Building your first website

Setting up a basic website 1

Why? When someone searches Google for “Brian Stuckey” I want them to find a version of me that I created. Not what someone else said about me. Rovrr, Inc. 2 Confidential & Proprietary

Goals • Have you buy a domain name • Setup a basic “Hello World” website • Setup Email Rovrr, Inc. 3 Confidential & Proprietary

Buying a Domain • You need to go through a Registrar – Hover.com – GoDaddy.com • Don’t use your hosting company to buy your domain name! • You have to decide whether to mask the domain name ownership Rovrr, Inc. 4 Confidential & Proprietary

How Domain Names Work Name Hosting Registrar Servers Company Your Registrar Your Hosting Company Dedicated Rovrr, Inc. 5 Confidential & Proprietary

Why a Content Management System • So you don’t have to edit code! • (show example) • Simple to use website to enter posts • Easy website administration Rovrr, Inc. 6 Confidential & Proprietary

Content Management • Wordpress.com – They host, $12/year • Wordpress.org – Hosting is up to you – More flexable – Much more work • Tumblr – Twitter with more text and images – They host • Joomla – More advanced sites – Hosting is up to you • Drupal – Complex CMS – Used for Whitehouse.gov Rovrr, Inc. 7 Confidential & Proprietary

To self host or not to self host? • Reasons to self host – Much more flexibility – No content restrictions (porn, gore, etc.) • Reasons not to self host – You have to update the server software yourself – Website backup is up to you Rovrr, Inc. 8 Confidential & Proprietary

Email • Google Apps for Domains – Google.com/a/ – Solution > Free • Included: – Google calendar – Google Mail – Contact sharing – Sync Rovrr, Inc. 9 Confidential & Proprietary

Other considerations • Start with wordpress.com – you can always export your content to something else • You will eventually want to install tracking software to see who visits your websites • The more sites that link to you, the better Google treats your site • People don’t read. Use pretty photos and videos  Rovrr, Inc. 10 Confidential & Proprietary

Building your first website

by Brian Stuckey on Nov 15, 2011

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