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Build a site in 20 minutes

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!

Kristen Symonds

July 23, 2017
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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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  4. KRISTARELLA.blog
    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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  5. KRISTARELLA.blog
    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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  6. KRISTARELLA.blog
    WHAT
    OTHER ITEMS DO YOU NEED?
    Subscription form
    Links to social profiles
    Instagram feed
    Facebook feed
    Twitter feed

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    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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    STEP 4

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    STEP 5

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    STEP 6

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    STEP 7

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    STEP 9

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    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/[email protected]/599820538
    - Michael Arrighi

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

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