Kung nais mong gumawa ng website mula sa simula, ngunit mayroon ka lamang maliit na badyet at talagang walang teknikal na kaalaman, kung gayon ang maikling gabay na ito ay para sa iyo.
Ang artikulong ito ay inilaan para sa mga ganap na baguhan na nais lamang talagang gumawa ng isang website nang walang mga teknikalidad at komplikasyon. Kaya kung ikaw ay isang may-ari ng bagong negosyo na nais lamang ng isang website para sa kanyang tanggapan upang ipakita sa mga kliyente, o isang foodie na nais magsulat ng iyong mga pagsusuri sa restawran online, o ikaw ay isang do-it-yourself na lalaki o babae na kailangan lamang ng isang site, magpatuloy sa pagbabasa! Iiwasan ko ang labis na teknikal na jargon upang mapanatiling simple hangga’t maaari ang mga bagay.
Isa-isahin natin kung ano ang matatapos natin kapag tapos na tayo. Sa pagtatapos ng artikulo, magkakaroon ka ng:
- Your own website that people can visit at http://supermegaawesomewebsite.com,
- Optionally have your own email address at [email protected],
- A certain zen-like state of mind.
Ang Kailangan Mo
Sige, kaya bago tayo magsimula sa mga aktwal na hakbang, kakailanganin natin ang mga sumusunod:
- Isang ideya kung ano ang magiging nilalaman ng iyong website,
- Isang credit card o isang Paypal account na may $100 dolyar na kredito, at
- Isang soda o isang baso ng tubig kung sakaling mauhaw ka, laging mainam na manatiling hydrated.
Ano ang isang Website?
Bago tayo gumawa ng anuman, mahalagang malaman muna kung ano talaga ang ginagawa natin. Oo, gumagawa tayo ng sarili mong website, ngunit ano ba talaga ito?
In a nutshell, a website is a bunch of files in a special computer, and this special computer can be accessed by using a special web address on your web browser. After accessing the web server, it’s going to crunch those files together and in the end we would be able to see a pretty looking web page.
Sorta techy terms:
- bunch of files = web pages
- special computer = web server
- special web address = domain name or URL
Ang mga salitang naka-bold sa nakaraang talata ay ang mga bagay na kailangan nating makuha. Sa kabutihang-palad para sa atin, may isang lugar kung saan maaari nating makuha ang lahat ng iyon nang sabay-sabay.
Pagkuha ng Lugar sa Web
Inirerekomenda ko ang pagkuha ng GoDaddy’s Managed WordPress Hosting – Basic Plan. Ang planong ito ay nagbibigay sa atin ng lahat ng kailangan natin upang gawin agad ang ating site nang may kaunting abala. Ang pinakamagandang bahagi ay hindi na natin kailangang mag-alala tungkol sa mga teknikal na detalye ng pag-set up ng lahat.
Kung nagtataka ka kung ano ang isang planong “Managed WordPress Hosting”, ipaliliwanag ko ito:
- Managed – GoDaddy will be the ones who’ll make sure that everything runs smoothly, updated, fast and without any problems. And if you need any help, you can ask their customer support.
- WordPress – This the content management platform that will be used. It’s what you’ll use to publish your content online. It’s awesome. If you want to know more about WordPress, WP101 has a great intro video on What WordPress Is
- Hosting – Everything will be placed in GoDaddy’s servers, so everything can be accessed quickly and with almost no down time.
When getting the plan from GoDaddy, they also provide you with a domain name for free. This is awesome since now we don’t have to do anything aside from signing up in order to get the full package!
Bilang karagdagang bonus, maaari ka ring makakuha ng mga email address sa pamamagitan ng pagkuha ng kanilang Basic Plan. Libre ang unang taon, kaya napakagandang desisyon nito kung gagamit ka ng email upang makipag-usap sa mga customer at iba pang tao.
Tingnan ang link na ito sa ibaba para sa higit pang mga detalye sa kanilang mga plano (at hindi, hindi nila ako binabayaran para irekomenda sila):
Tingnan ang Managed WordPress Hosting Plans ng GoDaddy
Punan ang lahat ng mga detalye, hanapin ang domain name na gusto mo (hindi mo kailangang gamitin ang supermegaawesomewebsite.com), pagkatapos ay magpatuloy sa pag-checkout at magbayad para rito.
I recommend that you sign up for at least one year so that you can avail of their discounts. You can also scour the web to check if there are any promos available.
Web Server Cost: $12.18 – $59.88 for 1 year (the key here is to find a promo) Email Cost: $0 for 1 year Domain Name Cost: $0 for 1 year
Total Cost so far: $12.18 – $59.88
Binabati Kita, Mayroon Ka Nang WordPress Website!
Pagkatapos mong makuha ang iyong GoDaddy hosting, dapat ay ganap nang gumagana ang iyong site ngayon. Maaari ka nang magsimulang mag-browse sa iyong domain http://supermegaawesomewebsite.com at makita ang iyong site.
Ang mga unang impresyon sa iyong site ay maaaring magmukha itong.. walang laman.. at mukha itong normal. Huwag mag-alala, ayusin natin iyan!
Pag-access sa Iyong Website
Since you’ve signed up with GoDaddy, they’ll give you a URL where you can access the administration side of your website. If you can’t find it, you can add a /wp-admin at the end of your URL. e.g. http://supermegaawesomewebsite.com/wp-admin and log in from there. Once logged in, you’ll end up in your WordPress Dashboard.
Ang GoDaddy ay may sariling “Quick Setup” system upang matulungan ang mga baguhan na i-customize ang kanilang site. Inirerekomenda kong sundin ang proseso ng pag-setup na ito kung hindi ka pamilyar sa kung paano gumagana ang WordPress.
Pag-aaral ng WordPress
Ngayon ay oras na para maging pamilyar sa WordPress. Tulad ng nabanggit ko kanina, ang WordPress ang platform na ginagamit mo na ngayon upang mag-publish ng iyong content. Sa madaling salita: nagla-log in ka sa iyong site, gumagawa ng mga page at blog post at literal na pinipindot ang publish button.
Ang susunod na hakbang ngayon ay matutunan kung paano gamitin ang WordPress. Kung hindi mo pa nagamit ang WordPress noon, ang dashboard ay medyo nakakabigla sa dami ng impormasyon kung nakikita mo ito sa unang pagkakataon. Inirerekomenda ko na tuklasin mo ang iba’t ibang mga bahagi sa sarili mong bilis.
If you need guidance, there are a lot of tutorials on how to use WordPress online too. One of them is WP101. WP101 makes things super easy by providing lots of tutorials in video format, and they have a huge library of videos that will teach you all the ins and outs of WordPress.
They have a few free videos in their site. For example, you can watch WP101’s video tutorial about the WordPress Dashboard.
Tingnan ang mga Video Tutorial ng WP101
Video Tutorials Cost: $15 per month (if you can obsess over all their videos within the first month, then you’re golden)
Total Cost so far: $27.18 – $74.88
Pagpapaganda sa Iyong Site
The next step is to change the design of your site to make it match your personality and/or needs. You’ll need themes for that. In short, themes are like “skins” for your WordPress site.
There are a ton of free and paid themes out there. If you want free themes, then there’s no doubt that the WordPress.org theme directory is your number one option.
Since there are a lot out there though, it’s sometimes hard to find the perfect one for you. Theme Friendly’s Find Themes helps by providing reviews for themes and gives them a score based on their review. They have a number of themes in their site, and probably the best thing there is that you can click on filters while browsing themes, so you can view only themes fit for portfolios, businesses or blogs, and many more.
There are also paid themes, but for starters I would recommend the free ones first. If you decide to take the premium route check out Premium WordPress’ list of theme shops.
If you’re wondering why I didn’t mention ThemeForest, it’s because there are a lot of themes there that add a lot of bloat (unnecessary features) to your site. So if you really want to find a theme from there, tread carefully.
Theme Cost: $0 – $70 one time (I’d recommend looking for promos in theme shops too)
Total Cost so far: $27.18 – $144.88
Pagdaragdag ng Higit Pang Functionality sa Iyong Site
As you create your site and continue to add content to it, you might find yourself wanting to add more stuff like contact forms, maybe some icons, or a Google Map, or something else. For these kinds of stuff, you’ll need plugins.
As with themes, there are also a ton of free and paid options. And like themes, the number one choice for free plugins is the WordPress.org plugin directory. It’s a common saying within the WordPress community that if you need something in your site, “there’s a plugin for that.”
For premium plugins, you can also find premium ones in CodeCanyon.net. But I would recommend going through the thousands of free ones in the WordPress.org plugin directory first.
Plugin Cost: $0
Total Cost so far: $27.18 – $144.88
Conclusion
You might have noticed that the total cost indicator is a range instead of a solid number. It’s because there are various ways to push the cost down like watching out for promotions, and opting for free themes & plugins.
So if you play your cards right, you can actually have your own site from scratch (powered on for a full year), for only $27.18
Most likely the succeeding years won’t be as cheap as the first year, but if you have your site up and running for at least a year already, then I would like to think that it’s a success and the other future costs aren’t a problem anymore.
Hopefully you’ve learned a bunch from this article. And if you didn’t know about WordPress before and you’re now a proud WordPress user, consider joining the numerous WordPress communities online. Just search for a WordPress group in Facebook 
Teka! Huwag Mo Munang Isara ang Tab!
Teka muna! Nais kong banggitin ang Page Builder Sandwich bago mo isara ang tab na ito. Marami na akong nabanggit na kahanga-hangang bagay sa itaas, ngunit hindi mo pa nakikita ang Page Builder Sandwich.
Ang Page Builder Sandwich ay magbibigay-daan sa iyo na madaling idisenyo ang iyong mga page sa iyong bagong-bagong site nang hindi nalalaman ang anumang piraso ng code. Mukha at kumikilos ito na parang nag-e-edit ng isang dokumento sa word processor, ngunit ito ay para sa mga website. Gamit ito, magagawa mong mas kahanga-hanga pa ang iyong site gamit ang mga carousel, icon, button, background na larawan at marami pang iba nang madali.
You can try out the demo, or watch the video below. What’s cool is that we’re still below the $100 limit
Subukan ang Demo ng Page Builder Sandwich
Page Builder Sandwich Cost: $39 for 1 site
Total Cost so far: $86.18 – $203.88