How to Build a WordPress Website with SiteGround

WordPress Builder: How to Build a WordPress Website on SiteGround.

This article is a more detailed tutorial on building a WordPress site on SiteGround. Although the interface of the SiteGround website may be slightly different now, the basic operations are still the same, so the reference of this article is still very strong. 

This article will show you how to make a WordPress website with SiteGround, one of the best web hosting, in 13 steps.

The original intention of answersrates.com to organize this SiteGround tutorial is very simple. Nowadays, many small and medium-sized enterprises, companies, or individuals engaged in business do not have their own websites. 

They may think that it is a bit difficult to create a website from scratch, especially when it comes to website building technology, which seems to be even more difficult to breakthrough. 

If you are an operator of an enterprise or company engaged in business, if you do not have your own site, you are likely to have missed a lot of potential customers. 

Below, you can learn about the development of the Internet in the United States. After reading it, you may know that you must start making a website. 

Today, as many as 85% of consumers use the Internet to find local businesses, according to the statistical article "Survey: 85% of Consumers Use the Internet to Find Local Businesses" by the well-known US website Yelp.

Therefore, the author hopes that readers will really grasp the method of how to build a WordPress website on SiteGround through this article. Next, we officially enter the main body of the SiteGround tutorial. 

How to Make a WordPress Website with SiteGround (Step-by-Step Guide) 

Step 1: Visit SiteGround and choose a server package 

The first step is to choose a more reliable web host, and here I recommend using SiteGround. You may be asking "why did you choose SiteGround over other web hosts?", I recommend you take a look at the 10 best web hosts.

• The best web hosting
• The Best WooCommerce Web Hosting

The web host is equivalent to an online hard disk. All files, multimedia materials, and data related to the website are stored on the web host so that users and administrators can access and call this information 24 hours a week, 7 days a week.

First, we click "Get Started" under "WordPress Hosting" on the home page to enter the package selection page, as shown below:

Then we will see the specific packages under the WordPress hosting, and then we need to click on a specific package and make a choice. Here I choose the StartUp package.

In fact, the StartUp and GrowBig packages are more suitable for beginners. The biggest difference between the two is that the GrowBig package allows users to install multiple websites, while the StartUp package can only install one website. 

In addition, the GrowBig package is slightly faster. But for friends who are new to SiteGround, the StartUp package is enough.

Next, we click the "Get Started" button to continue to the next step.

Step 2: Choose your WordPress website domain name and suffix

First, popularize what is called a website domain name. The domain name is similar to google.com, excluding the preceding www.

So what is a suffix? We've seen many, many websites end with ".com", ".cn", ".net", ".org", "io", ".edu", ".uk" and other suffixes. So you get the idea.

Enter your WordPress website domain name

Next, we enter our domain name. The choice of the website domain name is also more particular, you can refer to this guide on how to choose a website domain name.

For example, I enter 'answersrates' in the space in the above figure and then press the Enter key on the keyboard. The result shows that the domain name is occupied when I go to the next step.

In fact, the domain names of most websites with only one word are almost all taken up. So in this step, you need to enter a domain name that no one else has used.

This is also the business of domain name trading and website trading in the Internet field.

Choose a WordPress site suffix

If you want your website to be exposed all over the world, it is recommended that you choose ".com", because this suffix is the most common and easier to remember.

Alternatively, you can choose between ".org" (from the English word organization - organization) and ".net" (from the English word network - network).

If your target customers are only for a certain country, then you can also use suffixes with obvious country flags, such as ".uk", ".cn", ".nz", etc.

Next, click "Proceed" to proceed.

Step 3: Fill in the account information and place an order to buy

Enter your email address and create a password 

At the same time (this address and password are important information for logging in to SiteGround, be sure to write them down and keep them in mind).

Enter contact and payment information

!!! Note: If you don't have a VISA or MasterCard, you can also pay via PayPal.

Select the data center closest to your target customers and target groups.

SiteGround is one of the few web hosting providers with data centers in multiple countries (current data centers are located in Chicago, Amsterdam, Singapore, and London). Choosing the data center closest to your target customers and target groups is to make it easier for users in the target location to open your website faster. 

Don't miss the fact that the data center factor has weakened now, because the performance of many web hosting hosts today is similar, and many hosting hosts basically cover the world.

In fact, the speed of SiteGround is very fast, no matter where you are, the speed is faster. If your target group is the whole world, it is not so important to choose which data center.

The time limit for purchasing SiteGround web hosting.

The time limit for purchasing a SiteGround network host is more important because the corresponding prices are different, and the discounts and discounts given are also different. The longer you choose, the better the discount it gives.

And all SiteGrounds come with a 30-day money-back guarantee, so if you want to switch to another web-hosting provider, you can still apply for a refund.

Check the "Domain Registration" option.

This is to allow you to confirm the website domain name you selected earlier.

Select the "Domain Privacy" option (recommended, but optional).

All website owners require contact details to be stored on WHOIS. This service provided by SiteGround mainly replaces the website owner's own contact information, which is more convenient to protect personal privacy and data security.

But if you have registered a company address and phone number, this option can be unchecked.

Select whether to enable the "SiteGround Website Scanning" service.

This option is primarily intended to scan websites for malicious code, and you can be notified if a website is hacked.

Usually, due to cost considerations, the average person will not choose this option. However, if your website is relatively large, it is recommended that you choose this option.

This service from SiteGround doesn't prevent websites from being hacked, but it can notify you when an attack occurs. If your budget is limited, you can leave this option unchecked.

Select the "Terms of Service" option and click "Pay Now".

These two options are general options. One is called terms of service and the other is paid.

!!! Note: When making a payment, if you do not have a MasterCard or Visa, an error message will appear. At this point, you need to click the Help button on the top right of the home page, and then enter the same username and email address to communicate with the customer online. The customer staff will give you a PayPal account, and then you can transfer money directly to that account. (Pay with PayPal, you can skip the next step).

Step 4: Install WordPress on SiteGround

This part is about how to install WordPress on SiteGround, which is actually very simple.

Log in to your SiteGround account

After the payment is completed, the email address used to register SiteGround will receive an email from SiteGround, which contains the account and password for logging in to SiteGround. But you must remember that the account and password for logging in to SG (abbreviation of SiteGround) can only be known by yourself and cannot be given to others.

Then use the SiteGround account and password you received in your email to log in. After logging in, you will see the account creation success page. Next, you need to click on Proceed To Customer Area. As shown below:

After clicking the Proceed To Customer Area button, you will see the page below.

In addition, be sure to remember to check the "Thanks, but I don't need help" option, and then click the "Proceed" button to continue the installation.

Go to the C-Panel (Control Panel) of your SiteGround account

After logging into your SiteGround account, click the My Accounts button, as shown below:

After entering the Accounts page (that is, the account page), click the Go to cPanel button below to enter the installer. As shown below:

Install SSL Certificate in cPanel

Once on the cPanel page, slide the mouse until you see the Security tab. Before installing WordPress and creating a website, it is recommended to install an SSL certificate on your domain name. 

This is a free SSL certificate provided by SiteGround (SSL certificate can make your website more secure, usually when opening a website, if there is a green lock mark in the search bar, it proves that the website is installed with an SSL certificate and the transaction is safe ).

On the cPanel page, there is a Let's Encrypt option under Security, click on this option.

Then select the domain name you want to install the SSL certificate from the options, and finally click "Install" to complete the SSL certificate installation. As shown below:

Create a website mailbox in cPanel

This part describes how to create a website mailbox for your own domain name at the same time. First, after logging into cPanel, slide the mouse over and locate the Email Accounts icon under the Mail section and click on it.

Next, enter your desired website email address, for example, [email protected] or [email protected]. The "ccc" here refers to the domain name of your website. Then go ahead and fill in the necessary information. As shown below:

In the above picture, there are several items that need to be filled in by yourself, they are:

Email - Enter your desired email address. It should be noted that you can only choose the domain name mailbox related to your account, including the first-level domain name and other sub-domain names.

Password – You can choose a password with a high-security level, and you can set the password in the form of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and keyboard symbols.

Mailbox Quota – Choose the size of your inbox. It should be noted that the maximum mailbox space for different web hosting packages is different. The different space size parameters can be seen in the image above.

Once everything is set up, click the Create Account button at the bottom. After a few seconds, the email account is created.

Enter the created website mailbox through Webmail

It is also very simple to enter the website mailbox, you can directly visit the address https://www.ccc.com/webmail (ccc.com is the domain name of your website).

If you enter your website mailbox through the website mailbox icon on the cPanel homepage, you will use the default system mailbox account when logging in. In general, don't use the default email account, because most of the time the messages sent from the system's default email account usually end up in spam.

To enter your mailbox via Webmail from cPanel, you need to find Email Accounts, then click the More button, then there is an option for Access Webmail next to the account, click to enter.

Next, there will be 3 default Webmail (webmail) service providers, namely Horde, Roundcube, and SquirrelMail, you can use any of them to enter. I usually use the Roundcube version myself.

Step 5: Build Your WordPress Site on SiteGround

After installing the SSL certificate in the previous step, it is time to install WordPress on the SiteGround web host and generate the website.

Click the cPanel Home button, then find the WordPress Installer button under WordPress Tools, and click that button. As shown below:

On the WordPress Installer page, scroll your mouse until you see the Install Now link. As shown below:

Next, fill in some necessary options and complete the installation. This step is also more important.

!!!Important Note: In the next step, be sure to take notes of the administrator account and password for logging in to the WordPress website to prevent you from being forgotten and unable to log in to your website.

According to the above picture, after filling in the required contents, click the "Install" button to start installing WordPress on your optional SiteGround web host.

This installation process takes about two or three minutes. After installation, you will receive an admin link, or URL, to your website. As shown below:

You can then click on the Administrative URL provided in the image above, which is a link that only administrators can click. This link is usually in the form of https://ccc.com/wp-admin/ (ccc stands for the website name, such as Baidu).

At this point, you have installed WordPress on your SiteGround hosting. You can start customizing your website to your liking, and you can also create pages and blog posts.

Step 6: WordPress Basic Setup

To enter the backend of the WordPress website, just enter https://www.ccc.com/wp-admin/ in the search bar, where ccc refers to your domain name. For example, if I want to enter ipetipety's backend, I just need to enter http://www.ipetipety.com/wp-admin/.

Then you will see the login interface of WordPress.

Use the login data set on SiteGround in the previous step (that is, the above "WordPress installation screenshot") to log in, and then you will see the main interface of the WordPress background:

1. Welcome message: This is one of the most important interfaces for WordPress webmasters, and there are many quick links in it.
2. The current status of the website and the content of the website being run.
3. Posts: Here you can create blog posts.
4. Media: Here you can upload photos and other media files and manage them.
5. Pages: Here you can create secondary pages.
6. Comments: Click here to modify comments.
7. Appearance: Here you can change the appearance design of the website.
8. Plugins: New plugins can be installed here.
9. Users: Here you can manage the accounts of all website users.
10. Settings: main settings.

At this point, you can make some settings for the website as a whole, which is convenient for the next step.

Setting up WordPress Permalinks in WordPress

Permalinks are addresses, or URLs, that refer to a single web page.

The best format for a permalink is to include the WordPress page title. For example, a permalink (URL) to the "About" page of a website should be in the format https://ccc.com/about/. To set up a permalink, you need to follow Settings→Permalink in the Dashboard in the backend of your WordPress site.

Then, set up as shown below:

The setting of fixed links is also very particular. For example, whether to add www in front of the link and which weblink to choose will be good for future website SEO, all of which need our attention.

But we generally choose to use Post Name (article name) as our permalink. If your site is a news site, you can also choose the option to include the word Date. After all, the news is updated every day, and it is not a problem to divide news articles by date.

Authorized search engine for WordPress website to retrieve WordPress website

In the background of the WordPress website control panel, users can set whether the website is retrieved by Google. If you want to confirm that Google can retrieve your WordPress site information, you can follow the steps in Settings→Reading.

Next do not authorize Google to crawl your WordPress site, and do not check "Discourage search engines from indexing this site".

This means that there will be many modifications in the process of creating a website. If each modification is retrieved by Google, there will be a lot of useless information.

WordPress website setting website title and label

Follow the steps in Settings → General to set the Site Title and Tagline.

Maybe the WordPress site title and tags will appear in different places on the site. Some WordPress themes will appear on the homepage and in the SEO description section, and Google will use the SEO description section to list your site in search results.

The tags section of a WordPress site is optional, if the site does not have any tags, it can be left blank.

Authorize or turn off the comment function of the WordPress website

It is up to the webmaster to allow other users to comment on pages and articles.

On the one hand, if the WordPress website opens the comment function, it will help to expand the influence of the website. But on the other hand, websites may also receive some spam comments.

Whether it is to authorize or turn off the comment function of other users, it can be operated through Settings → Discussion.

Part of what the red arrow points to is to allow other users to comment on new articles.

Turn off the broadcast and reference notification function of WordPress site-building

WordPress still retains the ability to broadcast citation notifications after several updates. In fact, to create a new website, users can uncheck the broadcast and citation notification functions. Webmasters only need to enter the settings page in the way of Settings → Discussion to complete the settings.

Time zone settings for WordPress sites

Usually, the user sets the time zone, which can be set according to their current location or according to the location of the target user.

The time zone setting method is performed in the way of Settings → General. At this point, the overall settings of the WordPress site are basically completed.

Step 7: WordPress Website Theme for WordPress

The appearance design of the WordPress website can be switched, and the switching of the appearance design is achieved by switching the theme of the website.

That is to say, you can switch the appearance of your website with one click in the background of your WordPress website.

For example, the following image is the default appearance of a WordPress site after installing it:

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But with the free Hestia theme, we can switch the look and feel of our WordPress site back and forth with just two or three clicks.

Here is the action section of a WordPress site theme:

Choose your favorite WordPress theme

In the previous article section, we mentioned that WordPress themes determine the look of a website. You can also quickly install themes if needed, and switch themes at any time.

There are many WordPress themes, and there are many in the official WordPress theme directory alone. Users can visit https://WordPress.org to view more free themes.

But WordPress themes on https://wordpress.org are just the tip of the iceberg, there are plenty of free themes on some third-party sites like JustFreeThemes. There are also sites that offer paid themes, such as Themeisle and Athemes. There are even some mall websites that specialize in WordPress themes, such as ThemeForest.

While there are many paid WordPress themes, for most users, using free themes is the first choice. Many free WordPress themes include a lot of amazing features and are completely free.

So how do you choose the right WordPress theme? In general, users do not need to know how to choose a WordPress theme. Because free themes can be switched at any time. But here are a few tips if you want to learn how to choose a WordPress theme:

1. Users need to understand their own needs and decide which theme to choose according to their own financial resources.
2. Be sure to understand the code quality inside the theme. If the code of a WordPress theme is messy, it can negatively affect the operation of the website. Because these poor-quality themes slow down the entire website and are prone to hacking. Therefore, when choosing a WordPress theme, be sure to choose those that are continuously updated.
3. In addition, after installing the theme, you can download the Theme Check plugin to scan the WordPress theme and see the feedback of this plugin.
4. Make sure the customer service and update the status of the website theme.
5. Make a list of some of the features and functionality you need and choose the appropriate WordPress theme.

Also, Hestia isn’t the only free theme, check out the best free WordPress themes for more themes for blogging, travel, food, and personal websites.

If your website is a WooCommerce e-commerce website, you have to consider the corresponding e-commerce website themes, including the fastest WooCommerce themes and the best WooCommerce themes.

If the website you want to make is an online course platform like Udemy, Tencent Cloud Classroom, or MOOC, you need to pay attention to the corresponding learning management system theme.

WordPress website installation WordPress theme

If the theme you choose is in the official WordPress directory, then you only need to know the name of the WordPress theme. This blog editor has also recommended the fastest loading WordPress themes and some free blog themes, you can search in the search bar.

Below are the steps for theme installation.

From the dashboard of your WordPress site, click and select Appearance → Themes, then click "Add New" to add a new theme.

In the search box, enter the Hestia theme we want to use, as shown below:

Then, the topic Hestia will appear in the search results. Click the Install button to install.

Website themes are installed in seconds. After installation, you need to enable the website theme. There will be an "Activate" button in the place of the original "install" button. This is the "Enable" button and then click this button.

Hestia this theme has many useful features. If you want to see some of the features of this theme, you can click the welcome button, the one labeled " welcome ". Next, you will see the control panel of the Hestia theme and some other functions and features. First, let's click on "Recommended actions" to see what's in there.

Among all the options, let's take a look at the "Orbit Fox Companion" option, and then click the "install and activate" button to enable this feature.

! PLEASE NOTE: Orbit Fox Companion is a WordPress plugin, and we will explain in-depth how to use the WordPress plugin later.

Orbit Fox is an extension of the Hestia theme that enhances the look and feel of your website. For example, you can add some effects to the home page of the website, such as when creating the "About" page and the "Contact" page, you can use templates to customize the small icons of the website menu.

At this stage, the new WordPress theme has been enabled on your website. You can preview the performance of the website by entering https://ccc.com (ccc represents your domain name, eg https://ipetipety.com).

Next, let's take a look at the interface design, menu design, and design of other parts:

Custom WordPress Themes for WordPress Websites

At this point, the appearance of the WordPress website looks good, but you still need to do some basic settings to achieve the effect you want.

To customize the website theme, you need to follow the steps of Appearance→Customize in the control panel of the website background. You will see the main interface of the custom theme.

Set up your WordPress site homepage:

Follow the steps below.

1. In the sidebar, click on "Homepage Settings"
2. Select "A static page"
3. Click "Add New" to create a web page as the website home page
4. Enter the page name "Home" as the home page tag, then click "Add" to add it.

After following the steps mentioned above, the page marked with "Home" will replace the page with the most recent articles.

Beginners can first modify the main title of the home page. Usually, other users will write the name of the company and business here, or they can write something that can summarize the content of the entire website. 

Click the pencil symbol below the title and type accordingly. Once clicked, the customized panel will appear on the left.

In this section, you can do the following:

1. Change background image
2. change title
3. Change the text below the title, or leave it blank.
4. Change the text on the button. The text on the button usually leads to the product or some of the most important pages.

Below, you can also make adjustments to some of the sections on the home page. By default in WordPress, all content can be personalized.

• The Feature section generally contains the creative intent and purpose of the website or some services provided.
• About (about) This part refers to some of the site's story or introduction.
• The Team section typically lists information about the website production team or business members.
• The Ribbon section can call some functions of the appearance.
• The Testimonials section is to show some testimonials from previous users.
• The Contact section generally contains contact information to keep in touch with customers.

Also, there are other sections in the custom section. It's best to look at each one and choose the style you want to set up.

When you're done tweaking your homepage, be sure to click the "Publish" button at the top.

• Adjust font

The next step may be to adjust the font of the overall text of the website. The way to adjust the font is to follow Appearance Settings → Typography in the sidebar of the customization section. Users can choose fonts and see how the website changes.

• Coloring

Generally speaking, new WordPress themes are color settings. Find the Colors option in the sidebar to set it.

The Accent Color in the image above usually refers to the color of buttons, links, and the main part of the website that distinguishes it.

After following the above steps, the website will become very beautiful.

Note: There are actually many other settings in the customization section of WordPress. E.g:

• Choose the default layout of the WordPress site, for example, you can set the position of the sidebar, whether it is on the left or right of the main website.
• Whether blog posts are distributed in a tabular format, in a grid format, etc.
• Whether to set a background image for the entire website.
• Whether the buttons on the website should be shadowed.

Step 8: Use plugins to expand website functions in WordPress website building

The function of the plugin in the WordPress website is similar to the function of each App on the iPhone mobile phone. Just having a mobile phone is not enough. If you want to achieve online communication, you usually install software applications like Whatsapp. The same is true in WordPress sites, if you want to achieve a certain function, you must install a plugin.

Plugins for a website are for enriching the functionality of the website, while themes are for the appearance of the website. However, some paid themes also integrate some plugins when they are developed. These plugins may be free or paid.

There are currently more than 55,000 free WordPress plugins. This means that no matter what kind of functionality you want to add to your website, there is always a plugin that you can use.

If you want to create your own website, you can also use plugins to add some functionality to your website without knowing any coding knowledge. E.g: 

• Rank Math – This is an SEO plugin for website launch and website optimization. For specific usage, please refer to our Rank Math tutorial.
• Google Analytics for WordPress – This is a plugin that integrates a website with traffic analysis.
• Wordfence Security - This is a plugin that enhances the security factor of your website.
• UpdraftPlus - This is a website backup plugin, you can take a look at the Updraft website backup tutorial.
• Optimole  - This is a plugin for optimizing images.
• WPForms - This is a form plugin that can make a contact form, and users can leave a message directly to you. This is much better than labeling the email directly on the website.

In addition, I recommend the article "The Best WooCommerce Plugins" here to learn more about the related functions of e-commerce websites. Users can also search for more interesting and useful plugins at https://wordpress.org.

The installation of the plugin is very simple. If we install a free plugin, we only need to know the name of the plugin.

Follow the steps of Plugins→Add New in the control panel in the backend of your WordPress site. Then enter the name of the plugin in the search bar, press Enter to search for the plugin, and then click "Install" to install it. After the installation is complete, click "Activate" to enable the plugin. Let's look at an example of installing a free plugin. Please note that installing a free plugin is slightly different from installing a paid plugin. The installation methods of these two plugins are mentioned below.

Install and enable the free version of the WordPress plugin for WordPress website building

Go to the admin console - https://ccc.com/wp-admin/, then click "Plugins" in the sidebar menu, then click "Add New" at the top to add a new plugin, as shown below:

Once the new page appears, some recommended plugins will appear, and there is also a search bar on the right, this is where we will enter the plugin name:

Here I am going to install a plugin called Revive Old Post. In fact, when searching for plugins, you don't need to enter all the plugin names, just enter "Revive" in the search bar, then press Enter on the keyboard, and you will see the following picture in a few seconds:

The plugin we are looking for is the first one, and then click the "Install Now" button to install it. WordPress will then automatically retrieve the plugin and install the plugin on the WordPress site. The operation steps are the same as installing the App on the mobile phone. But there is one more step to go on here.

After installing the plugin, we can see the following picture:

Then click on the "Activate Plugin" that appears (meaning to enable the plugin) to enable the plugin. At this point, the installation is complete, and we can see the enabled prompt at the top, as shown in the following figure:

Install and enable the paid version of the WordPress plugin for the WordPress website

The installation method of the paid version of the WordPress plugin is different from the free version. Mainly because these paid plugins are not included in the official WordPress directory (that is, the website https://wordpress.org where you can directly find free plugins in the wp-admin control panel in the background of the website).

There are a lot of places to buy paid plugins, and we won't mention them. Let's take a look at the form of the paid version of the plugin. Generally speaking, the purchased plug-ins are compressed files in ZIP format, as shown in the following figure:

What I want to install here is a paid version of the plugin called Intergeo Google Maps.

Once you have the Zip archive of the paid WordPress plugin, go back to the admin control panel in the backend of your WordPress site, then click "Plugins" in the sidebar menu, then click "Add New" to start installing the new plugin. Then click the "Upload Plugin" button at the top to start uploading the plugin:

When the next interface appears, you can directly upload the downloaded compressed file.

Select the compressed file from the computer desktop or the place where the Zip compressed file is stored, and after confirming the upload, click "Install Now" to install it. When WordPress has finished installing, click "Activate" to enable the WordPress plugin. At this point, the installation process has been completed. Next, click the "Activate" button in the above figure, and then this paid plug-in will be enabled.

That’s all for installing free and paid WordPress plugins.

Step 9: Create a WordPress website

All websites, no matter what type, should have several pages. But the question is how to create a page? In fact, it is relatively simple to create a page.

Go to the control panel in the background of the WordPress website and follow the steps of Pages→Add New. Then you will see the following interface:

1. Here you can enter the page title.
2. This is the main part of the web page, that is, the main content of the web page. This interface is similar to that of a Word document. Some of the most basic text formattings are also included here (such as bold, left-right-center, adding hyperlinks, citations, etc.).
3. Click this button to add pictures.
4. Switch between Text (text) and Visual (visual) editors. Text (text) editors are generally used to add some code (such as adding Google Adsense ads to a website or affiliate marketing product links).
5. Here is the release area, you can see the release button Publish.
6. Discussion - This is mainly for webmasters to decide whether to comment on the page or article. The "trackbacks" and "pingbacks" below can be left blank.
7. Featured images. Most WordPress themes will display this image as the main image on the page.

After editing the page, click "Publish" to publish the page.

Generally speaking, a website consists of the following basic pages:

• About Page – Just type about in the title of the page in English. The About page is a relatively important page in a website and can show some information about the website and the company to visitors who browse the website. Generally, all websites will contain an about page.
• Contact page - This page can display contact information, you can install a plug-in for a contact list, such as contact form 7 . This way customers can contact you at any time.
• Privacy Page - This page is similar to a non-disclosure agreement and is also very important.
• Portfolio page – This page generally displays past works, pictures, and other content.
• Store Page - This is the store page. This page is generally used if you want to sell products online. If you want to create an online store, the WooCommerce plugin is generally used. You can take a look at our WooCommerce online store building tutorial.

Step 10: Blogging with WordPress

Blogging (commonly known as content marketing) is the most effective way to market a website or product. In fact, according to survey data, about 55% of marketers say that blogging is the best way of attracting marketing, and blogging is very important for online marketing.

In fact, running a blog is very simple, you only need to regularly publish some articles related to the theme of the website.

From a purely technical point of view, the built-in blogging tools in WordPress are very mature. In fact, WordPress started out as a blogging platform.

To post a new blog post, go back to the dashboard of your WordPress site, find the Posts option, and follow Posts→Add New.

The process of publishing an article blog is similar to the process of publishing a web page. The editing interface of the blog is also almost the same, and the options are also almost the same.

The default editor in WordPress today is the Gutenberg editor, and all elements (such as text blocks, media blocks, design blocks, widget blocks, embed blocks) are presented as blocks. We can use these blocks to write text, insert pictures, insert shortcodes, insert HTML codes, insert video codes, insert lists, insert numbers, insert videos, etc. If you are not used to this block editor, you can also install the classic editor to return to the original editor version.

There are a few more issues to be aware of on this blog post page. The first is categories and tags. We can use categories and tags to organize all the articles on the website and classify blog posts according to different attributes. We have also written about the difference between categories and tags before, and I strongly recommend that you take a look at the article categories VS tags.

For example, your website is an affiliate marketing blog site about product reviews. There are many product categories such as electronic products, personal care, clothing, clothing, etc., which can be used as article categories. The jeans under the clothing category can be used as a label. To be precise, the scope of tags is much smaller than that of categories.

Once you've created a blog post, click "Publish" to publish the post.

In order to make it easier for website surfers to read blog articles, the administrator should designate one of the pages like the blog articles page, and this page will integrate all the articles. Here are the steps:

• To create a new page, follow the order Pages→Add New. Then name this page "Blog". That means you need to create a page called "Blog".
• The next step is to follow the order of Settings→Reading, and then select the newly created "Blog" page as the "Posts page", as shown in the following figure:

At this point, you can preview the newly created blog page and see all the newly published articles.

In fact, the hardest thing about blogging is to publish articles on a regular basis, and the articles must also attract readers. I will introduce the knowledge about the blog content later, please stay tuned.

Step 11: Adjusting Site Navigation for WordPress Builder

Once all the web pages and blog posts are online, you need to adjust the navigation structure of your WordPress site to make it easier for website visitors to read and view. Regarding the settings of website navigation, it mainly involves the menu (Menu) and the widget (Widget).

Step 12: WordPress menu settings

Website visitors will see the navigation page first if they want to visit your website, so the navigation page is very important.

Generally speaking, the settings of the navigation menu will be different according to different WordPress themes. Administrators can typically do the following:

First, in the control panel of the WordPress background, follow the order of Appearance→Menus, and then you will see the following default screen:

In the leftmost column are all the pages, you can add them all to the menu. The right part is the structure of all navigation menus.

Administrators can select some important pages to add to the menu. In general, you can choose about pages and contact pages, plus one or two very important pages to add to the navigation menu.

The setup of the navigation menu is very simple, and you can reorder the various navigation menus by dragging and dropping.

After sorting, select the menu located at the bottom. The menu option usually labeled "Primary Menu" is the navigation page at the top of the website. Then click "Save Menu" to save the set navigation menu.

! Note: Administrators can also create multiple menus. Click on the "create a new menu" link shown above, and the same interface will appear. Each menu will appear in a different location on the website. Therefore, the new menu created can be named "Script Menu" (ie "Footer Menu" in the image above).

At this point, if you revisit the site, you'll see that all the navigation menus are all set up.

Step 13: SiteGround Widget Settings

In WordPress, widgets have been around for a long time. Simply put, gadgets are small blocks of content that can be displayed to website visitors in various places on the website. In general, these content blocks are generally located in the sidebar position and footer position of the website.

To view widgets and set them up, WordPress webmasters need to follow the order Appearance→Widgets in the control panel at the backend of the site. The following page will then appear.

In fact, in addition to the sidebar and footer, the WordPress theme Hestia has several widget areas, so we won’t go into too much detail here.

If you want to add each widget on the left to the widget area, just click and drag from the left side of the above image to the selected content block on the right side.

For example, you can see that in the blog posts I painstakingly translated on my website, the widgets in the sidebar have three widgets: search function, latest blog posts, and blog post categories.

After completing the setup of widgets and navigation menus and pages, the website is basically finished.

SiteGround Website Summary(Build a WordPress website)

The above is the whole process of the SiteGround building. According to the above steps to make a website, you don't need to pay any technical staff. Using WordPress as a website builder is one of the most affordable ways. After the website is built, it will also involve the promotion of the website and the realization of the website. You can refer to the SEO section on the painstaking translation blog to learn more about website promotion and ranking optimization.

The key to the operation of the website is whether the website has enough traffic. After all, this is an era when traffic is king. Here are 20 ways to increase your blog traffic.

In addition, WordPress is an open-source website builder, although blog posts are its most basic function, we can also use other plugins to extend the functionality of the website.

In short, if you are engaged in a cross-border business, this SiteGround website-building tutorial is the most basic content, so its importance is self-evident. For more information on website building, I hope you will continue to pay attention to the WordPress tutorial part of this blog and take you to know the knowledge of website building in different styles and fields.

Therefore, I also recommend the following articles to you:

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