Let us first check the terms as domains, servers, hosting and many more to make it easier to understand as why to connect GoDaddy domain and hosting with WordPress.Installing WordPress on GoDaddy managed WordPress blogs are easy to setup and manage and we can have beautiful websites created with it.
WordPress
Wordpress is the most popular site for blogging and it has got more than 60 million websites. It is used by top 10 million websites which is more than 23.3% as updated in Wikipedia. WordPress has got many plugins and templates which makes it fun in developing the blog. You can fully customize your site while using wordpress.org. It is a blogging software which is based on PHP and MySQL. . You can read more about wordpress ,it's features,plugins and history in Wikipedia.
GoDaddy
GoDaddy is a domain registrar and web-hosting company. It serves over 12 million customers and employs more than 4000 people. GoDaddy is said to have more than 59 million domain names under management and it is an online provider for small businesses. You can get Godaddy domain and its hosting at a very reasonable price. GoDaddy is one of the WordPress hosting options with ease.
What is a Domain?
A domain name is like a street address of your house. Like your home is having a particular address on earth and domain name is a particular address on web. Example: www.yoursite.com . When anyone type your domain name on the web it will take you to your website. So without remembering numeric value of IP address anyone can easily type your domain name to reach your site which is way more easier to remember and that is how a domain works.
Your domain name and its associated IP address are stored in a common database along with every other domain and associated IP address that are accessible via the Internet.
A domain name has got two parts. A Top Level Domain and Sub Level Domain.
Top Level Domain: It is the right part of the dot. The common top level domains are .com, .net, .org and many more.
Sub Level Domain : It is the portion of the domain which is located to left of the dot. For example in www.yoursite.com , yoursite is the sub level domain.
What is an IP address?
Every individual computer, server , network on internet has got a unique string of numbers like 172.0.1.192 which is known as Internet Protocol or IP address in short. they help us to communicate between the devices over the internet.
What is a server?
A server is computer program which shares data and provides services to other computer programs. A web server is a computer program that serves requested HTML pages or files.
What is a hosting?
Just like a host of an event makes you aware of the programs and events out there in the same way a hosting service is an internet hosting service that allows individuals to make their websites accessible to the world wide web(www). You can find numerous web hosting companies and GoDaddy is one of them.
Installing WordPress on GoDaddy
For setting up a WordPress site with GoDaddy you need have your own domain purchased from Godaddy site and then you can follow the easy steps to set up wordpress in next 10 minutes.
- Go to GoDaddy Login and Sign in with your GoDaddy ID and Password.
- Go to Hosting > Manage Your Hosting
- Select your domain and go to setup. You will find Setup in place of Manage when you are first setting up your WordPress with GoDaddy.
- You will be transferred to cPanel, GoDaddy control panel.
- Go to Web applications > WordPress
- Click on Install this application and fill out the form which pops up.
- Installation may take up few minutes.
- After it is installed go to > My Applications
- Click on www.yourwebsite.com/wp-admin/ link
- It will direct you to your WordPress Dashboard.
- Go to G0-Daddy quick setup where you will find GoDaddy Blog templates and select your themes and straight away start with your new website.
So, now we know how to setup GoDaddy managed WordPress blog and next you can create your own Godaddy email by Godaddy Email settings.
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