You can website too!A users guide to setting up a website…or at least as much of one as we can cram in over

45 minutes while eating fajitas.

Why website?

• Because the world expects you to have one

• Sharing is caring• The basics aren’t too hard• you can learn something new and

amaze your friends at that next thing you do with your friends

HIRE ME TO DO IT FOR YOU

(my name i s J a son Ba l l . . . and I l ove th i s s tuff )

Technobabble!

Domain – functions as both the branding of a site and how the interwebs knows how to find you• Registrar – The people you pay to make

sure your domain functions on the interwebs

• Hosting – the people you pay to store the actual website data

Technobabble! (Part Deux)

cms – the system to actually click around and add/subtract things (CMS is short for ‘content management system’)

Database – that mystical set of excel-like tables on steroids that stores data

first steps

Function – What am I trying to do here?

Form – colors first! Then features! Then everything else!

Pre-game tools – an ftp client (I like filezilla), a web browser, a credit card, some time, and possibly an adult beverage or three

Bling bling

Purchase your domain and hosting plan – I highly recommend dreamhost for both.

w w w. d r e a m h o s t . c o m

Go download wordpress and your ftp client.

w w w. w o r d p r e s s . o r gw w w. fi l e z i l l a - p r o j e c t . o r g

It’s go time

In the DH panel – make a new user

In the DH panel – make a new database

In filezilla – put in your website information

In filezilla – upload the wordpress cms

On your pc – eDit wp-confi g-sample.php

On web browser– run the wordpress installer

This is done by going to the following:www.urwebsite.com/wp-admin/install.php

(also, here is a reference guide:)http: / /codex.wordpress .org/Insta l l ing_WordPress

Almost there! (stay on target)

Pick an admin password – wordpress will make you do this. Don’t use ‘1…2…3…4…5’

Pick a theme – don’t do this after 3 adult beverages without peer review from a trusted source

Change the world – add your content and casually drop your new website into every conversation

Some final thoughts

Try To avoid lots of clicking – by planning a bit beforehand, you can reduce world-wide carpal tunnel. And high blood pressure

The clothes make the person – pick 3 colors and two fonts. No more. Srsly. Put down the mouse and back away slowly

Picture resolution matters – bigger is better

A few resources

www.ballad-design.com – if you need a professional. . . from turn-key setups, logo design, or just a quick consult. . . please drop me a line

https://kuler.adobe.com/ – A REALLY AWESOME TOOL TO HELP YOU PICK OUT THOSE 3 COLORS

http://wordpress.org/themes/– a great place to start on your theme hunting