You can use WordPress as a Website Portfolio

Posted by dwspriya on April 28th, 2011

After being started in the year 2003, WordPress has immensely gained popularity.  It is very popular especially in the management of self hosted blogs. It as a management system for content. WordPress can be used to power a website of any type. This includes a site for portfolio that you can use to showcase your work. This is because the source code for WordPress being an open source. You can be able to use it at no cost at all.  This is because all the source code for Word Press is open source. Other than this WordPress is also very user friendly and you can be able to manage your website with so much ease.

The first step is to sign up for an account with a company doing web hosting. Web hosting companies will provide you with the space that will store your images, files of HTML and any other media that your web page will contain.  There are a number of companies that you outsource your work from.  There’s a basic sharing plan that is suitable for portfolio sites. With time you will be required to upgrade to a bigger account if your portfolio is to contain a large amount of videos and audio. 

The next thing is to select a domain name for the WordPress portfolio website.  You should go for names that reveal both the content that is in your website.  It should be a reflection of the body of work.  Try a number of names before finally settling one that is available. Buy the domain name from a company of your proffered choice of web hosting service.

Go for the latest download of WordPress. You can simply do this by visiting the official website of WordPress and click on the tab ‘Download’ the tab is situated on the right up corner.

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