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Elro

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Hey all, very new to this so have a couple of questions..
I'd like to set up my own website, just for fun and practice for now but have 0 experience. From what I have read Wordpress is a good way to go but requires hosting that supports MySQL 5 or later. Do you need a registered domain? Is there any free hosting services (as this is just trial/practice) or would I need to sign up for a hosting fee & register a domain?

Any advice welcome.. Thanks in advance
 
As far as I know are no free wordpress hosting services. We offer cost effective WordPress hosting solutions including free .co.za domain name - PM me fore details.
 
I helped a friend set up a wordpress site with http://texo.co.za/ so I know they specifically support WP - it wasn't free though.

To get started download XAMPP & Wordpress, set everything up on your local PC (there's tons of info on google how to), play around and develop your site locally before worrying about hosting online.

You could posibly get away with one of the bigger overseas free hosting sites like http://www.000webhost.com/ for learning how to deploy etc. before you jump into spending money.

ps. Dan beat me

I also found this for you .. http://sneerwell.blogspot.com/2009/10/top-9-best-free-web-hosting-for.html
 
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Do it all locally using XAMMP. Then get a domain once your'e ready to make your site live. PM me if you run into any trouble
 
Awesome info guys - many thanks for the responses and PM's - enough to get me started - thx again
 
seanyp00h said:
Do it all locally using XAMMP. Then get a domain once your'e ready to make your site live. PM me if you run into any trouble
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another fun thing to do if you have adsl (or even 3g) is to make use of a dynamic dns service and port forwarding to access your site over the interwebz,
 
Really guys???

www.wordpress.com

Free host. Already setup. Will teach you how to manage a site, without having the trouble of actually finding a host, and uploading it yourself.
 
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