1. HOW TO CREATE A WEBSITE IN 10 MINUTES! Manjil P. Saikia Department of Mathematical Sciences, School of Science and Technology, Tezpur University

2. What is a website? A website (also spelled Web site) is a collection of related web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that are addressed relative to a common Uniform Resource Locator (URL), often consisting of only the domain name, or the IP address, and the root path ('/') in an Internet Protocol-based network. A web site is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network.

3. Requirements of a website? Domain Name Some Webspace Some money to buy the above two things!

4. How to register a domain name? Typically provided by many companies for about $10 per year. If you have a credit card, the best service is given by GoDaddy.com Or else the Indian compnay WebComIndia.net is another fantastic option.

5. Hosting Space! For a personal website about 1GB space is enough. If you want to make a community oriented site 5GB space with 20GB bandwidth is good. The best options to buy some web space are BadaHost.com and Hosting.India.to If you want unlimited hosting, JustHost.com is a viable option.

6. Now what? You can create your website via the following methods: 1.Static HTML 2.Some flash content 3.Or go for a CMS like WP,Joomla, etc

7. Wordpress Website! 1. Cheap or Free 2. It’s That Easy. 3. Do It Yourself. 4. No coding knowledge required 5. Plenty of customizable options

8. Minimum Hosting Needs To comfortably host Wordpress on your own server, you’ll need at least: 300 MB disk space 20 GB bandwidth

9. Installation: Download Wordpress.org –.zip (PC) – tar.gz (Mac)

10. Installation: Extract Double click on file to extract If you don’t have the correct extraction program, download: – WinZip (PC) – UnArchiver (Mac)

11. Installation: Wordpress Directory Review contents of Wordpress folder Look for wp-config-sample.php

12. Wordpress Dashboard

13. Widgets Widgets can be used in sidebars Widgets perform various functions outside scope of main system Widgets are flexible and can be moved up or down in a sidebar

14. Examples

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