How you can create a website for free ?

How you can create a website for free ?

Today we’re going to see how you can create a website for free

So after reading this article,

You’ll have your own website like this…And this website can be accessed by anyone over the internet.

and in this video we're also going to see, how you can design your website just like this by using drag and drop

So make sure you watch this video till the end to learn how to do it. So let’s get started.. We’re going to create our website in just 2 parts

The first part is to ‘Launch your website’

Once, you launch your website, your website will be live on the internet

So to Launch your website

We’re going to do 3 steps

The first step is to ‘create an account, in profreehost’

This is the website which is going to help us create our website for free.

So to create the account

let’s go to profreehost.com

And click ‘register now’

Now fill up these details

and then click here

So now we have successfully created our account.

once you create the account,

We can go to step 2 which is to ‘get your free domain’.

Domain is the name of your website.

This is the name which you type here, to go to your website.

For example, if you type youtube.com, it takes you to youtube.

The same way you can get your own domain name.

So to get your domain,

Just click ‘create new

’ And enter the name you want for your website

I’m going to enter

Techyleaf

And you can see that, we have got our domain here

This is the address which your visitors need to enter in order to reach your site.

Now if you want to change this part of your domain.

Just click here

And select the name which you want

Now to get this domain

Click this button.

now as you can see, we have got our free domain

Once you’ve got your domain.

We can now go to step 3,

which is to ‘Install Wordpress on your domain.’

Wordpress is the platform which we’re going to use to create our website.

It lets you build websites easily without any coding or programming.

So Once you install wordpress, your website will be live on the internet.

So to install wordpress,

Just click ‘manage’

And then click control panel

Now to install wordpress,

Just scroll down

And then under softwares,

select ‘apps installer’

And it will take you to this page,

So to install wordpress,

go here

and then click ‘install’.

And you’ll get this page,

now scroll down

and here you need to enter a username & password for wordpress.

Now this will be used, to login to your website.

Once you enter these details

click ‘install’

As you can see,

wordpress is successfully installed

And here you can see that we have got the link to our website.

So this means, our website is now, live on the internet.

So to check it,

Let’s click this link

And as you can see, we have a brand new website,

on the name which we selected.

So now we have successfully launched our website.

Once you launch your website

We can go to the next part of this tutorial

which is to ‘start building your website.’

So!

This is how, the default site looks like.

So to build our website, we are going to do, 3 steps

The first step is to ‘Login to your website’

So to login to your site,

All you have to do is,

type/wp-admin,

After your site’s address.

And now if you press enter…

it will take you to the login page of your website.

Now enter the login details which you created for your word press website. And click login. Now we have successfully logged in to our word press site. and this is the word press dashboard, Now, this is the place from where you can control your website. So once you logged in, We can now go to step 2, which is to ‘choose a design for your website’ Now instead of building your website from scratch. You are going to choose a design & then edit it to make your own website. So to choose your website design, You need to install a theme called 'Astra' in word press. So to install the theme, Let’s go to ‘appearance’ And click ‘themes’

Now click ‘add new theme’

And search for a theme called ‘Astra’.

Now, this is the theme which is going to let us choose the website designs.

So to install the theme

just click 'install'.

And then click 'activate'

So, now we've installed the theme.

Now to choose your design,

click 'get started'.

And it will take you to this page

Now select ‘elementor’ here

Which will make it easy for your to edit your website

So let’s select that

And here you’ll find different kinds of website designs,

which you can apply to your site.

So just have a look at these designs

& choose the one you like,

I’m going to choose this one.

And here you can see a preview of how your site will look like

Now, to apply the design to your site,

just click 'import complete site'.

And then click ‘import’.

And the entire design will now be imported into your site.

So let's see how our site looks.

Now if we go to this tab,

you can see that this is how our site was before.

Now if we click 'refresh',

you can see that we have now got the entire design into our site.

And you also can see your website's pages,

which has the sample content in it.

So now we have successfully got the design into our site.

Once you get the design.

Now how do you change the content of these pages?

So let’s go to step 3 of building your website

which is to edit the contents of your website

So to edit any page of your site.

You just have to go into that page

and click Edit with Elementor

So let's say you want to edit the homepage,

You just simply click home.

And then click "edit with elementor".

And now you will go into this editing section.

Now let's say you want to change this text.

All you have to do is,

just select the text

and then enter your own text

. So I'm going to type ‘Hi, welcome to my website’

Next, if you want to change the text on this button...

just select it

And then enter your own text.

So in the same way, you can edit any text you want on this page

Just select the text…

And then start typing.

So this works throughout the site.

Next!

let's say you want to change this image.

To change the image, all you have to do is,

Just click on the image

and now click here

and then drag and drop your image from the computer

And the image has been changed.

Now once you're done with all the changes,

just click update

and now if we go to our site

and click refresh,

you can see, all the changes are here.

So this is how you can edit any page of your website.

So now you know how you can edit any page on your website!

Next, we're going to see how you can change the header area of your website.

Now by using elementor, you will able to change

this part of your website.

But if you want to change this area,

which is the header.

you can do it by going into the customize option.

So let's go to customize.

And here Now you can see that there are some "Blue icons".

Now if you want to change this logo,

just click this "Blue Icon" next to it.

And you can change the logo here

Now the same way you can change the menu section

by clicking these icons.

Once you’re done with the changes

Click ‘publish’

And the changes will be made on your website.

So now let’s close this,

And go back to our site.

So we saw how you can change the header area of your website.

Now what if you want to add a new page to your website?

It’s very easy

So next we’re going to see how you can ‘add a new page’ to your website.

So to add a new page, just go to ‘new’

And click ‘page’

Now let's say you want to create a service page for your website

you need to first enter a title.

and now to start creating a page

just click ‘edit with Elementor’.

and now, it will take you to the blank section

and now you have two options to create your page.

First, you can either use these elements

which are over here.

and then drag and drop them into this area.

So for example; if you want to add a heading

you can drag and drop this element here.

and then enter your text.

And to add an image ,

you can drag & drop this element.

So drag & drop here and start creating your page!

Now the other way to create a page...

is by using templates.

Now templates are ready-made pages which you can import into your site.

So to create a page with templates,

Let’s click here.

And you’ll find a lot of designs here,

Now if you want to use any design

Simply click it

See how it looks like

If you like it

Just Click ‘insert’ to get it into your page.

which you can select

So i’m going to select this one

Now to get this design

Just click ‘insert’.

And as you can see, we’ve now got the entire design into our page.

Now again like we did before you can change anything

on this page,

Just by selecting it and typing anything you want.

So This is how it works.

Once you are done with the changes,

Click ‘publish’

and you can view the page by clicking here.

Now as you can see we have our new service page here.

So this is how you can add a new page to your website.

So now we have successfully created our website for free

And now anyone can access your site,

By going to this address

Okay!

Now once you have made your website,

Now here you can see that this is the domain name, which we got for free.

And this domain has the extra this text, after the site name which we selected.

Now instead of this what if you want to have a domain name like

‘Yoursite.com’/ teachyleaf.com [which looks more professional].

So if you want to get a domain like this, you can get it by purchasing a .com domain

So Next let’s see how you can get a .com domain name.

So to get a domain name with ‘.com’

All you have to do is, just go to the video which you’re watching right now

And then click this link

And it will take you to godaddy.com

Now enter the name which you want for your website here

and then click ‘search’

And as you can see this name is available,

So to get this domain name

Let’s click ‘continue to cart’

And again Click ‘continue to cart’

Now in order to get this domain

GoDaddy will ask you to create an account here.

So just enter your details here

And click ‘create account’

Now as you can see, we’re getting this domain for 1 year

Which means once you make the payment,

you will be able to use this domain for 1 year

Now to get the domain

Let’s enter our card details here

And click ‘complete purchase’

So now we have successfully got our domain.

Now if you click here

and go to ‘my products’

You can see that we have got our domain.

So once you’ve got the domain.

Now if we open a new tab

And enter the new domain which we purchased

You can see that it is empty.

So now How do we move the website we built,

to this domain?

It’s very easy.

next let’s see how you can move your site, to your .com domain.

So to do that

We’re going to do 3 steps

First step is to ‘add your domain to profreehost,’

So to add your domain,

Let’s go to profreehost.com

Now just scroll down

And then under ‘domains’

select ‘parked domain’

Now you’ll get this page

And here enter the domain which you just purchased

Once you’ve entered the domain

We can now go to step 2

which is to add these details to GoDaddy

Now to move your website to your new domain,

you need to add these 2 detailsentries in GoDaddy

So to add these details,Let’s go to GoDaddy.

and click ‘DNS’

Now scroll down

and click ‘change’

And then click here

So and now we need to copy these 2 details

and paste it here.

first, let’s copy this one

And paste it here

Next, copy this

and then paste it here

Now click ‘save’

And Now we’ve successfully added our details.

Now Once you’ve added these details.

Just go here.

And then click ‘add parked domain’

As soon as you click this button

Your new domain will be added to profreehost.

So once you’ve added your domain.

We can go to the final step,

Which is to add your domain name to wordpress

Now in order to move your website to your new domain,

You need to add your domain to wordpress.

So to add your domain,

Just Copy this domain name

and then go to your wordpress dashboard.

Now to go ‘settings’

And then click ‘general’

Here you can see the free domain

which you selected in the beginning.

Now to add your domain name,

Just select this URL

And then paste your new domain name here.

Next, select this one

And paste your domain here

Once you’ve added your domain

just scroll down

And click ‘save changes’

As soon as you click ‘save changes’

Your website will now be moved to your new domain.

So let’s check it

Now if we go to this tab,

Which has a new domain

And click refresh.

you can see that, we have now got the website which we built.

So this is how you can get a .com domain for your website.

So that’s it, guys

This is how you can make your own website.