word press site and hosting company
How the word press site and hosting company are related. what is cpanel. who offers cpanel. what are the steps to launch a personal site for free/low cost. any good links and step by step instructions with screeshots on this?
Please advise
How the word press site and hosting company are related.
To install and run Wordpress there are a variety of requirements (php, mysql, etc). The hosting company helps you meet these requirements. Some hosts, like WPEngine, specialize in Wordpress hosting and offer features that make it easier to install/manage.
what is cpanel. who offers cpanel.
Most hosts will offer Cpanel. It's a control panel application that makes it easier to manage your hosting account. It provides a gui to do things like setup your email accounts, manage databases, manage user permissions, etc.
what are the steps to launch a personal site for free/low cost.
For free, follow Jason's advice with wordpress.com
Cheap, take a look at Bluehost or Green Geeks.
any good links and step by step instructions with screeshots on this?
I would start here if you go the free route.
The cheap route would be the same, except you'd set the site up somewhere other than wordpress.com
(assuming you have PHP and MySQL available).
i am a java developr so is there is java option? or i can select PHP as well?
Do you mean i have to download PHP and MySql.
I already have MySql dowloaded on my laptop. I do not know anything about PHP and what software needs to be downloaded for that?
For your laptop, I would not download each component separately. You need a web server, MySQL, and PHP. If you have no experience setting these up, then download something like WAMP or XAMPP that will install a complete web server, PHP and MySQL instance and work almost instantly.
Most hosts will offer Cpanel. It's a control panel application that makes it easier to manage your hosting account. It provides a gui to do things like setup your email accounts, manage databases, manage user permissions, etc.
cpanel is paid service? are there any free services on this? please advise
cpanel is paid service? are there any free services on this? please advise
Cpanel will come installed on your host by default. You won't have to pay extra for it, as the cost will be part of your 'monthly hosting' bill.
The only way you would need to pay for cpanel is if you were setting up your own personal host/server.
For free, follow Jason's advice with wordpress.com
so word press also comes with cpanel by default right. Any good video tutorials on how to do all these things quickly?
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