Building a WordPress site ~ [5] cPanel - Install Wordpress

You will need the following information before you install WordPress:

• Site Name
• Site Description ~ a tagline
• Admin Username ~ you will use this to log into the site once you've created it
• Admin Password ~ you will use this to log into the site once you've created it
• Admin Email ~ I recommend you use the admin forwarder you created in the previous step; otherwise enter your personal email

Building a WordPress site ~ [8] Configure Wordpress

This is the last step before pouring in your content!

We have the plugins and themes installed and activated. There is one more menu choice. "Settings."

Installing WordPress on a Sub-Domain

From time to time I will teach/coach/mentor new web developers, and it is important to have a website where they can practice.

Fortunately, I have a shared account at ABCInc-domains.com that permits unlimited bandwidth and unlimited storage (disk space).

This allows me to create a WordPress installation for training, and then leave it up for 30 days at no cost to the student and no additional out-of-pocket cost to me!

Here is a complete video for installing WordPress on a subdomain..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfMgAAH9Jis

WordPress Checklist

WordPress Beginner posted an article titled "18 Most Important Things You Need to Do After Installing WordPress"

I like to read what other people write, and eventually add thoughts to my own WordPress Checklist.

Here are the 18 things, and my thoughts/comments...

Configuring WordPress

You're ready to configure WordPress and add your unique website content.

Now What?

Installing WordPress on an AddOn Domain

At this point a new domain has been registered and is added as an alias to a hosting plan that allows multiple add-on domains.

Recording steps to add on a domain (scorepinellas.pw)

My goal was to set up mailing lists for SCORE Pinellas for use by the volunteers.

Trouble-shooting a Word Press site

You can image my surprise this morning when I found an email alerting me that my business site was down [A Better Computer, Inc] and had been for 6 hours!

[Kudus to Site-Monitoring.net for their timely email!]

Installing WordPress

These are the steps I used to set up the site and install Wordpress
for Gail & Steven Scott's Service Station Salon website...