- Hi you all, my name is Kori Ashton,
and you have found a smaller video
that's a part of a larger series that I've done called
"The Ultimate Beginner's Guide in WordPress."
I hope this helps you, and if you're interested
in learning more about WordPress,
I'll put the link to the full series, 15 videos,
at the end of this video so you'll be certain to find it
and be off and running in your WordPress journey.
Let's get to the tutorial.
So what are the essentials that I need
for building out a WordPress website?
First thing's first,
you're probably gonna want a domain name.
Everybody out there's gonna want a unique domain name
that they can know to get to you, like mine, askkori.com.
You can purchase your own domain name
at some place like GoDaddy.com.
You would come here and type it in, see if it's available.
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If it's available, it'll say that it's available,
and it'll tell you how much that is.
Typically that's for the first year.
Sometimes you can get discounts,
and you'll want to renew this every single year
so that you don't lose your URL or your domain name.
The other thing you're gonna want is hosting,
or server space.
This is where you pay to put all of your files
so that people from all around the world
can find your website.
They call it hosting.
They host your files, your content, your website.
So this is the link I'm gonna ask you to use.
Get over here.
Get 35% off for three months 'cause this is Liquid Web.
In my opinion they're the absolute best
when it comes to WordPress hosting.
They're the most secure.
They have excellent support,
and they have the one click install for WordPress.org.
The other thing that they're gonna have
that's highly important that you must do is added security
for your WordPress website.
Remember we talked earlier
about is WordPress susceptible to hacks?
Of course it is, but with a solution and a server
like Liquid Web will provide for you,
you'll easily be able to have end security in place.
You probably wouldn't even need any extra plug-ins
because this would be enough for you.
They would be able to provide an SSL certificate for you
that you'll be able to add to your website
that gives you this little lock up here, see this,
gives you the little lock that lets everybody know
that you're running a secure website.
Another feature that Liquid Web offers is backups.
You absolutely have to have backups in place.
So this is another essential
that I want to just remind you of.
In case something goes wrong where you're trying
to type something and you accidentally delete
a whole section of your website,
I promise you're gonna want a backup in place.
This type of solution whenever you go
with a hosting provider like Liquid Web,
they're gonna be able to give you
that functionality included inside of your package.
So they'll automatically backup your WordPress website
on their server so that if anything goes wrong,
you can go back and click one button
and roll your website back.
If you don't have a hosting provider like Liquid Web,
you can use another solution.
I recommend using UpdraftPlus.
They have a great free solution as well in a starter level,
and you'll be able to come in here and go premium
if you want to to get all the extra bells and whistles.
But for the most part, please have some sort of backup
in place running, and this is a great solution for you.
And it isn't necessarily an essential
to have to get started, but a lot of people do like
to have an email address associated with their domain name.
I recommend having your same email be
where you also registered your domain name.
So if you go over to GoDaddy and buy your domain name there,
you can include an email address easily and quickly.
Go in here, and you're gonna want Email & Office.
You'll be able to add an email package
so that you can have Kori@askkori.com
or whatever your domain name is.
Hey if you guys like this video,
please be sure to give it a thumbs up, like it,
leave a comment, subscribe to the channel even
because every Wednesday I'm creating content just like this
to help you improve your online marketing
inside the world of WordPress.
All things considered, search engine optimization,
social media marketing, what is great design,
security issues, all sorts of things are covered
in over 400 videos on askkori.com.
So please be sure to check that out as well.
You can give me a tweet if you have your own questions.
I would love to make a video just for you.
All right, enjoy your WordPress journey.
You can totally do this.
All right, bye you guys.
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