Creating Your First WordPress Website

WordPress Themes & Site Building from scratch 101.

Building your first website using WordPress and WordPress Themes:

Now that you have bought hosting from HostGator and have a place to host your website - You probably want to build the actual website. You might of figured out that I recommend WordPress, and the reason for that is that I have tried almost every other platform for building sites out there: Drupal, Joomla, Tumblr, Custom PHP FrameWorks, and CMS Systems... and came to the conclusion that WP is the most balanced software on the market.
It is EXPANDABLE which menas with a few clicks you can make your blog into a shop, and your shop into a portfolio, and your portfolio into a real estate website. so read on  as to what make is so special:

What is WordPress?

WP is known to be a Blog, but it is also a CMS (Content Managing System) it does what it says; it manages your website appearance and any content you put on it.  With a few clicks you can install it, and with a few more you will have a ready website.

Installing WordPress is EASY:

Simply login in to HostGator find the Quick Install Button:
Select WordPress, Type in the name of your Blog and your email and Boom! Done!
Your Very Own website with unlimited features is online! (important to note that WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are not the same, we are talking about .ORG right now) 

Finding a Style is FUN!

This is where the Fun Begins, Let's Get a Theme!!!
Imagine you can type in one word make one small payment and have a Absolutely up to date, most recent website in the World? Well its Possible, thanks to Theme Forest:

Theme Forest is by far the best market place to buy a theme from. Themes in wordpress are not only how it looks, but also how it functions, you can buy a online shop theme, or a portfolio theme, or a business, corporate, photographers, designers, restaurant.... the list goes on of what kinds of great themes are available, all at a fraction of the price you would pay a developer to do for you. Most themes come with support, and HostGator can help you with installing your themes, even though it really is asy as 1,2,3 done.

more great places to get themes from are:

Elegant Themes, they give you a membership and you can use as many of their themes for any purpose as many times as you like.

Graph Paper Press, is the source of MINIMAL design and good taste in refined pixels.

Don't go anywhere without first checking out WPMU

NowIt can be a bit overwhelming at first... but that is only due to the Massive amount of good quality plugins and themes they have... they are great for plugins, not so much the themes.

And if you haven't already got it.... here is a link to the best hosting and the much needed support provider: HostGator: and get 25% off with the coupon 25OFFGATOR