How to Set Up a Website Quickly

Once you've registered a domain, and purchased a web hosting package, you can make use of free website builder (if your host has provided you with one), or a free open source blogging package like Wordpress.

The famous 5-minute installation of Wordpress makes it a hot choice; all you need to do is to download the latest version of Wordpress from wordpress.org, and upload the same on your web server in the directory where you wish to set-up your site/blog.

You'll have to learn how to configure the wp-config.php file, and create a MySQL database that can be used to finish off installation process.

Once you're done with everything, you simply need to type your sitename, for example http://www.omthoke.com and fill in few simple details like Site Name, Administrator username, and password.

Note: Don't forget to click the option 'Allow my blog to appear in search engines like Google, Technorati' ; otherwise it won't be indexed by search engines!

Now you can simply login to the admin panel of Wordpress, and upload the content by creating new posts or pages.

And, this is how you can set up your website within just 60 minutes in a hassle-free manner, and launch your personal blog, an informative site, or even an e-commerce store.

Note: There are many commercial one-click installation programs available in the market to build e-commerce store, forums, and blog within a minutes with click of few buttons. If you make use of them, then the entire process may hardly take 30-40minutes at the most!