Simple Guide to Create a Self Hosted Website/Blog using WordPress 2.9.1 as CMS

WordPress is the most admired CMS specifically designed and developed for the bloggers. You can use WordPress to create a customized blog or website using your own domain name. The latest released WP 2.9.1 adds a great deal of new functions and allows you to create a full functional website at no cost.

Step by step guide to create a self hosted website or blog using WordPress 2.9.1 as cms.

1. Webhosting

To be able to set up the domain, you need a web hosting service that supports MySQL databases and PHP. Sign up for hosting with your registered domain name

2. Install WordPress 2.9.1

Here is quick guide to install wordpress

• Download and unzip the WordPress 2.9.1
• Create a database for WordPress on your web server, as well as a MySQL user.
• Rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php.
• Open wp-config.php in your favorite text editor and fill in your database details as to generate and use your secret key password.
• Place the WordPress files in the desired location on your web server:
• Run the WordPress installation script by accessing wp-admin/install.php in your favorite web browser.

3. Choose a WordPress Theme

Choose a wordpress theme and upload in wp-content/themes

4. Create a custom WordPress page template

To create a WordPress Page Template, you’ll need to use your text editor. Go to the directory on your server where you installed WordPress, and then navigate to the directory of your theme “/wp-content/themes/default” where “default” is your theme name.

Create a file called “home_page.php” and add the following code to it

<?php

/*

Template Name: Home Page

*/

?>

<?php get_header(); ?>

Here’s my home page!

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Home Page tells WordPress that this will be a custom page template, you can add any HTML that you want to display on your page in the middle.

5. Create a custom homepage

After you log into your WordPress Admin, create two WordPress pages.

• Go to Write -> Page. Name the page ‘Home’ and publish it.
• Go to Write -> Page one more time. Name this page ‘Blog’ and publish it.
• Now go to Settings -> Reading in your WordPress Admin panel.
• Change the “Front page displays:” settings to look like this:

Turn off comments and pings in the settings at the bottom of this page before publishing it.

* If you don’t want your website t look like a blog, just delete the following code from the index.php ,page.php and single.php

* <?php the_time(’F jS, Y’) ?><?php edit_post_link(’, Edit’); ?>

* <div class=”comm”><?php comments_popup_link(’Post Comment’, ‘Comments (1)’, ‘Comments (%)’); ?></div>

Change the navigation menu as per your requirements and your fully customized self hosted WordPress blog or website is ready to be used.

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