Ako želite izraditi web stranicu od nule, ali imate samo skroman budžet i apsolutno nula tehničkog znanja, onda je ovaj kratki vodič za vas.
Ovaj je članak namijenjen potpunim početnicima koji samo žele izraditi web stranicu bez svih tehničkih detalja i komplikacija. Dakle, ako ste vlasnik startupa koji samo želi web stranicu za svoj ured kako bi se pokazao klijentima, ili gurman koji želi pisati recenzije restorana na internetu, ili ste sam-svoj-majstor tip osobe kojoj samo treba stranica, nastavite čitati! Izbjegavat ću tehnički žargon koliko god je moguće kako bi stvari ostale što jednostavnije.
Pobrojimo s čime ćemo završiti kada budemo gotovi. Do kraja članka imat ćete:
- 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.
Što vam je potrebno
U redu, prije nego što započnemo sa samim koracima, trebat će nam sljedeće:
- Ideja o tome što će vaša web stranica biti,
- Kreditna kartica ili PayPal račun sa 100 USD raspoloživih sredstava, i
- Sok ili čaša vode za slučaj da ožednite, uvijek je dobro ostati hidriran.
Što je web stranica?
Prije nego što bilo što učinimo, važno je najprije znati što zapravo stvaramo. Da, stvaramo vašu vlastitu web stranicu, ali što je to zapravo?
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
Podebljane riječi u prethodnom odlomku stvari su koje trebamo nabaviti. Srećom za nas, postoji mjesto gdje sve to možemo nabaviti odjednom.
Pronalaženje mjesta na Webu
Preporučio bih odabir paketa GoDaddy Managed WordPress Hosting – Basic Plan. Ovaj nam paket daje sve što nam je potrebno za trenutnu izradu stranice uz najmanje muke. Najbolji dio je to što ne moramo brinuti o tehničkim detaljima postavljanja svega.
Ako se pitate što je to paket „Managed WordPress Hosting”, razjasnit ću:
- 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!
Kao dodatni bonus, uz njihov paket Basic možete dobiti i adrese e-pošte. Prva je godina besplatna, stoga je ovo očit izbor ako ćete koristiti e-poštu za komunikaciju s klijentima i drugim ljudima.
Pogledajte donju poveznicu za više pojedinosti o njihovim paketima (i ne, ne plaćaju mi da ih preporučujem):
Pogledajte GoDaddyjeve pakete za upravljani WordPress hosting
Ispunite sve pojedinosti, pronađite naziv domene koji želite (ne morate koristiti supermegaawesomewebsite.com), a zatim nastavite na blagajnu i platite.
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
Čestitamo, sada imate WordPress web stranicu!
Nakon što ste nabavili GoDaddy hosting, vaša bi stranica trebala u potpunosti raditi. Možete otići na svoju domenu http://supermegaawesomewebsite.com i vidjeti svoju stranicu.
Početni dojmovi o vašoj stranici mogu biti takvi da izgleda… prazno… i to je sasvim normalno. Ne brinite, popravimo to!
Pristupanje vašoj web stranici
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.
GoDaddy ima vlastiti sustav „Quick Setup” kako bi pomogao početnicima prilagoditi svoju stranicu. Preporučujem prolazak kroz ovaj postupak postavljanja ako niste upoznati s načinom rada WordPressa.
Učenje WordPressa
Sada je vrijeme da se upoznate s WordPressom. Kao što sam ranije spomenuo, WordPress je platforma koju sada koristite za objavljivanje svog sadržaja. Drugim riječima: prijavite se na svoju stranicu, izradite stranice i objave na blogu te doslovno kliknete gumb za objavu.
Sljedeći korak je naučiti kako koristiti WordPress. Ako prije niste koristili WordPress, nadzorna ploča može biti pravo preopterećenje informacijama ako je vidite po prvi put. Preporučujem da istražite različita područja vlastitim tempom.
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.
Pogledajte video upute servisa 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
Uljepšavanje vaše web stranice
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
Dodavanje dodatnih funkcionalnosti na vašu stranicu
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 
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