In this video, I'm going to be doing a Hostgator Cloud Hosting tutorial from start to finish.
I'll be going over the benefits of Hostgator's cloud hosting along with going in-depth on
each Hostgator cloud hosting plan and the pricing.
I'll be going over the optional additional services that are offered during the checkout
process as well as walking you through the steps of signing up with a Hostgator cloud
hosting plan and where to begin in creating your site once in the Hostgator dashboard
and cPanel.
I'll also be providing you with an exclusive Hostgator promo code that Hostgator has provided
me with so you can save some money on your Hostgator domain name and cloud hosting purchase.
You will get up to 45% off Hostgator cloud hosting plus a free domain name for annual
plans or a domain discount for non-annual plans.
Let's get started with the Hostgator cloud hosting tutorial.
The first thing you want to do is to click the link in the description below so you can
be taken to the Hostgator cloud hosting page and so you can take advantage of the Hostgator
discount by getting up to 45% off.
I've included the promo code to enter at checkout with the link.
The promo code is cupid60.
A little disclosure.
The link is an affiliate link, meaning I'll receive a commission from Hostgator at no
extra cost to you.
Plus you'll get an awesome Hostgator discount.
Once you click the link in the description below you'll be on the Hostgator cloud hosting
page.
Before we get into the Hostgator cloud hosting plans and the differences in them let's go
over the advantages of cloud hosting with Hostgator and how it is better than their
regular shared hosting plans.
With Hostgator cloud hosting you will get faster speed compared to their shared hosting
plans.
When I personally switched over from their shared hosting plans on my blog to the cloud
hosting I saw an improvement of 3 seconds simply by switching over without any further
optimizations done on my site.
One of the big benefits of Hostgator cloud hosting over the shared hosting plans is with
the cloud hosting plans you can utilize the resources of multiple servers rather than
just one server like on the shared hosting plans where you are limited to just one server.
Another benefit of cloud hosting over the shared hosting plans is your resources are
pooled from multiple virtual servers instances of physical servers.
Let's go over some more features of the Hostgator cloud hosting.
If you scroll down to the features you'll get integrated caching, intuitive dashboard
which allows you to keep track of your website's performance which can be really useful, you'll
get resource management.
This is super beneficial because if you suddenly get a spike in traffic you can simply bump
up your resources to what you need with a few clicks of a button instead of your site
possibly going down due to the increased traffic and the server not being able to keep up with
it.
With Hostgator cloud hosting you'll get automated failover which means if there is a hardware
issue your site simply gets switched automatically to another server so that you don't experience
any downtime.
You'll also get data mirroring.
This means Hostgator will automatically make three copies of your data to ensure safety
and redundancy.
Now let's go over the three Hostgator cloud hosting plans.
There is the Hatchling Cloud plan, Baby Cloud plan, and Business Cloud Plan.
You'll see the discounted amount that is being shown for the plans.
You'll save up to 45% off.
The hatchling cloud plan is a great plan if you are going to have one site and this plan
is good if you are just starting out.
The hatchling cloud plan allows for you have to have one website.
You'll get 2 GB memory, 2 Core CPU, Free SSL Certificate, and a free domain name for annual
plans or a domain discount for non-annual plans.
The next plan is the baby cloud plan.
This plan is a good plan if you are going to have more than one site.
The baby plan allows unlimited sites.
You'll get 4 GB memory, 4 Core CPU, Free SSL Certificate, and a free domain name if going
with an annual plan.
You'll get a domain discount if going with a non-annual plan.
The Business Cloud plan comes with unlimited sites just like the baby cloud plan.
It comes with 6 GB memory, 6 Core CPU, free upgrade to a positive SSL certificate, free
dedicated IP, Free SEO Tools, and a free domain name for annual plans or a domain discount
for non-annual plans.
The free upgrade to a Positive SSL Certificate will give you a 10,000 warranty by Comodo
and will give you a site seal you can put on your site.
the free dedicated IP is you will have your very own IP instead of sharing one with other
Hostgator customers.
The free SEO Tools is a Hostgator additional add-on you get that will provide you with
reports, insights, and recommendations to improve the SEO of your site.
It will also submit your site to search engines.
Once you have a plan that you'd like to go with click the buy now button.
For this tutorial, I'm going to select the Hatchling cloud plan.
You will now be on the choose a domain section.
You'll see you'll get a free domain name for annual plans.
If you go with a non-annual plan you'll get a domain discount by using our exclusive promo
code at checkout.
You can type in a domain name that you'd like for your site.
If you click the .com over to the right you can choose the domain extension you want for
your domain name.
If you already own a domain name you can click on the I already own this domain tab at the
top and type in the domain you own.
After you choose your domain scroll down and you'll see the domain privacy protection that
is selected if you chose a domain name.
You can select or unselect domain privacy.
Completely up to you.
I do recommend domain privacy as it'll keep your personal information private so that
spammers and telemarketers won't have access to your personal information and contact you
by phone and email with offers of their services.
When you register a domain name no matter what company you choose the domain goes into
the public whois directory as domain names are regulated.
If you select domain privacy it'll show Hostgator's default contact information instead of yours.
Highly recommend domain privacy + protection.
Next, scroll down to the choose a hosting plan section.
You'll see under billing cycle 36 months.
If you click this you'll see the pricing without the promo code.
Let's now add in our exclusive Hostgator promo code.
Scroll down to the enter a coupon code section.
Replace the promo code that is there with CUPID60.
Scroll back up to the billing cycle section.
You'll now see the new discounted rates showing.
You can choose to pay monthly, every 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, or 36 months.
Once you choose a hosting term to go with scroll down to the create your Hostgator account
section.
Enter an email address and password.
Next, scroll down to the enter billing info section.
Input your billing information.
You can also choose to pay with Paypal if you wish.
Next, scroll down to the add additional services section.
This is where you select any Hostgator add-on services that you want.
All of these add-ons are completely optional.
You'll see the SSL Certificate add-on.
Hostgator does come with a free SSL Certificate for your site so this add-on isn't necessary
unless you want to upgrade to a Positive SSL Certificate which will allow you to show a
site security badge on your site if you'd like and with the positive SSL Certificate
you'll have a $10,000 limited guarantee warranty by Comodo.
Next, you will see Sitelock Essentials.
This add-on checks your website daily for malware and protects your site from hackers
and malicious attacks.
It will notify you if your site has been hacked into and malicious code has been placed into
it.
Sitelock Essentials also removes malware automatically.
This add-on can be beneficial and give you peace of mind if your site were to get hacked
into and malware is placed on it.
If you are going to be using WordPress for your site there are free security plugins
that do a good job at security as well.
The next add-on is Professional Email.
This add-on provides you with an email address ending in your domain name along with other
features provided by Google workspace such as Gmail, calendar, chat, cloud storage with
drive, video conferencing with meet, and many more Google workspace features.
I do want to note that Hostgator does come with free email addresses ending in your domain
name so this add-on isn't necessary unless you really want to utilize all the added features
with Google workspace.
The next add-on is site backup.
This will backup your site daily and you can restore your site to a previous backup with
a click of a button with their one-click restore.
This add-on can be a good one because if your site gets hacked into or you mess something
while creating it, or editing it you can restore it to the version right before whatever happened
took place and everything will be back to normal.
This add-on can be very beneficial as you never know when you might need it.
The next addon is Hostgator SEO Tools.
Hostgator SEO Tools will provide you with reports, insights, and analytics regarding
the SEO for your site and it'll recommend things to do to improve the SEO of your site.
It will also report your site to search engines.
This add-on isn't really necessary.
It touches the basics in terms of SEO and is limited in what it tracks.
It could be helpful for some if you aren't familiar with SEO at all.
Next, you'll be at the enter a coupon code section.
If you haven't already replace the promo code that is there with cupid60 to take advantage
of our exclusive Hostgator discount.
Now, just scroll down and accept the terms and conditions and click the checkout now
button.
You will now be directed to a thank you page.
Hostgator will now email you your Hostgator receipt and your Hostgator billing and cPanel
login credentials so you can begin creating your site.
Hostgator will now automatically take you to the Hostgator dashboard.
Click the launch cPanel button.
It will take you to the Hostgator cPanel page.
If you log in to your Hostgator cPanel you'll be here on the Hostgator cPanel page as well.
Scroll all the way down to the bottom to the Softaculous Apps Installer.
Here you can choose to create your website with all the different website building platforms.
You can browse them via Category.
The most popular is WordPress and that is what I will be using for this tutorial.
I'll now show you how to install WordPress.
Click WordPress.
Click the install now button.
Where you see the choose a Protocol keep this selected as http.
If you change this to https right here it can cause a 402 bad gateway error that won't
allow you to get into your WordPress site.
After installing WordPress you can then implement the free Hostgator Let's Encrypt SSL Certificate
with a few clicks.
Next, choose a domain that you want to have for the WordPress installation.
Next, put in the site name, site description.
Over to the right put in the admin username which will be the username for logging in
to WordPress.
Put in a password and put in an email address.
Scroll down and you can change the language for WordPress if you'd like.
If you want anything over on the right you can select it.
I'm not going to select anything.
You don't need to select any of it unless you want it.
Next, scroll down to select a theme.
You can choose a WordPress theme for your site here.
I recommend choosing one in the WordPress dashboard.
If you happen to see one here you like feel free to select it.
Click the install button.
WordPress is now being installed.
It'll just take a few minutes.
Once it is done installing you will see congratulations the software was installed successfully.
Click the administrative URL to go to the WordPress dashboard.
This is the WordPress dashboard.
Something to note.
I would bookmark the administrative URL as this is the easiest way to log in to WordPress
to begin in creating your site.
To log in to WordPress just enter your domain name with a /wp-admin just like you see here.
This will take you to the WordPress login page for your site.
Once logged in you'll be in the WordPress dashboard.
You can now begin creating your site.
Let's get to know WordPress a bit.
Now we want to pick out a theme to begin creating a site.
To pick out a theme for your site.
On the far left, you will see tabs.
Find the Appearance tab and hover over it.
Click themes as this is where you can pick out a theme for your site.
Next, Click WordPress.org themes at the top.
You'll now see featured WordPress themes.
If you click popular it'll showcase popular WordPress themes you can choose from.
If you click latest it'll show you the latest WordPress themes you can choose from.
There are thousands of themes you can choose from.
Once you find a theme hover over it and click the install button.
Once it is done installing click the activate button.
This is now the WordPress theme for your site.
If you want to browse premium WordPress themes you can click the Premium button and you can
browse Premium themes from the Hostgator Marketplace.
If you click demo you can view what the Theme looks like.
You can also get to these Premium themes by hovering over Hostgator in the left menu.
Then click marketplace.
Let's continue in getting to know WordPress.
On the far left, you will see posts, Posts is where you can add new posts.
Pages is where you can add new pages.
The media tab is where you can upload images to your site or where your images will show
that you have already uploaded to your site.
Comments is where you can view comments people leave on your blog.
Hover over the plugins tab in the left menu.
Click add new.
This is where you can add new plugins for your site.
Pretty much any feature or customization you would want more than likely there is a plugin
to do that.
One of the best plugins that can make starting your WordPress site on Hostgator easier is
the plugin called Elementor.
Elementor page builder is a drag and drop editor for WordPress.
Elementor is the #1 WordPress page builder, and over 8 million websites have been built
with Elementor.
This plugin can save you a ton of time and lots of headaches figuring out how to make
specific customizations.
This plugin has a free version and a paid version.
I've provided a link in the description below to check out Elementor.
If you want to activate this plugin for your WordPress site find the plugins tab over to
the left and click add new.
Type in Elementor in the search field.
You'll see the Elementor plugin.
Click the install now button and click activate to activate the plugin.
That is my Hostgator cloud hosting tutorial.
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