How to get a free domain name for your website in 2020

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How to get a free domain name for your website in 2020

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  • "Then you’ll learn about registering a domain name, how to choose a web hosting service, how to set up your website, design options for your website, and how to add content to your website."
  • "When you’re choosing the best website builder for your site, think about a few things, like how much experience you have with HTML coding, how much you want to customize the website, and whether or not you want to work with templates or a drag-and-drop interface to build web pages."
  • "In addition, check to see if the hosting provider offers 24–7 support in some form, as well as security features, backup services, and mobile access, if that’s something you think you’ll need."
  • "However, if you’ve chosen to use a web hosting provider and WordPress (or another platform that’s more of a content management system, or CMS), you’ll need to make sure you click on the WordPress icon in your control panel and follow the instructions onscreen."
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Transcript: Hey Whats happening Guys, my name is kashifand in this video I'm going to show you how can you make free Website with out buyingdomain and hosting. Basically What I am gonna show you is howto get free domain and free hosting. right now you are seeing a free website whichis kashifali.in which I made from this. Wait I'm not talking about Wix.com or Weebly Servicesthey don't provide you Domain They provide you Sub Domain. like if I want to make a website name techfirethen I will get like techfire.wix.com Also they don't provide Hosting like Go daddyDoes or Blue host. By this trick which I will show you You Will get Cpanel which runs on Linux Hosting. By this you will have access of WordPresswhich is most popular for the website. We will make a free word press website. So Lets Begin Before starting this video make sure you hitthe subscribe button and press the notification bell iconbecause I keep make these kind of video In Order to make a Free WordPress WebsiteWe will need a domain and a Hosting. So for that open freenom.com Website and clickon first link By the Way freenom.com will give you free hostingCheck... See more →

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  • "Another fabulous website hosting option cPanel and Softaculous-powered hosting This popular web host is a respected and professional operation which has been in business for over 15 years, with an impressive array of plans on offer including shared hosting which starts from just a few dollars per month."
  • "This price is for TechRadar readers only and the package has double the resources and comes with a number of bonus features.View Deal SSL included across-the-board Hostinger hails from Lithuania and is one of the biggest providers of free web hosting via its 000webhosting brand, They have well over 30 million users and some of the lowest prices thanks to low running costs and overheads."
  • "Best for UK shared hosting Daily backups: Yes | Free SSL: Yes | Custom web console: Yes Flexible plans and options This UK-based provider plays the value card, with an entry-level plan which starts at £1.61 ($2.15) per month (providing you sign up for two years — it’s £1.79 per month if you commit for just one year)."
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Transcript: Hello any other people in this video I'll show you how to make a website for free and this includes a web hosting domain and also a wordpress theme after this video you might have a business website like this or maybe a fancy store like this and if you really want to go creative you can have a blog like this and there's so much more all of these are actually free and you can just download them and use the demo content so by following the steps I'll show you in this video you can have a website online already today in the best part it's free Arnie what do you think it's show time take bunch alright before I start I just want to mention that I'm not a big fan of free websites because there's a lot of drawbacks of having one I would recommend at least getting a really cheap domain so you can own it if you want to hear more about this topic just check out the video that will appear on the screen now I fear that we are at present pointing in the wrong direction just check out the video that... See more →

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  • "HostGator https://www.hostgator.com HostGator is a leading provider of secure and easy website hosting services."
  • "SiteGround https://www.siteground.com/ SiteGround is a major web hosting company with over 2,000,000 domains in its account.The company offers shared, WordPress, Cloud, enterprise, and dedicated server hosting packages."
  • "Inmotion https://www.inmotionhosting.com Web hosting is a service/agreement provided by a web host, or web hosting provider, which gives you space (your hosting plan), for your data (your email/website), on a server."
  • "iPage https://www.ipage.com Create your own website and get a FREE domain name with iPage's easy, drag-and-drop website builder tools."
  • "https://www.tsohost.com We’re trusted by a tribe of 250,000 customers for web hosting services, domains and more."
  • "Hostwinds Web Hosting https://www.hostwinds.com/ Hostwinds is an excellent web hosting service that has the tools you need for building attractive, functional websites."
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Transcript: Did you know you can use Google Drive to host basic websites or even complex JavaScript web apps you may take advantage of Google drive's free cloud storage to upload and publish any kind of static content you can host HTML pages CSS JavaScript icons images audio video and podcasts here is the main reasons why you should do it it's free save hundreds of dollars per year in web hosting its secure no bad width limits your website will never be down Google servers are very reliable no FTP software needed if you want to change something just replace the file in your Google Drive folder the disadvantages are if your website was made with WordPress Joomla or PHP this will not work for you this is only for static websites Google Drive URL structure cannot be changed but no worries there is a way to use your custom domain name I'll show you in a moment in this video I will guide you step-by-step to host your website in Google Drive then I will show you how to assign it to your custom domain name let's start i assume you already have your website files first thing you... See more →

Transcript: We all like free stuff but usually when it's free there's some sort of catch or you know it's just a crappy product but not this time before I jump into more details on this I just want to say I'm not looking at all the options here there are other options that what I'm gonna be talking about but the two biggest at least that I know of our github pages and natla Phi that lafay is what I personally use to host my own site and I absolutely love it both Neto Phi and github pages are extremely easy to use it's gonna be easier for me to actually be showing you but before we do that just an important thing that both of these are only for static sites by static setting HTML CSS and some JavaScript you're not gonna be having like a database on there or something close to your WordPress or something like that but just because it's for static sites only doesn't mean you can't have a blog or something like that I have sort of a blog the article thing on here you can even have a CMS but I'm gonna be... See more →

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  • "In 2019, the most popular website builders are: WordPress is the easiest platform we’ve ever worked with, but it’s flexible enough to suit everyone — small business websites, online shops, bigger organizations and so on… In order to set up your WordPress (or any other type of website), you’re going to need two things: Full disclosure: We earn a commission if you end up purchasing Bluehost through our referral links in this guide."
  • "Once paid and registered, you’ll be able to create your password: Once you’ve bought your domain name and set up your hosting, you’re well on your way! Here are the steps you should follow (should be similar/same on all the major web hosting companies): Once you have successfully installed WordPress to your domain, you’ll see a very basic yet clean site."
  • "See an example of a free WordPress theme that you can install: Here’s where it gets fun: There are 1500+ of awesome, professionally designed themes you can choose from and customize for your own site."
  • "If you want to add a blog to your website, you can use different categories and posts."
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