12. How to Create a WordPress Menu Navigation Watch below to see how I create a menu navigation in WordPress. The WordPress Menu Navigation is usually located on the top of any website.  Depending on the theme, it also could be on the left. To create a menu, go to your WordPress dashboard / Appearances / Menu. Near the top, click on “Create an new menu” Name it “header” Go to the “Manage Locations” tab. Select the header menu that you just created and assign it to the standard navigation. Depending on your theme,  there can be multiple locations for [...]

11. How to Install a Custom Theme in WordPress Watch below to see I install a custom downloaded theme that I purchased through Themeforest (Avada Theme) through my FTP Server. Besides the themes you can install through WordPress, whether it be premium paid themes or free WordPress.org themes, there are thousands of other independently developed themes that you can purchase and install on your own such as through Themeforest. Themeforest has thousands of themes made by independent third party developers. These themes are more robust in nature and have many more features than the free themes that you can get through WordPress. When [...]

9. How to Access your Hosting Server When talking about your files, I always tell clients to Keep Your Files Clean and Organized! There’s nothing worse than trying to find an image through a chaotic and disorganized filing system. Deleting old files that no longer exist is always a good move, however if you need to keep it, create a folder for these old files, or just back it up on your desktop or remote hard drive. Bottom line: Keep your files clean! Watch my video below and learn how to access your web hosting server. 3 ways to access your [...]

8. The WordPress Dashboard Watch my video below where I teach you how to navigate the WordPress Dashboard. Table of Contents How to Install WordPress through cPanel with One Click How to Access your Web Hosting Server

7. How to Install WordPress through cPanel with One Click Watch the video below to see how I do a one click install of WordPress through cPanel in HostGator. Login to your cPanel at www.yourdomain.com/cpanel. Under "Popular Links", click on "WordPress - 1 Click Installation", alternatively, Website Essentials / One-Click Installs. Select "Select Domain For Installation" and choose your domain. Under the /directory, leave this blank. This will install WordPress in the root directory. Click "Next", then fill out all of the information and then click "Install Now". Go back to your site and the WordPress splash page should show [...]

6. How to point your DNS Server Watch my video below where I teach you step by step on how to point your DNS server. This is the way of “connecting” your domain name (GoDaddy) to your hosting server (Hostgator), so they see each other. This means that when someone types in www.marinaduque.com, they will be pointed to your website. Until then, they will either see a GoDaddy landing page. To point the DNS, login to the cPanel of your website (ie. www.marinaduque.com/cpanel) with the username and password you received from Hostgator in your welcome message. On the left, go to Servers. [...]

5. Best Web Security to Get Watch below on why you need to get Web Security and which one is the best one to get. This is the most important element to your website. One year, about 6 clients of mine got hacked by porn or some type of malware and a few got blacklisted and suspended by their host. One of them was a church. Nothing beats being woken up to on a Sunday morning with a voice on the other line that screamed “MARINA! HELP! THERE ARE BOOBS ON MY FRONT PAGE! THE CONGREGATION IS GOING TO HAVE [...]

4. How to set up your Email Watch my video below where I teach you step by step on how to set up your email through cPanel on Hostgator. Once you have set it up, to access your webmail, go to www.yourdomain.com/webmail. The Roundcube option has the nicest layout. How to set up Gmail to send and receive emails using your own domain name If you want to have your email flow into your gmail account and still be able to send and receive with your own domain, check out this link which describes in detail on how to set your [...]

3. How to Purchase Web Hosting Watch my video below where I teach you step by step on how to purchase web hosting through HostGator. Web Hosting is a service where your website files are stored on the hosting company’s remote server. I have been with HostGator for about 7 years. I have used many other hosting companies in the past and they all promise the bells and whistles and then somewhere down the line, their customer service starts lacking, you get frustrated, move all your stuff to a new hosting company that promises the same newer bells and whistles and then somewhere down [...]