Learning how to host a webiste is actually much easier than you may think, but it’s a question that a lot of beginners ask. So it needs to be answered!
Let’s first define a few things:
Hosting – It’s best to think of this as your hard drive in the sky. In order to get a website up on the Internet, you need this hard drive and it’s where all your website files are going to go.
These days you really don’t have to worry about FTP or anything like that.
FTP – This stands for file transfer protocol. What that means is… it’s a program that lets you transfer files from your computer to your hosting account. However with WordPress these days, you really don’t need that anymore. I rarely ever use it.
Cpanel – This is the backend of your hosting account. It’s where you can install WordPress, where you can set up email accounts, and do a bunch of other very complex things that you will never have to worry about.
Our Assumptions For Your Website
I am going to assume and recommend that you will be using WordPress for your website. This is the best CMS by far and you really don’t have to worry about using anything else. At least in the beginning.
Step 1: Get A Good Hosting Account
You first need a good hosting account. Trust me, there are some terrible hosting accounts out there. And here is the thing…
When they are trying to sell you on using them, they all say the same things. It’s like the cell phone companies. They literally all say the same thing, but some are clearly better than others.
I personally use two different hosting companies for the majority of my websites.
My favorite is Hostgator.
They have been really good to me and I run some really large websites on their shared servers. They are barely down and when there are some issues, I just call them and they let me know what is going on.
What is really great about them is their pricing. You can get a good business account for about $14 a month and they only charge you the $14 a month.
Some other hosting companies say it’s only $14 a month, but they will charge you for a full year in advance. So you end up paying over $100 all at once.
They use Cpanel so working with our websites is super easy. Like I mentioned above, you only have to get WordPress installed through it then everything else you can control through WordPress.
That is really all you need to know about them. They are good and they do what you need to host your own websites.
Click here to grab your Hostgator account today.
My second favorite is Bluehost.
Bluehost is very similar to Hostgator, the only real difference is they do charge for a full year in advance so you will have to come more out of pocket with them.
Other than that, they are very similar.
You might be wondering why I have all these different hosting accounts. Since I have a lot of websites, I prefer to spread them out over different accounts. It helps me to better hide my ownership of the sites.
That is a topic for another article.
Step 2: Getting Your Website Up On Your Hosting Account
This is really easy. All you are going to do is use a program in Cpanel called Fantastico. This will let you install WordPress in about 5 clicks of the mouse. You will also have to fill out some information, but it’s super easy.
Make sure you watch the video I made for this article and you will see exactly what I’m talking about.
That is exactly how to host a website. It’s really easy and once you do it once, you will never have an issue with it again. If you do run into problems, just call their support and they will definitely help you out.
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