Welcome to my Website Building Blog
This website is all about building websites and, over time, will cover as many facets of this fascinating subject as I can think of.
It is built using WordPress. WordPress is well known as a blogging platform and many people simply use it to publish their thoughts and opinions to the world. But it can be used as a conventional website with a little knowhow.
WordPress is an open-source program which means that it is open to development by vast numbers of volunteers, many of whom are brilliant programmers who enjoy the challenge. It also means that it’s free. You can download it here, but read on before you decide to do so.
WordPress is programmed mainly in PHP, a language that needs a PHP processor to run it. Fortunately most web hosts offer this facility. After downloading WordPress and unzipping it, one module has to be modified before you upload the whole program to your server. The modifications are details of the database you have to initiate on your host’s server. There’s information here on installing WordPress including the “famous 5 minute install”
If you are fortunate enough to have a web hosting company that uses Cpanel, you’re on easy street. Using Fantastico you don’t need to download WordPress at all. Just click on the Fantastico logo, select WordPress and fill in a simple form. Then Fantastico does it all, including making the database. When it’s done, by filling in your email address, Fantastico even mails you details, including database name, user name and password. It’s magic.
I made this site using Fantastico. And it’s the latest version. If there’s a new version I can just go back into Fantastico, click the mouse and bingo!; it’s upgraded. I’ve just used this facility on my Forge-Ahead blog.
The hosting company I use and recommend is Hostgator. I’ve
used them for several years now and they’ve served me well
Click the logo to find out more.