Build a site in 20 minutes

This talk is aimed to empower you to launch your WordPress site. Stop letting unimportant things delay your website and jump in!

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1. A SITE IN 2O MINUTES
   HOW TO BUILD
   KRISTARELLA.blog
   

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2. KRISTARELLA.blog
   JUMP IN
   

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   WHAT IS THE
   TOPIC OF YOUR WEBSITE?
   Art
   Craft
   Entertainment
   Education
   Fashion
   Beauty

   Health
   Travel
   Food and drink
   Sports
   News
   Politics
   

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   WHAT IS THE
   GOAL OF YOUR WEBSITE?
   Sell
   physical goods
   digital goods
   content
   Generate leads

   Advertising/affiliate income
   Donations
   Portfolio/resume
   Share interests
   Journal
   

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   WHAT
   PAGES DO YOU NEED?
   Home
   About
   Contact
   Blog
   Topics

   Portfolio
   Services
   Team members
   Shop/Products
   Cart
   Checkout
   FAQ
   Resources
   T&Cs
   Donate
   

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   WHAT
   OTHER ITEMS DO YOU NEED?
   Subscription form
   Links to social profiles
   Instagram feed
   Facebook feed
   Twitter feed

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7. KRISTARELLA.blog
   HOSTING
   - WordPress.com
   - Managed
   - WP Engine
   - Pressable
   - Flywheel
   - Shared
   - Siteground
   - Conetix
   - VentraIP
   DOMAINS
   - Hover
   - Namecheap
   - radix.website
   - WordPress.com
   

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   INSTALL SOME
   PLUGINS
   - Backup

   UpdraftPlus, BackWPUp,
   XCloner, Duplicator,
   Jetpack (paid, formerly
   VaultPress)
   - Caching

   WP Super Cache, W3
   Total Cache, WP Rocket
   (paid)
   - Security

   Securi, iThemes Security,
   Wordfence, Jetpack

   - Jetpack
   - Widgets
   - Social links
   - Facebook page
   - Twitter feed
   - Sharing
   - Publicize
   - Subscriptions
   - Backup (paid)
   - Security (free brute
   force prevention,
   paid security scans)
   - Image speed
   - Instagram Feed
   - Mailchimp, Campaign
   Monitor, etc
   

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   YOUTU.BE/R5YRJITLYGA
   TIPS ON CHOOSING PLUGINS
   

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    CHOOSE A
    THEME
    - wordpress.org/themes
    - wordpress.org/themes/commercial/
    - StudioPress
    

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    FORMS.KRISTARELLA.BLOG/
    BUILD-SITE-20MIN
    WEBSITE PLAN: QUICK START
    

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    20 MINUTE SITE
    STEPS
    1. Install WordPress
    2. General Settings
    3. Install plugins (if needed)
    4. Create pages
    5. Choose theme
    6. Configure theme
    a. Theme settings
    b. Menu
    c. Widgets
    7. Write Blog posts (optional)
    8. Add domain (if you didn’t at step 1)
    9. Party
    

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    THE PLAN
    

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    STEP 1
    

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    STEP 2
    

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16. KRISTARELLA.blog
    STEP 4
    

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17. KRISTARELLA.blog
    STEP 5
    

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18. KRISTARELLA.blog
    STEP 6
    

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19. KRISTARELLA.blog
    STEP 7
    

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20. KRISTARELLA.blog
    STEP 9
    

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21. KRISTARELLA.blog
    YOUTU.BE/QHI376FUTCU
    WATCH IT ALL
    

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    TEXT
    PHOTO CREDITS
    - Christopher Bowley

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/dampowls/5173165907
    - grover_net

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/9246159@N06/599820538
    - Michael Arrighi

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/arrighi/8562416557
    - other images by me
    

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