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In this modern Web 2.0 era, creating websites is simply not a difficult task to do. Basically, everyone knows how to build their own websites based on their personal preferences - especially website layouts and settings; it can be completed within less than 10 minutes. One of the easiest ways of creating a one-page website is by using free weblog publishing tool - WordPress. There are few advantages of creating a one-page website with WordPress 2.7 because you do not need to spend money on:

• A personal domain – you can purchase their personal domain via Godaddy and Namecheap.
• A web hosting account – you need a remote web server to store and sort your files that belongs to your website.

In this building one-page website method, you will be able to display your entire personal portfolio or your curriculum vitae (CV).

Step 1: Register for a WordPress account
You need to have a WordPress account before you start making any sites with WordPress. Then, name your own WordPress domain, for example – “Put-Your-name-here.WordPress.com”.

Step 2: Choose an elegant theme
From the Dashboard, you will see “Appearance” tab at the left sidebar. Press the pull-down menu, choose “Themes”. For your information, there are more than fifty website themes to choose. Choose any theme based on your personal preferences.

Step 3: Start creating a post
Press the “Post” tab at the left sidebar. Start writing a post that is related to your personal portfolio or your CV. Upload any pictures that are related to the contents. Publish your post when you have finished. You can add-in links to your favorite page in your post by using basic HTML language like - “<a target=”_new” rel=”nofollow” href=”url-of-your-favorite-site”>Name of the site</a>”.

Step 4: Making the one-page website
Based on the “Settings” tab at the left sidebar, press the pull-down menu and choose “Reading”. You will be directed to the “Reading Settings” admin page. From the “Blog pages show at most” and “Syndication feeds show the most recent” sections, change the numbers to “1″ respectively. Finally, you have completed your own one-page WordPress website and you can start making use of it.

Let me start out by emphasizing that I really do like WordPress for my blogging platform, but to actually attempt to compare WordPress to the expanded capabilities of DevHub is like comparing apples to oranges. Simply put, WordPress is very good at what it was designed to do, but at the end of the day it was designed for blogging — not commercial website development.

Many have tried to push WordPress beyond its intended purpose in an attempt to make an e-commerce or affiliate marketing website. This requires programming new templates and plug-ins and gaining access to affiliates and other monetizing agents. In the event that you can find a WordPress template that basically meets your needs, you will probably have to pay for its use. Then, if you wish to change how it is formatted, you will have to take the time to manually reprogram the elements you wish to modify.

Another thing to keep track of when using WordPress, templates and plug-ins designed by others may become incompatible and cease to function when the base WordPress software is upgraded. With WordPress you also have to invest in domain hosting, and once set up it may not bring in enough money alone to pay for the hosting fees. So even if WordPress meets your needs now, will it function as you need it to in the future?

DevHub, on the other hand, is specifically designed to be a website development platform with full monetization capability, and as an added benefit, hosting of domains is free. It is simple to use and requires no previous programming knowledge - which is usually a big barrier-to-entry for those looking to use WordPress.

Within the DevHub development environment, you simply drag-and-drop modules elements you want in your pages and effectively build a useful, robust, and content-rich website. You have direct access to a multitude of established revenue streams and website design tools, and there is no limit to the number of pages you create. All revenue generated from these modules, in addition to traffic statistics, are provided within the DevHub platform in an intuitive, exportable dashboard.

Since DevHub is web-based, software updates are automatic and transparent to the user. Templates are fully flexibly, so you can truly create unique sites. You have control of your own creative content, while taking advantage of an array of automated content and revenue generating components. The pages you generate will automatically update as new product and content becomes available from DevHub’s partners, minimizing maintenance while ensuring your content is up to date.

After this evaluation, I have moved my blog content from my WordPress blog to DevHub and have effectively created a real website that gives me monetary credit for the content I create. Onto my next site!

Here are the instructions for upgrading your WordPress installation manually.

1. Download and extract the WordPress upgrade to your hard drive.
2. If plugins are important to you, make sure your plugins are compatible with the version of WordPress that you are upgrading to. You can do this be searching google on WordPress and the name of the plugin.
3. Backup your database. You can do this through cpanel or via the WordPress databases backup plugin.
4. Test the backup. It should look like a big text file of running together gibberish. If you don’t have that, then stop the upgrade
5. Backup your WordPress files - all of them. Backup the wp-admin, wp-content, wp-includes, and all of the files in your blog directory. You can do this via cpanel or via ftp. I use ftp and copy them all over to my hard drive so I have them while upgrading.
6. Test the backup. Spot check and make sure the files are there - especially wp-config.php and your wp-content folder.
7. Install and activate the Maintenance Mode plugin. One note here - if you are backing up from a much older version of WordPress, skip this step. I find it can cause unnecessary problems and it’s better for your site to simply be down temporarily then to have to struggle to bring it backup later.
8. Deactivate ALL of your plugins, except for Maintenance Mode. Please don’t skip this step
9. Logout of WordPress
10. Ok - back to FTP or your cpanel file manager.
11. Delete WP-Admin - yes, the entire folder
12. Delete WP-Includes - if you have language files, keep those. I haven’t upgraded a site that had them so most of you are safe in deleting the entire folder. And remember, we already made backups.
13. Delete all of the files in the blog directory such as wp-cron.php, wp-login.php, etc except for wp-config.php (that contains your database information). But if you get delete happy, you already have a backup.
14. DO NOT delete wp-content. Some upgrade instructions say to keep some of the files but not all of them. 98% of the time leaving that directory alone is just fine.
15. Now we are ready to upload the new WordPress files
16. Upload the wp-admin directory
17. Upload the wp-includes directory
18. Upload the main blog directory files such as wp-cron.php and wp-login.php The upgrade files should not have wp-config.php but, if it does, don’t overwrite yours.
19. In your web browser, go to your site http://www.yoursite.com/blog/wp-admin/upgrade.php
20. You may be asked to login. Login.
21. If it was more than a .1 version upgrade, you may get a message saying your database needs to be upgraded. Click the button and upgrade.
22. Activate and upgrade your plugins.
23. If all is well, you are done and are now enjoying your freshly upgraded WordPress

A couple of issues that I have run into have been the following:

1. Can’t login after upgrade. Clear your cache. Clear your cookies. If you still can’t login, delete the plugins folder. You have a backup so they can easily be replaced. This is in wp-content/plugins/. Those three methods have always corrected this problem for me. If you still can’t login, search the codex or contact someone like me for assistance.
2. Main page loads but get 404 errors on all sub pages. This is probably a permalinks problem. Delete your .htaccess file and replace it with the backup.

Out of all the upgrades I have done for myself and for others those are the only problems that I have encountered. So, I trust my system. If you still don’t feel comfortable upgrading, ask someone for assistance.