The ProcrastiN8r Podcast

Lvl 14: Make a Website the Fast, Easy, & Cheap Way

A Lazy Man's Guide to Website Building

No tech skills required (no coding or setting up a file server)

Cheap hosting (>$5/mo) Easy set up (>10 minutes) I’ve used personally & would be willing to recommend NameCheap $10 a YEAR for a .com offers discount on the longer duration you buy to own the domain Often find coupons on RetailMeNot or just Google “Namecheap coupon” first year = $9 Name Silo cheapest option $9/ year first year = $7 offers discounts on bulk orders (many different domain names) HostGator Pros:Cons:Pricing: 3, 4, 6 Cloud: 5, 8, 10 Wordpress 6,8,10 Bluehost$11 for Unlimited Pricing 8, 11, 15 x10 Hosting Pros:Cons:Pricing: 0, 6 Weebly Pros:Cons:Pricing (5, 8, 12, 25/ mo) Others: Hostinger iPage, SiteGround](https://www.siteground.com/], inMotion Hosting, Wix WordPress

On HostGator Build a New WordPress Site Select domain or subdomain

On x10 Hosting Open CPanel Scroll down to “Softaculous App Installer” Select WordPress then hit Install Now

Blog Title Admin E-mail password domain.com/wp-admin Add posts = blog posts Pages = separate menu items Appearence > Themes

Plugins for drag n’ drop: KingPoser, Elementor, Wishpond (single landing page)

LastPass Password generator (for creating your WordPress login - or any login for that matter): https://www.lastpass.com/password-generator Easy way to store passwords so you don’t waste brain energy creating and memorizing them Focus on building a solid blog. You cna add pages later, eventually, whenever, man

RANDOM EVENT: Vote for ProcrastiN8r Political Ad by the Lazy Island Pizza Party...a little late for Election Day, as expected.

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  • Built-in site builder (add a blog, newsletter, e-shop)
  • WordPress support
  • Integrate third party shopping carts (like E-Junkie)
  • Unmetered bandwidth
  • Unlimited amount of sites in one plan
  • WordPress Hosting cost more and runs slower without the “WordPress Hosting”
  • shared hosting
  • Includes Domain name
  • Free unlimited
  • Hosted E-mail address
  • one site per login
  • No SSL for free accounts
  • No support for free accounts
  • you have to login once per month on each account or it gets deleted
  • very easy to use . drag n’ drop
  • Free with SSL
  • nice built in shopping/e-commerce (paid feature). Will get better too - just bought by Square
  • up to 10 sites per login
  • the free version is a dot weebly address (like tumblr, bad for SEO) unless you’re grandfathered in
  • pay per site, no matter what plan

  • very limited plugin options

  • 500MB on free and connect

  • No WordPress

  • $5 just to connect a domain
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