Your WordPress Freelance Business Site
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Feel like you're missing out on leads from not having a website? Let's get you one! In this webcast I'll show you how to quickly get a WordPress site up and running for your business.
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Your WordPress Freelance Business Site
- 1. Your (WordPress) Freelance Business Site Brian Hogg @brianhogg brianhogg.com
- 2. Working with JavaScript and WordPress https://brianhogg.com/jswp WordCamp Hamilton https://hamilton.wordcamp.org/ Plugins https://brianhogg.com/plugins/ Hamilton Freelancers http://freelancermeetup.com/
- 4. Terms • Domain Name: yourbusinessname.com (.org, .ca, …) • WordPress: The code and content management system for your website • Hosting: So clients can see your WordPress site
- 5. Relationship Between Domain Name, Hosting and WordPress Domain Name
- 6. Relationship Between Domain Name, Hosting and WordPress Domain Name Hosting
- 7. Relationship Between Domain Name, Hosting and WordPress Domain Name Hosting WordPress
- 8. Relationship Between Domain Name, Hosting and WordPress Domain Name Hosting WordPress Email
- 9. Registering Your Domain Name • Go to namecheap.com • Search for your desired domain name • Add to cart • Make sure Auto-renew enabled during checkout
- 11. Why WP Engine? • WordPress installed/configured with no other steps • Fast, reliable, secure, 24/7 support • Faster site = higher rankings + less user frustration • All they do is WordPress • Nice intuitive interface • ie. restoring a backup if you make a mistake
- 13. Why WP Engine? • Automatic WordPress core updates • Will automatically restore/rollback if error • (Usually) alerts you if there is a major security issue with a plugin/theme • Easy to configure SSL certificate (https://) • You get what you pay for. • WP Engine gives 2 months free if you pay annually
- 15. Access to Hosting Account Manage settings, view backups, billing information, etc
- 16. Access to Hosting Account Manage settings, view backups, billing information, etc
- 17. WordPress Site WP Engine creates it for you automatically
- 18. WordPress Site WP Engine creates it for you automatically
- 19. Demo: Setting up your site!
- 20. Basic Settings • Settings > General • Settings > Discussion • Settings > Permalinks
- 21. Installing a Theme • Appearance > Themes • Add New • Need to go to wordpress.org/themes to see last updated date and supported version • Delete themes you aren’t using (security)
- 22. Homepage 1. Pages 2. Add New 3. Appearance > Customizer 4. “Static Front Page”
- 23. Theme Customizer • Different themes will have different options • Change things like site title, logo, header image, layout • Widgets (or Design > Default Layout in Spacious) • Say no to sliders
- 24. Point Domain to WP Engine 1. my.wpengine.com then Domains 2. Add Domain 3. Go to namecheap.com and Account 4. Domain List then Manage button 5. Advanced DNS 6. Copy IP address from my.wpengine.com Overview
- 28. Can take up to 24-48 Hours
- 30. You have a site!
- 31. Staging Site: Safe Way to Test Things
- 32. What’s Next? • Add other page(s) • Keep plugins/theme up to date • Additional backups with VaultPress • Free SSL certificate • Store with WooCommerce? • WordPress Tutorials
- 33. Questions?
Editor's Notes
- JSWP course - another course on creating your first WP site, and a WP-focused blog there too
- DEMO
- Lots of options, but recommend WP Engine
- you get WordPress installed with no other steps! Fast, reliable, secure, 24/7 support - all important bits for a business website. Faster site = higher rankings All they do is WordPress. Nice intuitive interface (screenshot of backup screen, vs. bluehost?) How to restore a backup if you make a mistake Automatic core wordpress updates, will fall back. Still need to update plugins/themes (though if there’s a major issue they’ll usually auto upgrade that too) You get what you pay for. Cheap(er) hosting usually requires you pre-pay for 2 or 3 years in advance A couple clicks to configure a (free) SSL certificate! (Note on google ranking / article?) Daily Backups included, (but you’d want to set up a secondary backup like VaultPress, which I’ll go through later....)
- Automatic once a day… often pay extra for it
- you get WordPress installed with no other steps! Fast, reliable, secure, 24/7 support - all important bits for a business website. Faster site = higher rankings All they do is WordPress. Nice intuitive interface (screenshot of backup screen, vs. bluehost?) How to restore a backup if you make a mistake Automatic core wordpress updates, will fall back. Still need to update plugins/themes (though if there’s a major issue they’ll usually auto upgrade that too) You get what you pay for. Cheap(er) hosting usually requires you pre-pay for 2 or 3 years in advance A couple clicks to configure a (free) SSL certificate! (Note on google ranking / article?) Daily Backups included, (but you’d want to set up a secondary backup like VaultPress, which I’ll go through later....)
- - Yes, it’s an affiliate link, which means I get a bit if someone uses it. - Costs nothing for you to use the link - Money will go towards providing webinars like this one, meetup group fees, MORE CUPCAKES at the anniversary meetups, and the like… but if you don’t like me you can go directly to WP Engine :) I still recommend them regardless for all the reasons I just said. DEMO: Go to the link… Personal Plan