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Your WordPress Freelance Business Site
The document provides a comprehensive guide on setting up a freelance WordPress business site, detailing essential elements like domain registration, hosting with WP Engine, and basic WordPress management. It emphasizes the benefits of using WP Engine for reliable, secure hosting and discusses important aspects such as theme installation and site customization. Additionally, it includes steps for pointing the domain to the hosting account and maintaining the website post-launch.
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- 1. Your (WordPress) Freelance Business Site BrianHogg @brianhogg brianhogg.com
- 2. Working with JavaScriptand WordPress https://brianhogg.com/jswp WordCamp Hamilton https://hamilton.wordcamp.org/ Plugins https://brianhogg.com/plugins/ Hamilton Freelancers http://freelancermeetup.com/
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- 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 DomainName, Hosting and WordPress Domain Name
- 6. Relationship Between DomainName, Hosting and WordPress Domain Name Hosting
- 7. Relationship Between DomainName, Hosting and WordPress Domain Name Hosting WordPress
- 8. Relationship Between DomainName, 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
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- 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
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- 15. Access to Hosting Account Managesettings, view backups, billing information, etc
- 16. Access to Hosting Account Managesettings, view backups, billing information, etc
- 17. WordPress Site WP Enginecreates it for you automatically
- 18. WordPress Site WP Enginecreates it for you automatically
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- 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. AddNew 3. Appearance > Customizer 4. “Static Front Page”
- 23. Theme Customizer • Differentthemes 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 toWP 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 upto 24-48 Hours
- 30. You have asite!
- 31. Staging Site: Safe Wayto Test Things
- 32. What’s Next? • Addother page(s) • Keep plugins/theme up to date • Additional backups with VaultPress • Free SSL certificate • Store with WooCommerce? • WordPress Tutorials
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Editor's Notes
- #3 JSWP course - another course on creating your first WP site, and a WP-focused blog there too
- #10 DEMO
- #11 Lots of options, but recommend WP Engine
- #12 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....)
- #13 Automatic once a day… often pay extra for it
- #14 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....)
- #15 - 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