and your domain name is
www.yoursite.com.
To get a domain name, you‟ll need to register it with a domain
name service registrar which we‟re going to go over in a bit.
Please note that there are no two domain names that have the
same words or numbers. It‟s because each domain name is
unique, and if there is already a person register the domain
name “www.mysite.com”, you can‟t buy the same name.


Setting up a website
(domain)
You‟ll need to first determine which company you are
going to use to actually host your site. What I mean by
this is you need a place to actually store all of your files
that will make your website accessible to the Internet.

This company will provide you space on their servers to
store all of your information and the better providers
will provide you with many tools to help you secure a
domain name, build websites, create email addresses,
analyze web traffic and many other tools.

Click here to learn more about Web Hosting Services…


The 12 Step
Program
Step 1 – Secure Web Hosting account
Step 2 – Secured Domain Name
Step 3 – A look into the HostGator Control Panel
Step 4 – Updating the DNS (Domain Name Servers) in Registry
Rocket
Step 5 – Setting up WordPress
Step 6 – WordPress Templates
Step 7 – FTP
Step 8 - Setting up email addresses
Step 9 – Utilizing Gmail to make email easy!
Step 10 – Adding additional Domains
Step 11 – Redirecting Domains
Step 12 – Other cool things….


Setting up a website
(domain)
Here are a few different options that you have for your
web hosting service. There are many options with varying
cost structures depending on what you‟re looking for.

• HostGator – This is my choice and who I’m going to use as an
example. (Starts at $4 a month)

• iPage

• FatCow

• GoDaddy

• And hundreds of others depending on your needs….


For this example we’re
going to use HostGator….
I‟ve gone with the “Baby Plan” for about $8 a
month and here is a breakdown of what the plan
and some other HostGator Plans offer.

Click on the
photo for
more details
about the
plan
comparisons


Step 1 –
Complete!!
Step 2 – Secure Domain Name
Rocket
Step 7 – FTP


Now you need a Domain
We now need to choose a domain name. This is going to
be your actual website address which you‟re going to
build your website from.

There are many sites which allow you to purchase a
domain name (Domain, HostGator, Go Daddy,
NameCheap, etc) and they normally run anywhere from
$5 to $20 a year.

For this example, we‟re going to stick with HostGator‟s
domain service which actually is run through Registry
Enter your desired domain name in the area
Rocket. see if it‟s available. This will
highlighted to
then take you to Registry Rocket for the rest
of the process…


Choosing a Domain
We now need to choose a unique name that we‟re going
to use to promote our business or organization.

You may have to try and few different names and
variations and you may also find that the “.com” is not
available and you may only be able to get a different
extension like “.net”, “.us”, or one of the many other
extensions.

Choosing a Domain
Now that you have found a Domain name that you’re
satisfied with, you can purchase it by clicking on the
“Purchase” in the lower left hand corner and filling out the
purchase form.

Click here for a
YouTube video
tutorial…


Step 2 –
Complete!!
Rocket
Step 7 – FTP


Host Gator Control Panel
Most major Hosting Accounts are going to have some
type of control panel (cPanel) which will allow you to
control the various aspects of your website.

Click here for a
YouTube video
tutorial…


Step 3 –
Complete!!
Rocket
Step 7 – FTP


Updating the DNS Info (1)
We now have to make sure that that the Domain Name that we
purchased will connect back to our Host Gator Account and we do
this by updating the “DNS Information, Domain Name Server 1 &
Domain Name Server 2” which directs the domain name to our
hosting account.
First – We have to determine what are HostGator Name Servers are. These will be
specific to your HostGator account. You will find this information on the lower left
corner of your Cpanel Screen under “Account Information”.

Click here for a
YouTube video
tutorial…


Updating the DNS Info (2)
We are now going to Rocket Registry where we purchased our
Domain through and go to the “DNS” information and go ahead and
the “Domain Name Server 1 & Domain Server 2” with your Host
Gator DNS info.

Click here for a
YouTube video
tutorial…


Step 4 –
Complete!!
Rocket
Step 5 – Setting up Wordpress
Step 6 – Wordpress Templates
Step 7 – FTP


Setting up WordPress (1)
Why WordPress – there are many reasons, though the
simplest is that it‟s an easy to create Open Source CMS
(content management system) which will allow you to
set up a site quickly and with little knowledge of web
design.
• Free
• User Friendly
• Easy way to blog
• Multiple Templates which allow you to change the look of your website
in minutes
• Plugins Extend Functionality
• SEO Friendly
• Large Community Support with heaps of videos and articles to help you
• Multiple people can be granted access to update
• Most Web Hosting Services support it and have 1 click set up


To set up WordPress, Go to your HostGator Control Panel, scroll
down until you find the “Software/Services” section. Then click on
the “Fantastico De Luxe” Icon….
Click here for a
YouTube Video
Tutorial

Click on the
“Fantastico De Luxe”
Icon…


This will open up “Fantastico” and allow you to install WordPress
for your Domain.



To complete the
installation of
WordPress, you will
just have to fill in the
required information.


When you complete the WordPress setup, you will be
provided with a unique web address to access your
WordPress website. Click on this link to access your
WordPress website.

Click here for a
YouTube video
tutorial


Step 5 –
Complete!!
Rocket
Step 7 – FTP


WordPress Templates (1)
The beauty of WordPress is that they provide free website
templates for you to get started and if you‟re a little more
adventurous, you can Google „WordPress Templates” and you‟ll
get thousands of more choices for you to choose from to get your
website look just right.

Click here for a
YouTube video
tutorial…


WordPress Templates (2)
We‟ll dig in deeper to how to use WordPress and it‟s
various functions in another presentation. For now, just
go in and start playing around and you‟ll be surprised
how quickly you can pick it up.

Click here to see one of the
sites that I get a lot of my
templates from….

www.templatesold.com


Step 6 –
Complete!!
Rocket
Step 7 – FTP


FTP – What is this??
Some templates and other programs may require you to utilize an
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to upload the required data to your
HostGator Account. There are a handful of free programs that
you can use for both Mac and Windows and I‟ve provided two
examples of services I‟ve used in the past. Click on them to see a
video that explains video in further detail.
Click here for a YouTube
them
tutorial

Cyber Duck

Filezilla


Setting up your email (1)
One of the biggest advantages of having your own Domain
is that you can now have your own personalized email
addresses and you can set up as many as you need!!

First – Let‟s go back into the
HostGator Cpanel and find
the “Mail” category and click
on “Email Addresses”

Click here for
a YouTube
video tutorial


After clicking on “Email Accounts” we will be brought to the set up
screen where we can easily set up a new email address for any
domain that you have.

Choose the domain you
would like to create an
email address for and
then complete the rest of
the boxes and you‟ll be
good to go!


Step 8 –
Complete!!
Rocket
Step 7 – FTP


Now that your new email address is set up, where do the emails
go and how do I get to them??
You can either use the webmail providers that HostGator offers or
I have found it much easier to just forward your newly
created emails to a Google Gmail account and then set up your
Google Gmail account to send and receive emails from the newly
created email address. No one is the wiser because the emails
appear to be sent from the newly created email address and you
have the ease and functionality of Gmail!
Click on the picture to watch a
video of how to set this up!!
(http://youtu.be/p1o0YT34zmE )


Step 9 –
Complete!!
Rocket
Step 7 – FTP


Setting up new Domains
(1)
Now that you have a Web Hosting Account, you can
add multiple domains to it.

• We are going to follow steps previously mentioned,
though we have to add one more after you update the
DNS (Domain Name Servers) in step 4.

Open up your HostGator
Cpanel and go to the
“Domains” section and click
on the “Addon Domains”
icon.

Click here to view a
YouTube video tutorial


Setting up new Domains
(2)
Here you will go through
and fill out the information
that has been requested.

This will set up the new
domain as an added
domain in your account.
This will self populate
Don‟t worry, you will be when you fill in the
“New Domain
able to type in Name”…

www.example.com and it
will lead you directly to
your site and the user will
not know it‟s an addon
Domain

Step 10 –
Complete!!
Rocket
Step 7 – FTP


Redirecting a Domain (1)
Sometimes you may find yourself with a main Domain
and you would like other websites to direct to it
when a user types in specific name.
You can go ahead and purchase as many Domain names
as you would like and have them all direct to a specific
domain name.

Open up your HostGator
Cpanel and go to the
“Domains” section. The click
on “Redirects”…


Redirecting a Domain (2)

Now that you‟re in
the “Redirect”
section, just fill in
the requested info
and you‟ll be good
to go.

Click here to view a
YouTube video tutorial


Step 11 –
Complete!!
Rocket
Step 7 – FTP


Other cool HostGator
Features
Tools to
measure…

Tools to
engage…

Tools to
make you
$$..

Step 12 –
Complete!!
Rocket
Step 7 – FTP


information on anything that we’ve discussed in this

packet or in our presentations, please don’t hesitate to

contact us. And of course, if you need a hand with your

Digital Strategy, we’ll be happy to assist you…

Cheers, Henry
III

Email:
h3@giddyupenterprises.com
Web:
www.giddyupenterprises.com


Giddyup Enterprises
“Creating ideas together, One Smile at a time!”

Whippany NJ, 07981
M: 973.428.1010
E: h3@giddyupenterprises.com
W: www.GiddyupEnterprises.com

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