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Laksakan Krishnapillai
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Laksakan Krishnapillai
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Laksakan Krishnapillai
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Wordpress website

I was wondering if once you install wordpress and you follow the step by step rule, can you just do your own wordpress website rather than the example given? And where will i be able to learn to add page, etc as the admin.

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Adam N
Adam N
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The Wordpress For Website Owners course covers the basics like how to add a page.

http://teamtreehouse.com/library/wordpress-for-website-owners

Jimmy Hsu
Jimmy Hsu
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Jimmy Hsu
Jimmy Hsu
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Of course, there's no reason you can't. As long as you have access to the backend (FTP access and DB) you'll be fine.

Laksakan Krishnapillai
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Laksakan Krishnapillai
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Laksakan Krishnapillai
Laksakan Krishnapillai
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Sorry Jimmy, i mean once i got the web domain and host, I could just build my own Wordpress website along with following this course?

Jimmy Hsu
Jimmy Hsu
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Jimmy Hsu
Jimmy Hsu
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Absolutely! It's probably even best if you do.

Adam N
Adam N
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Yeah, you can. You could even build your site on your local computer before buying anything.

Jimmy Hsu
Jimmy Hsu
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Jimmy Hsu
Jimmy Hsu
6,511 Points

I would recommend Adam's advice on holding out until you finish it there. Saves you a couple bucks and you can take as long as you need.

Laksakan Krishnapillai
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Laksakan Krishnapillai
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Laksakan Krishnapillai
Laksakan Krishnapillai
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Thanks Adam, So that means i could make my website on wordpress before purchasing?

Adam N
Adam N
70,280 Points

Yup. Check out the short "Local Wordpress Development" course to learn how to set up an offline version of Wordpress.

Here's the link: http://teamtreehouse.com/library/local-wordpress-development