1)  Get a hosting account on a site such as hostgator.com.  We recommend the Hostgator Baby Plan or the Reseller Plan, both of which will allow you to add additional domains in case you want to build more sites in the future. Check out HostGator below.

2) Get your domain hosted with a domain hosting service, such as GoDaddy.

3)  Forward domain from domain hosting service to your webhost:  In you domain hosting service, click on your domain name and find nameservers for the domain name.  Replace server names with names provided by your hosting service.  Here is an example with Godaddy:

Go to Domains -> Domain Management -> click on domain name -> click nameservers -> set nameservers -> replace nameservers 1 and 2 with nameservers given by hosting provider.

4) In you hosting account,  go to your C-panel and click on the “Add on Domains” if you need to add a domain to your hosting.  Fill out the information for the domain name and password.  Next, in your C-panel click on the Fatastico icon (if using Hostgator).  Click on WordPress.  Click on “new installation”.  Leave “install in root folder” blank.  Enter rest of information and save it for future use.   When complete, log into your new WordPress site.

5)   To install themes, in the Admin panel go to Appearance ->  Themes -> Install themes.

6)  Go to Comments ->  Select and trash the default comment.

7)  Change permalink setting:   Go to permlinks ->  Choose custom -> enter:  %postname%. 

8)  Install plugin called “All In One SEO Pack”:   Go to Plugins -> Go to “add new”and search for the plugin and install it.

9) Install a Google sitemap generator plugin:  Go to Plugins -> Go to “add new” and search for the plugin and install it.

10)  Under “plugins”, activate Akisment plugin to catch spam.

11)  Go to “General Settings” , For “Wordpress Address” and “Site Address”,    add   www.   to the addresses.   Ex:  http://www.abundantideas.com

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