Title: Installing my site
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Installing my site

 *  [hubbabubbamax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hubbabubbamax/)
 * (@hubbabubbamax)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-417/)
 * Hi all!
 * I’m trying to develop a WordPress-based site for my school newspaper. This is
   my first time using WordPress and while I’m fine working with a computer, I have
   minimal coding experience.
 * Would anyone be able to walk me through the basics of establishing a website,
   and possibly suggest a theme (paid or free) that would best suit a newspaper 
   layout?
 * I read through the various support pages on WordPress and we will most likely
   be using Bluehost as a web host. However, past that I’m still a bit confused 
   as to how the entire process of establishing a website goes. Any help would be
   greatly appreciated!

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-417/#post-4041164)
 * Have you gone through this:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/First_Steps_With_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/First_Steps_With_WordPress)
 * You can find many great themes here:
 * [http://wordpress.org/themes/](http://wordpress.org/themes/)
 * It’s really quite impossible for anyone to pick a theme for you – but using the
   tag filter may help you narrow down the choices.
 *  Thread Starter [hubbabubbamax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hubbabubbamax/)
 * (@hubbabubbamax)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-417/#post-4041247)
 * Thanks a lot! I appreciate the feedback.
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-417/#post-4041251)
 * The other thought I had after posting the above is that it’s sometimes best to
   just jump in and start playing around with WP – because once you learn a bit 
   more about how it works and try out a few themes, you’ll probably have a better
   idea of what you want in a theme (or what you don’t want). It’s quite easy to
   switch themes – it takes a bit of set up in a new one, but the theme settings/
   options are saved so if you want to go back to an earlier one, that’s quite easy.
 *  Thread Starter [hubbabubbamax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hubbabubbamax/)
 * (@hubbabubbamax)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-417/#post-4041252)
 * I think that’s the best approach. We still have yet to establish a domain, but
   in the meanwhile I’ll read up on installing WordPress and the other “getting 
   started” posts. I think we’ll be using a paid theme though, since that’ll take
   a lot of hassle out of our hands. Do you happen to have any suggestions as to
   which one is the best? I know there are plenty of options out there.
 * The high school here: [http://www.shsmaroon.org/](http://www.shsmaroon.org/) 
   uses WordPress and the site looks pretty good. The layout was from gabfire, but
   I was wondering if you knew any other options. The help is greatly appreciated!

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