How to build great custom websites in WordPress.com. Communications consultant Wade Kwon shows the steps and the secrets to professional sites for almost no cost and almost no time. Presented to WordPress Birmingham on May 19, 2014. For more, visit http://birminghamblogging.com/2014/05/19/wordpress-birmingham-presentation-the-cheapest-website-you-can-do-in-60-minutes/

1. The Cheapest Website
You Can Do in 60 Minutes!
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!Wade Kwon
!© 2014 Wade Kwon Consulting LLC
!@WadeOnTweets
Photo: Scazon (CC)!

2. Photo: Stefanos Kofopoulos (CC)!
Overview!
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• Benefits
• Setup
• Customization
• 3 Tricks

3. Benefits

5. Photo: Matt Biddulph (CC)!
Setup

6. Register with WordPress.com

7. Pick blog name

8. Theme

9. Notes on theme

10. Connect social media

11. Create your first post
http://itswa.de/write-a-post !

12. Confirm email

13. Signing in
ex.: blogname.wordpress.com/wp-admin!

14. Settings

15. Settings: General

16. Settings: Reading

17. Settings: Discussion

18. Home page in progress

19. Photo: Pål-Kristian Hamre (CC)!
Customization

20. Customizer

21. Widgets

22. Home page in progress

23. Mobile

24. Pages

25. Sample page: About

26. Home page in progress

27. Menus

28. Home page: Final

29. Photo: Mary Madigan (CC)!
3 Tricks

30. Domain mapping

31. Domain
mapping

32. Domain mapping
http://itswa.de/custom-domain!
Change the name servers of the domain to:
• ns1.wordpress.com
• ns2.wordpress.com
• ns3.wordpress.com

33. Add email subscription form

34. Remove ads

35. Contact me.
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wade@yallconnect.com
YallConnect.com
@WadeOnTweets
http://itswa.de/wpyall2014

36. Launch your sites
Photo: Pascal (CC)!

37. Thank you.