1. Domains and Hosts: Getting the Foundation in Place
This chapter gives you everything you need to know about buying domains, choosing a web host, and other aspects of laying the foundation for your new site.
For you to have a website like usingwordpressbook.com (the site for this book), you first need to register (buy) a domain name, find a webhost where your blog will live, and get your domain associated with that host. Only then can you get down to business of setting up WordPress and getting things going. This all sounds like a complicated process, but trust me, it isn’t. Far from it,—this is probably one of the easiest parts of starting a website!
In this chapter, I first explain a few basics about domain names and DNS; then I discuss ...
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