Web User - UK (2019-12-27)

Weekend Project

Gettogripswithsomeserioustechtinkeringto

boostyourcomputerandotherdevices

58 27 Dec 2019-7Jan2020

opt forone thatletsyou jumpstraight

in andstart designingyour website.

If you’drather installWordPres syourself,

you’ll finddetailedinstructionsat bit.ly/

installwp491.

Forthe sakeofsimplicity, we’reusing

CloudAccess.net (bit.ly/cloudaccess491)

forour Weekend Project.This offers

30 days of freeWordPres shosting, and

youdon’t needto enteryour credit ca rd

details whenyousignup.

Howt

o... Build awebsite with

WordPress 5.3

WayneWilliams shows youhow to crea te asophisticatedwebsite

using WordPres s5.3 and the newTwenty Twenty template

What you’ll need
Beforeyou can create aWordPresssite,
youneedtosignupfor aweb-hosting
service. Thereare lots of different hosts
to choose from, so shop aroundto find
one thatsuits your needs and budget.
Mosthosts offer one-clickWordPress
installation, which savesyou the hassle of
installing the softwareyourself.Ify ou’ve
nevercreated aWordPresssitebefore
and youdon’tcurrently have anyhosting,

T

here aremanywaystocreate a

professional-looking website, butone

of theeasiestistouse acontent

management system(CMS)suchas

WordPress(wordpress.org ). This open-

source software uses thePHP programming

language andMySQLopen-source database

to create awebsiteorblogthatyou can

then uploadtoahosting serviceofyour

choice.Thisisnot to be confused with

WordPress.com,which is aseparateonline

site-creationand hostingservicethatlets

youquickly buildabasicWordPresssite.

Thelatestversionof theWordPress

software–5.3 “Kirk” (named afterjazz

legendRahsaanRoland Kirk) –was released

recently,and comeswithaselectionof new

blocks in theblockeditor.There’s also a

smartnew templatecalledTwentyTwenty,

whichisperfectfor buildingyourwebsite.

To getstarted withCloudAccess.net,

enterasitenameintothe boxonthe

main page,then click the Launch Now

button.Youcan signup forafree

account usingavalid email address,

or your Facebook, Google orTwitter

cred entials. Completethe steps, choosing

WordPres s5.3 whenprompted. Check

your order summary,which should show

aprice of $0.00, then click Checkout and

completethe orde r.

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