Creating configuring and launching a website on WordPress FREE

Nowadays, every school/college/university needs its own website, but few government agencies are willing to allocate subsidies for the creation and maintenance of a website. That is why in this article we will analyze how you can create your website using Wordpress, how to configure it and make it publicly available. I will also show you a couple of themes that are perfect for school websites and a few plugins that should be installed for a more pleasant interaction with the site.

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Creating a website

In order for you to be able to create a website, you need to go to the website Wordpress.com

This site provides free hosting and services, but using them you will have a specific name in the address bar, as well as other restrictions.

After you have gone to this site, click on Create a site then select a free tariff. Next, register an account and select the name of our site, for example, Example this name will be displayed in the address bar. After you enter the desired name, you will be offered various options that you can use. Among them there will be a free domain and the rest are paid.

Next, you will be asked to choose a hosting service (So far we are taking a free one), and then what exactly you want to create, there are only three options. Choose the second option Build in order to choose among the templates and create your own clean website.

After that, you will be offered the theme of your site, there will be many different options in the left corner, choose Education and we will be offered the SkatePark template. After choosing this template, we agree with its use and then it just needs to be edited.

This way you will get a free website on a free hosting, which you can freely edit and modify.

Let's edit the site and add some useful plugins, change the appearance and so on.

Changing the background in WordPress

After creating a website, a constructor will immediately open in front of you in which you can change everything. Let's add our name and slogan of our institution. To do this, simply click on Site Title and enter the name of your institution. To change the slogan, click on the empty field below the name of the institution.

After each change you make, save by selecting Save in the upper right corner and confirming the save.

If suddenly you need to delete some item, for example, a separate block is not where it should be. Click on it next by three dots and select delete. After that it will be deleted the page will shift up a little.

You can also change the photo that is listed as the main one to your institution.

Also under the photo you can give a description of the photo

In exactly the same way, you can change absolutely everything on each page.

Now we have considered the main points of how to modify the main page, and now I will give an example of several topics. They will help you make the site more pleasant to work with and customize.

Wordpress Themes for Educational Institutions

I can include a couple of free themes that I have worked with and that other users consider the best:

OceanWP - This theme is ideal for an educational website because It includes convenient setup, customizable SEO and fast loading.

Kadence is a theme that initially includes plugins and which will allow you to easily customize your site. It is ideal for creating your own course on some subject, but it is also ideal for creating a website of an educational institution.

I can include the following paid topics:

Acadam - This topic is considered the best among paid educational sites. It includes a lot of features that allow you to easily customize the site, bring it to the top of the search and other useful features.

To learn more about WordPress themes, click here

How do I launch a WordPress website?

In order to launch the website you created, you need to go to the main page of the designer and select launch your site to the world. After that, your site will be accessible by the link that you selected when creating (By the same domain).

Conclusion

In this article, we have analyzed the main actions during the creation of a website on Wordpress. Where to register and how to set up the site, as well as how to launch it.