Installing WordPress and your Hosting & Server Management

I would say, forget shared hosting. 

For $10/mo you can have your own VPS server managed and running only your website for optimal speed and flexibility!

This setup gives you performance, built-in backup and support.

In this video I go over

• Use Digital Ocean hosting for our server.
• 3 Cloudways server settings to pay attention to when you spin up a new server.
• Setting up a WordPress site using Cloudways.

I will also review the first big feature decision you would need to make that will impact your WordPress journey for years to come.

When building your WordPress website these two choices will have a huge impact on your ability to manage and maintain the content and it's display.

In this video I cover my recommendation for:

1. The Theme

   Theme is something that will take a lot of time and energy initially to configure the colors and layouts.

   So, picking the right theme from the start is going to be critical.

2. The Page Builder

   The page builder is something you actually have to learn to use properly, and it takes time as you jump in and start creating content.

   Learning to figure out the minor nuances of your page builder as and when the need arises means the page builder is not something you want to keep switching.

One important issue you need to be aware of when it comes to themes and page builders is this.... Switching theme and page builder can impact the formatting of your existing content.  This is why you want to be really careful about these two choices from the get go.