I think it is fair to say that Wordpress has completely revolutionised webdesign. As an example this afternoon I went to wordpress.com and in the space of half an hour set up a simple site visible here..
People often ask us how they can set up a wordpress blog, or even wordpress based website. It is remarkably simple and easy.
You can either go to wordpress.com and set one up there, it is pretty easy and depending on what you want it can be completely free. You can add your own domain to your wordpress blog for just $14.97 if you register the domain through them or $9.97 if you already own a domain. Additional add ons can add up but it is still likely to cost less than webhosting for a year and your site is lilkely to always look like a blog.
Alternatively you can install your own instance of Wordpress on your own hosting which gives you much more flexibility and you can install plugins to enhance the functionality of your site and the theme of your choice, we tend to recommend Thesis as being highly customisable, fast and search engine friendly. To read more about the difference between wordpress.com and wordpress.org take a look at what wordpress themselves have to say here.
We would typically recommend hosting your own instance of wordpress on your own blog. Most web hosting companies have a script installer like fantastico, some like bluehost that we often use come with simplescripts which is more up to date than fantastico. This will help you install wordpress pretty quickly and easily. You can then configure the site how you want, use many of wordpresses useful plugins, edit the design to fit your needs and away you go.
Alternatively for those people who are not interested in configuring wordpress themselves we now offer a service where for anyone buying hosting through us we will install wordpress on your hosting package for free with all the most useful plugins.
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Have you ever considered adding more videos to your blog posts to keep the readers more entertained? I mean I just read through the entire article of yours and it was quite good but since I’m more of a visual learner,I found that to be more helpful well let me know how it turns out! I love what you guys are always up too. Such clever work and reporting! Keep up the great works guys I’ve added you guys to my blogroll. This is a great article thanks for sharing this informative information.. I will visit your blog regularly for some latest post.
Yes, it is something I am working on and have just got a copy of Camtasia, which is the ultimate video package for recording screencasts and editting video.