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Weekend Project

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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,


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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.

M T W T F S S
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