Hi guys I'm Bryan from Website Learners.com Today we’re going to see
how you can create a website for free So after watching this video, 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 wordpress website And click login.
Now we have successfully
logged in to our wordpress site. and this is the wordpress 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 wordpress 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.
Now if you’re ready to start making
your own website, just click the link below this video to make your site. Now, when you’re using free hosting,
if you use the website above the limit. you will get a message like this. Now if you want to avoid this
message, and always keep your website online you can watch this video,
to create a more stable website, Next Now if you want to learn
how to create an eCommerce website, you can watch this video. Make sure you subscribe
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