When I teach the Website Creation Workshop, I often get the question: “Where do I install WordPress?” and the answer is: “Wherever you want it!” You see, you can install WordPress at the root of your domain name, as in www.thebestthemes.com, or you can install it in a folder as in www.WebsiteCreationWorkshop.com/blog Here is a YouTube video I did that explains this: If you already have a website, and you want to add a blog to it, you can put it in a folder on your hosting company servers as /blog or /articles or /news or whatever you want to call it. Or if you want you can install the WordPress site at the root of your domain, and that is the site. (I prefer this method, since the URL links are shorter) (Hey, if any of this seems too techy, just put your question about it in the box below)
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“I would recommend the Website Creation Workshop to anyone who wants to gain the freedom of building their own online presence!”

I am very grateful for Christina and her team to develop such a wonderful and useful course!
The workshop is so well-organized that a non-technical person like me can learn and master at my own pace. It teaches almost anything you can think of while building a website. I also had chances to ask my own questions and get answers on live calls. I feel so empowered that I can put up my own beautiful websites, and produce content that I want to share with the world.
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Christina’s Website Creation Workshop was FANTASTIC! As a graphic designer, I know how to make things look pretty! But I learned so much more about building an interesting and effective website.
Christina teaches at a pace that is slow and powerful, so all of the details have time to soak in. I highly recommend, and do to all of my entrepreneur friends, Christina’s training. It is EMPOWERING! Thanks!
“Super big thank you to Christina!”

After following Christina Hills online for a while I found her instruction to be very thorough, and honest in approach, so I decided to give the Website Creation Workshop a try. It happened at a time when I was struggling with another web designer, again, a grand total of four designers over a period of 15 years!!! I couldn’t be happier to not have to make those angry, frustrated calls anymore. Seriously!
Aside from things typically taking way too long, if they were even done, creative differences tended to be a problem for me as well. “What do you mean you don’t want to do that?” I find myself repeating over and over for things like “Why is the site not mobile responsive?”….. Never again!
Super empowering to not be subjugated to the will of another. With my vision, and the skills I’ve learned, I can build what I want, and change/modify it when I see fit, or necessary. Super big thank you to Christina and the WCW team for helping me get here!
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I have attempted to learn WordPress many times with online tutorials, and continued to hit “roadblocks” where I couldn’t figure out how to move forward.
With the Website Creation Workshop, I was able to understand how WordPress works so much more clearly and was able to ask critical questions when needed. I am glad to have taken a chance on this course and am so happy to have completed this website – one that I hope will be the first of many more!
“I love my new site and I feel very proud of myself for pushing through my anxiety to learn so many new skills!”

Christina’s methodical and detailed approach to teaching WordPress is amazing! I had been afraid of WordPress before joining the WCW!! But Christina and her team make it all feel manageable, one step at a time.
I love my new site and I feel very proud of myself for pushing through my anxiety to learn so many new skills. There is no way I could have done it (or would have had the nerve to try) without Christina Hills and the WCW. Thank you so much!!
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“Your course was very thorough and provided so much content, but in a very organized and feasible way.”
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I never thought I would be this happy with a website! I was stuck between paying AT LEAST $5000 for someone else to create a good website vs. creating a website myself that I wouldn’t really like. I didn’t want to pay that much, but I knew that I didn’t have the expertise to create even a bad website.
But with Christina’s Website Creation Workshop, I produced something that I am proud of and that is constantly getting me compliments! The step-by-step process is very straightforward and easy. Christina has “game-a-fied” the creation process so you see yourself making progress as you go. Not only do I love my site, but I’ve been able to even help some other people because of the training I’ve received!
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Christina Hills’ Website Creation Workshop course is The Best online course I’ve ever taken! Here’s why: It’s way more than information-packed (which it is). It took me, step-by-step, to create my own website in a way that was thorough, and easy to understand, and supportive, and encouraging, and easy to follow … AND FUN!
Yes, there’s a learning curve, but after the first few modules, I was having FUN being creative, building my very own website exactly how I wanted it. I’m thrilled with the result, and I’m excited to show off my new site to a new and wider audience!
“I have a website I love!”

“I have gained skills and confidence in designing my own site!”

Christina and her team have finessed the tricky balance between challenge and encouragement through an on-line platform allowing for even the most technically-challenged entrepreneur to be successful with developing their own website. I have gained skills and confidence in designing my own site – and now maintaining it — all while having fun! I’m so glad I found you when I did.
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WOW! I can’t believe I created my own website! When I began this journey I was not sure I could really do it. After years of having paid others to create and maintain a website, I thought I might be getting in over my head. Thank God I found Christina and her team!
They have a fantastic program that allows you to move at your own pace and ask questions along the way. Everything is beautifully put together and well thought out. I think this is the only way I could’ve accomplished this. I did the work knowing someone was there to patiently guide and support me when I needed it. Thanks to Christina and her team for a putting together this beautiful program.
“I highly recommend The Website Creation Workshop!”

I’m so very grateful to Christina Hills and her fantastic team for empowering me to create and manage my website. Her explanations are clear, up to the minute. They provide not only of the necessary technical information, but also a nice dose of encouragement and strategy as well, which makes it possible for even a technophobe like myself to accomplish this project.
In addition, the structure of her course and continued support allowed me to go at my own pace, which was absolutely necessary for me. I highly recommend The Website Creation Workshop!
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The Website Creation Workshop has been extraordinarily helpful and made it fun to build a website – and in a shorter time than expected. Building a website used to be something I dreaded, but knew that I had to take care of as a new online entrepreneur. I feel proud of what I have accomplished, and empowered to maintain and improve the site on an ongoing basis. Thank you so much Christina and team!
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One of the things I love about you and your company Christina, is that you run it from an abundant loving place, like you’re caring for your fellow human. Along with all your brilliant teaching skills, you make it easy to want to stay connected to you, Christina, because you have built in the space for people to be human and change their mind or go through hard things and you support us in that.
I have found you and your staff to be some of the best in the industry to work with when issues come up. I appreciate this about you and it’s what will keep me coming back!
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I want to deeply thank you Christina Hills and Team for the outstanding quality of the program and the kind and helpful assistance I received all along my Website Creation Workshop journey. I will keep being and attached member of Christina Hills Community and I’m honored to be one of her students.
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Christina provides a wealth of information in a clear, concise, practical and fun manner. I tried to do my own WordPress website and ended up frustrated and with unsatisfactory results. After attending a free webinar about the Website Creation Workshop, I knew immediately that she was an excellent teacher, presenter and a person of heart.
I am so thrilled with my new website and my ability to control and grow my content over time. I ran into some challenges along the way, but Christina and her team were there every step of the way. That is a sign of a great teacher! Thank you Christina and I look forward to continuing the journey with you in other workshops.
“If it weren’t for the Website Creation Workshop, I might still not have a website up and running!”

If it weren’t for the Website Creation Workshop, I might still not have a website up and running! Christina goes through things step by step so that you not only know what buttons to click, but why.
The knowledge will continue to be helpful so that even if I have someone else manage updates on my website, I can easily go in and make quick changes myself and will understand what I’m asking someone else to do. This was a great way to get myself going!
Thanks for making this distinction. I don’t totally understand this yet, but you cleared up a considerable amount with this posting.
Joseph,
It all starts with how you want your URL web links to look to your viewers. And also, if you want to use your domain name for multiple WordPress sites.
Click around this blog, then click around my other site:
http://www.thebestthemes.com and you will start to get the difference
Installing worpress in a subdomsin is the neatest way to go about it. It keeps all in one place.
Hi Christina
Thanks for the video. It was very clear for me with out be able to see it.
When do you reopen the Curse on WordPress?
thanks!
Patrick,
glad you liked the video. Yes I like having auditory as well as the written word in my trainings.
The “curse” LOL!
There will be a new announcement about my WordPress trainings in the coming weeks
Hi Christina-
I just love all the work you do but for whatever reason I just can’t seem to get the hang of doing my own wordpress site. Do you have any graduates or a referral source who could take my 4 WP websites and get them connected to a blog, social media, and SEO?
I am desperate for someone to handle the ‘get it out there’ end of product creation!
Thanks.
mary
Mary,
Don’t give up on yourself learning WordPress! But if you are in a crunch, then send me an email and I’ll get you some resources
I have a website (not wordpress) and want to create a new wordpress website, but keep the original url. Can I create the new wordpress site under a dummy url and then rename it to the original url when I am ready to go live? Or is there a better way? Thanks so much,
Miriam,
You can create the new wordpress website in a temporary folder on your regular website, and then when you are ready to go live, turn it on.
You should call your hosting company, because each hosting company may handle this differently.
Okay – that makes sense! Thanks so much.
Didn’t realize you could have multiple “blogs” within your website… just need to save different WordPress folders within your site!
Cool stuff.
Chase,
I do it all the time. I have one look for my blog
https://websitecreationworkshop.com/blog
and another look for my registration signups
https://websitecreationworkshop.com/signup
so it allows me to have different functionality for my site, with the same domain name.
Hi Christina,
I understood the two options of root or in another folder. I didn’t understand that you could have both. Does that mean I could install in the root under one theme as you say and in another folder such as yourdomain.com/secndwp and just use different links for clients? That would be like having multiple sites under one domain.
Dan,
yes you can have multiple sites under one domain.
Whatever makes sense to you and to your audience.
If you do client work, and want a private area
you could put yourdomain.com/clients and that could be private only to people who have a username and password.
possibilities are endless!
🙂
Super Great! Thank you Christina for all you do!
Hi Christina!
I’ve been following your programs for some time and I have to say I’ve become a fan! You are such a positive resource for your readers.
I did want to comment on your post here regarding where to place your blog. As it seems cleaner to add your blog in the top level directory, there may be situatiopns when not to place it there. And if I may, I’d like to share:
#1 and the most important is the security of your blog. I’m sure we all have heard or been victims of a hacked website. Wordpres is not immune as there are bots that scan for exploits in a WordPress installation. So one of the easier steps in protecting your site is to make it harder for the bots to locate. If you create a subdirectory and name it something related to your topic then at least when you have your URLs they will look nice and appropriate and the bots won’t know to look there by default.
#2 – For those just starting out, they may only want a blog at first, but down the road, may want to add other applications. Placing your blog in a subdirectory will help to keep your files more organized and leave room for other applications/installation that may server better for the top level. I’m not sure about multi-sites though.
Overall, I find that with WP, it is certainly one of the easier applications to work with from a subdomain.
You are right on both counts.
And yes it’s hard to know what you would want down the line. That is why I put my blog at /blog, cause I knew I wanted other sub folders for other purposes.
Hi Group!
Are any of you taking all your amazing knowledge from Christina and starting a virtual assistant business to support non-techies? I need some to optimize my 4 wordpress sites, link the blogs to the sites, link the products to One Shopping Cart, etc.
Anyone out there who is interested, please send me a note! Thanks.
Mary,
send me an email and I’ll help you out
When you’re installing WordPress, you can install it now in less than a minute. There’s the option to add to a sub-folder and if you use CPanel, it will even create the database for you!
Thanks!
Paul
Paul,
Yes, that’s why I recommend hosting companies such as http://www.BlueHostNow.com (my link for them)
for WordPress.
They have CPanel, and it makes installing WordPress very easy. This is one of the things I teach
Me too, i really need help with my wordpress site, i guess i’m not the only one tech unskilled.lol
Hi Christina!
I have WP installed in my root and am thinking about setting up a multi-site. Can I just edit the install I currently have rather than starting with an empty root and fresh install? I have several sub-directories set up (and all is backed up) so re-doing them is not a problem.. just my main site is my concern.
I’d like my sub-dirs to use different themes as well… I can set that up in the super admin, correct?
Thanks!
Becky
Becky,
your questions are complex, and not easily answered here in a comment. Are you a current WCW student?
When I want multi wordpress installs off of the same domain name, I always go into my hosting and set them up fresh.