Goal

To acquire and demon­strate a func­tional knowl­edge of web-based host­ing and to under­stand the mechan­ics of set­ting up a basic con­tent man­age­ment system.

Objective

Find, lease and reg­is­ter com­mer­cial web host­ing space, install and acti­vate a Word­Press envi­ron­ment on a shared host­ing server. and enter basic site information.

Background Reading

• http://​word​press​.org/​h​o​s​t​i​ng/
• https://​www​.blue​host​.com/
• https://​www​.site​ground​.com/
• https://​www​.dreamhost​.com/
• http://​www​.wpbe​gin​ner​.com/​h​o​w​-​t​o​-​i​n​s​t​a​l​l​-​w​o​r​d​p​r​e​ss/

Exercise

Research and lease shared server space to host your web site, used through­out this class as well as for the remain­der of the degree pro­gram. Use the class dis­cus­sions to deter­mine the type of host and bud­get to fit class needs, but make sure to have a domain name, unlim­ited server space and decent cus­tomer sup­port. Once a selec­tion has been made, pur­chase and begin the Word­Press installation.

Part One

Choose the site (URL) name care­fully as the site will become a port­fo­lio site used to find intern­ships and employ­ment for about two (2) years. Each host has a slightly tech­ni­cal process, but you want to make sure you have the space paid for and installed at the end of the dead­line class. Please record any pass­words and reg­is­tra­tion or account num­bers. A delay here could cause seri­ous prob­lems for the remain­der of the course.

Using the direc­tions and inter­face pro­vided by your host­ing ser­vice, install and acti­vate Word­Press. Many times this is inte­gral to your pur­chas­ing, so be care­ful to note any user­names and pass­words. If given the option, con­sider using dif­fer­ent pass­words for each of the fol­low­ing logins: Account (server com­pany billing), Data­base (MySQL) and Word­Press (admin). Doing so will aid in secur­ing the site. It is also advis­able to have “Very Strong” pass­words cre­ated from a mix of low­er­case, upper­case, numer­als and spe­cial characters.

Dur­ing the course of the instal­la­tion, the please insert the fol­low­ing into the cor­rect loca­tions, as directed in class.

• Site Name
• Tag Line
• Con­tact infor­ma­tion (of your choice)
• Default Word­Press theme

Part Two

Once installed and acti­vated, visit the site. The default theme should be installed. Also, login to ensure that your cre­den­tials are work­ing cor­rectly. Take a screen shot of the browser, upload the file to the appro­pri­ate D2L drop­box, and cre­ate a click­able link to the site via to the drop­box com­ments sec­tion. Then post a click­able link to the site via the appro­pri­ate D2L course dis­cus­sion, which allows all stu­dents to visit and review each site.

• The fol­low­ing rubric posted on D2L will deter­mine exer­cise score: Exer­cise Grading

Techniques

Account man­age­ment, Word­Press instal­la­tion, web hosting

Materials

Browser, Server space, Word­Press instal­la­tion, web hosting

Deadlines

Thurs­day, August 13, 2020. Exer­cise given.

Tues­day, August 18, 2020. Exer­cise due. Link posted in D2L dis­cus­sion section.