Donniekeith

05/05/2022

In this video, we show you how to create an eCommerce website using WooCommerce in WordPress. In future videos, we will explore Shopify, BigCommerce, and Magento. We also cover adding a dropshipping plugin and importing from AliExpress.

04/05/2022

In this video, we focus on website building, speed, and security. The list below is the WordPress plugins we install in this video. In the next video, we will create an eCommerce website and install the WooCommerce plugin.

Plugins Installed:

- RankMath - A great search engine optimization (SEO) plugin that gives you tips to improve your website page SEO and gives you a score up to 100 for the improvements.

- EWWW Image Optimizer - This plugin will convert your images to the most optimized format in Webp.

- Duplicator - This is a great WordPress backup plugin that will create an installation setup file so you can move your website with a simple step-by-step process just like the WordPress installation setup.

- WordFence Security - This is a firewall for your WordPress website that helps stop people from breaking into your website from known IP addresses. It also sends you an email when there's an issue with your website so you know right away.

- WP Fastest Cache - This is a great plugin that speeds up your WordPress website. This plugin allows you to minify your HTML, CSS, and Javascript files by removing the white space. Before you install and configure go to GtMetrix.com and check out your website score, then install this plugin and see how much it has improved. Make sure you installed the EWWW image optimizer as well.

- WPS Hide Login - This WordPress plugin allows you to change your WordPress login URL from wp-admin to anything you would like to prevent people that know you are working on a WordPress website from trying to break into your website.

- Elementor - This is the best website page builder WordPress has to offer right now in my opinion. They have a free and pro version.

- Essential Addons to Elementor - This company gives you even more options to go with the Elementor WordPress plugin mentioned above.

- Envato Elements - They offer some free WordPress templates, but their paid version has a great amount of royalty-free images and other great products for your website.

04/05/2022

WordPress is used by over 40% of all websites on the internet. It is in our opinion the best open source content management system (CMS) out there.

In this video, we show you how to

- Install WordPress manually on your website hosting account.

- Install WordPress with the click of a button from your hosting account.

- Install WordPress on your computer.

03/05/2022

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

To create a website, you need a hosting account. Hosting accounts are generally prepaid and come with a year-long service contract.
When deciding on a hosting provider, do your research and make sure that they offer the features that are most important to you. Some features that may be important for your websites, such as backup services, security, and speed.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲

Before you begin checking out our recommendations for website hosting accounts, it’s important that you understand the basic web hosting types available to you.

𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 – This is the cheapest type of hosting. You share a website server with other websites, while you have your own website space and do not know about the other website spaces on your server. You share all the resources of the webserver with a shared server such as speed and storage.

𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫 (𝐕𝐏𝐒) 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 – A VPS is a step up from a shared hosting account. You actually get a dedicated space for yourself and do not share that allocation with the other websites on the server. This leads to a faster website depending on the package you select and a dedicated IP address which just builds more trust for your website. We recommend VPS hosting.

𝐃𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 – This type of hosting service is usually the most expensive. You get your own dedicated server and are not sharing the space with anyone. You have complete control over this server, it means you can configure the server with various server applications as you see fit. You usually need more advanced knowledge of this type of hosting, but hosting companies do offer control panels to help manage the server. It’s worth checking out if you have a large business with tons of traffic or offering web applications.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬

The best website host is a matter of opinion. We off you the ones we think are the best. A great website hosting company offers 24/7 technical support, a great customer server, and is large enough to keep their servers updated to the latest technologies without you experiencing any downtime. Here are some website hosts we think you will like:

𝐈𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐬 – We have been hosting with Ionos for over 10 years now with no issues. They used to be called 1&1. They offer all the best deals including Shared Hosting, VPS, and Dedicated hosting. They also offer website hosting for both Linux and Windows.

𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭– I consider their plans to be a little on the higher side, but I can’t deny they are a great hosting company.

𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 – A well-known hosting company that has very few complaints.

𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭 – A hosting company that continues to improve and becomes more popular for small business websites.

𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 – We used to host with Host Gator when we first started out, but the hosting was unreliable. Well, that has changed, Host Gator has seriously improved their game and also offers the most affordable hosting plans.

02/05/2022

𝟗 𝐓𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞

1. 𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥. Your domain name should avoid hyphens, numbers, or a word that is just hard to spell.

2. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 is a .com. You can use any domain extension you want, but the most popular domain extension for your main website is still a .com. Sometimes it may make more sense to use a domain name that works with your business such as a .org, .edu, .gov.

3. 𝐀𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞-𝐮𝐩 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬. Unless you have a lot of money to brand your business, it’s best you avoid any made-up names.

4. 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫. If you want people to return to your website, the best way is to be able to remember the website domain name.

5. 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐮𝐲. I had a client once who had a domain name very similar to a branded website, they just added an ‘s’. Well, that branded website was trademarked and sent a legal letter to my client. So check your domain name and make sure you won’t have a legal mess on your hands. You can check for trademarks at USPTO.

6. 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰. If you think you will want to provide a service or product in the future beyond what you start with, avoid a name limited to one product or service. For example, Walmart can sell anything, whereas Flags may only sell flags (if flags is available, buy it, worth a lot of money 🙂 ). I hope I made my point here.

7. 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐄𝐎-𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐔𝐑𝐋 if it makes sense. Think about using keywords in your domain names, such as hairsalon or fooddelivery. Also, if your business is limited to a local area like a brick and mortar business, it makes sense to buy a domain name that says chicagoplumbers.com, but if you’re servicing nationwide, you’d just want plumbers.

8. 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞. If you can think of a domain name, it is probably taken these days. Try to find a domain name that is less than three words, the shorter the better. For example, plumbers is not available, but loveplumbers is available.

9. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞. Consider registering your domain name for other domain extensions, such as the .org, .net, .biz or even closely spelled words. This will make sure competitors can’t still your traffic, you should redirect any domain names you purchase to your main website.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐮𝐲 𝐚 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞

There are a lot of domain name registrars out there. Some of them are more expensive than others. These are our choices to buy a domain name:

- GoDaddy

- Google Domains – They charge around $12 per domain and include domain privacy protection.

- NameCheap – Try their beast mode domain name generator for great suggestions.

- PorkBun– Like the domain registrars above, offers free domain privacy protection.

There are probably hundreds or thousands of domain registrars out there. Just do a search for domain registrars with free privacy protection. We highly recommend do not buy your domain name from the same place as your website hosting.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐮𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬

I probably have a problem, I like to buy premium domain names. WebDesignWorld is a premium domain name. It is over 20 years old and easy to remember. Another example of a premium domain name is wars, the minimum offer for that domain name is $25,000, no telling what they want for the domain. Listed below are some great places to find a premium domain.

- Flippa – This is one of our favorite places to buy a premium domain name. You can usually negotiate the price directly with the seller pretty easily.

- Expired Domains – This is a large website that is updated every 24 hours with expired domains as well as domains being sold with buy-it-now prices or at auction.

- GoDaddy Auctions – You can find tons of domain names for sale here at various prices.

- Instant Domain Search – While this isn’t where you buy a domain, it is a great resource to find a domain name. You simply input the keyword for your domain name and it will generate some names as well as show you some premium domains for sale.

18/06/2020

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In this video, I discuss what domain names are. In the next video, we will discuss how to purchase a domain name and provide a domain name registrar review.

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05/06/2020

Go to https://buildanwebsite.com/ to watch the latest video. Install a Wordpress site on your computer. This will allow you to edit the site, learn Wordpress without a domain or hosting account, and just play around with the features. In the video, we install a nice eCommerce template.

02/06/2020

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31/05/2020

Hot off the press, still loading. This is a long 1-hour video showing how to build a Wordpress Home Page design from scratch. You can see the video at https://donniekeith.com I cover topics such as editing images, styling content size, and colors, adding overlays and background videos and so much more.

In the next video, I will use a template to complete the Wordpress website so it goes a little quicker and shows you all you need to know to create and run your own website.

31/05/2020

We've reached a milestone, 107 page likes. Make sure you all head over to https://donniekeith.com and sign up for the build your own website course. I'm working on the next video to install a web page builder on Wordpress, then create a design from scratch. You don't need any coding knowledge, you'll be able to create your own design from scratch when we are done.

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