Now we’re going to do this in just 5 steps!
Ok! So the 1st step is to pick a name for your
website.
Now, I already have picked a name which is
“quicktechy.com” So I’m going to search for it…
And then click “check availability”.
Okay, so you can see that the name is available.
Once you get the name, you can go to the next step,
which is to Get hosting & domain.
Hosting & domain are the two things we need for launching
our website.
Hosting is the place where your website’s files will be stored
Domain is the name of your website
So to get hosting & domain, let’s scroll down…
and click get hosting…
This will take you to godadddy.com,
where we’re going to buy the hosting.
So let’s, click ‘get started’.
Now enter the same name which you chose earlier.
So I’m going to enter quicktechy.com…
And then click search.
Now click select & continue.
Okay!
So, this is our cart.
Now you can see here that we’re getting the domain for 959 rupees
Now, if we change the duration from 2 years…
to 1 year…..
You can see that, we’re getting the domain for free.
So, now let’s proceed to checkout.
Now Godaddy will ask you login.
So let’s click create account.
and fill in these details.
Now enter any 4-digit number for the pin
And click “Create Account”.
and then continue filling these details.
Now, choose your payment option, and click continue..
Okay! So guy’s
this is going to cost us around 99 rupees per month,
and, the plan will be valid for 1 year.
So let’s place the order.
and make the payment.
So I’m going to quickly complete the payment!
Okay!
So now we’ve completed the payment & we have got our
Domain & Hosting.
Now let’s go to STEP 3, which is
to Install WordPress.
Now we’re going to use wordpress because it makes
it very easy to build a website without knowing any
programming or coding.
So let’s install wordpress, We’re going to
scroll down & then click managed wordpress. Okay!
So we’ll click here,
and then click get started.
Now just select your domain.
and.. click next.
then again click next
Now you need to enter a username & password for wordpress.
You will need this to login into wordpress
So I’m going to enter my name
and password
and click install.
Okay! So wordpress is installed!
Now, let’s click ‘get started’.
and then click no thanks…
and okay.
Okay, so this is our WordPress Dashboard!
Now from here you’ll be able to control your website.
Now if you want to access
the (wordpress) dashboard anytime again,
you just simply go to your website address
and type \login
Okay.
So, once you reach your wordpress dashboard,
This means your website is LIVE.
So to check that let’s go to our website address
And press enter
Now as you can see…
our website is LIVE!
So! This is how, the default site, looks like.
So next, In order to easily edit our website,
we’re going to install a new theme.
So the new theme is called “Astra”
So to install the theme, let’s go here…
and click themes.
now click ‘add new’
and search for… Astra.
So we’re going to install this theme.
Just click install.
and click activate.
Okay! So the theme is activated.
Next, we’re going to install a plugin which comes with
this theme.
So by installing the plugin we’ll be able to easily
customise our theme.
So to install that plugin, let’s go to plugins.
And then click ‘add new’.
Now search for a Plugin called ‘Astra’,
And then install this plugin..
So click install.
and then click activate.
So the Astra Sites plugin is now installed!
Now, This plugin has a set of Designs for your website,
which you can choose
and then apply it to your site.
So to see those designs let’s click see library.
So these are the designs.
Now, before you choose a design, Just click elementor.
this will make it easier for you to edit the design
So click elementor
and now you can choose any design you like…..
So, I’m going to choose this design…
And you can see how the site look like!
If you want to apply this design to your site…
Just click install plugins.
and then click import this site.
Now the design and the demo content will be
imported into your site
Once its done!
We can now see the site
So let’s click “view site”.
Okay!
So as you can see, the demo has been imported into our website.
and this is how it looks.
And you can also see these other pages which also has
the demo content….
So, Once you’ve got the design into your site
You can now go to the final step
which is to Edit the content.
So, To edit any page of your site.
You just have go into the page
and click Edit with Elementor.
So let’s say you want to edit the homepage,
You just simply click home…
And then click “edit with elementor”.
And now you will go into this editing section.
So let’s say you want to change the text here.
you just select the text,
And then start typing anything you want
So I’m going to type (Hi! Welcome to my website)
And now if you want to change the text on this button.
You just click here…
And change text on this button here
So the same way, you can edit any text
you want on this page
Just select the text.
And then start typing.
So this works throughout the website.
Now if you want to change this image,
You just click it.
Select the image here.
And drag & drop your image.
So once you’re done with the changes, you can simply
save the page, by clicking “save”.
And all your changes will be saved.
Now you can view the page by clicking here
and then click view page.
So, you can see that all our changes are here…
Okay, so now you know how you can edit any page of
your site!
Next we’re going to see
how you can change the Header…
Or the footer area of your website.
Now by using elementor you will able to change
this part of your wesite.
But if you want to change this area,
which is the header.
you can do it by going into the customize option.
So let’s go to customize.
Now you can see that there are some “Blue icons”.
Now if you want to change this logo,
just click this “Blue Icon”
and you can change the Logo here.
Now the same way you can change the menu section
by clicking these icons.
So everything can be edited by using these blue icons.
and this will be same in footer area also.
So let’s say if you want to change the text.
You just click this blue icon
and start typing anything you want.
Once you are done with the changes,
just click “publish”
and they will be published on the site.
Now lets’ close this and go back to our site.
Okay!
So we saw how to edit the header & footer area.
Now, what if you want to add a new page?
It’s very simple.
All you need to do is, you need to go into this new,
And click page.
Now let’s say you want to create a service page for
your website
you need to first enter a title.
and now to start creating a page just click
edit with “Elementor”.
So now, it will take you to the blank section
and now you have two options to create your page.
First you can either use these elements
which are over here.
and then drag and drop them into this area.
So for example; if you want to add a heading
you can drag and drop this element here.
and then enter your text.
And to add an image you can drag & drop this element.
So drag & drop here and start creating your page!
Now the other way to create a page…
is by using templates.
Now templates are ready-made pages which you can
import into your site.
So let’s click “add template”
and you will find a lot of designs here.
Now if you want to use any designs,
simply click it.
See how its look like.
And if you like it, just click insert to get it into your page.
And now you can see that we’ve got the design into our page.
Now again like we did before you can change anything
on this page,
Just by selecting it and typing anything you want.
This is how it works.
Once you are done with the changes,
click save and view page.
That’s it guys!
This how you can add new pages to your site.
So now you know, How you can launch your site,
By getting domain & hosting.
Import the demo content.
and then edit it to make your own website
So if you’re ready to start making you own website…
Just click here.
It will take you to the page which we say in the first step
which was choosing your domain.
So just pick a domain and build your website.