[Niki]

An extra consideration I forgot to mention earlier is that if you are building out a new website – you’ll want to make note of all of your pages/URLs from the original site. And you will want to see if it is possible to match those exact URLs within the new WordPress site page-links (perma-links).

If it is not possible to have the exact link (some old links have .html or .php at the end of the URL) – then you’ll want to add a plugin that allows a redirect from the old link to the new link. This will ensure that you do not lose your search ranks if people have bookmarked old link locations

[Niki]

Hi Jennie – if you can explain a bit more that would be great! Are you meaning on my server? Or on your real site? Technology can be a beast sometimes, so depending on what you are doing – there could be some simple reasons 🙂

[Niki]

Hi Suzanne. The best way is to build your new site in a sub-folder on your hosting account.

So if your hosting has a CPanel – then use the installation software (Softaculous/Installatron) to install WP in a subfolder called new-site – and start building there.

** And, one of the first things you should do is add a “Website is coming soon” plugin by Seedprod. That way the site is hidden from being found by the public while you are working on it.

By using the installer software – it will make moving the site to the main domain really simple, because they allow you to move or clone WordPress sites with a single click

Let me know if that works.

[Niki]

Hi Julia,

I am afraid I do not completely understand. Have you added a membership plugin? If you email me the screen-shot I’ll take a look at what it is. 🙂

[Niki]

Hi Suzanne, thank you for letting me know! I have adjusted that lesson. It is the same worksheets as the other content pages. You can either write out your words or map out opportunities for the content of the whole page (text, headings, images, division of concepts etc…)

And Catherine – then you’ll really get a lot out of this section. Like I mention in the lesson, which you’ll see – not having actual content (text, images, ideas mapped out) is the biggest hang-up of every web project

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[Niki]

My Suggestion is that you do not worry about the theme. You can get very lost in themes. Why don’t you try using the Astra theme that I am using within the course. It has quite a lot of flexibility (which I’ll be showing you guys) and the theme does not really dictate the overall vibe of a website anymore..

If you are looking for some inspiration (in the short-term) – take a look at this link. Or this one. You might find something that is a good starting point. I’m going to be showing you guys in our first webinar how to implement these designs

Many of those templates are available for free (as long as there isn’t a little label that says Agency at the top)

[Niki]

Hey Joanne! So good to see you here 🙂 You’re not late – you’re right on time. I wanted to let you know that we have a scheduled Zoom meet-up tomorrow afternoon – I’ll email you the details and perhaps you can join us. And if not, the next one…

[Niki]

Hi Suzanne – that’s great. Hopefully you’ll gain what you need here to get confident in all of it. It get much simpler the more you use it – so I encourage you to play around with the technology.

[Niki]

Hi Ken – thanks for introducing yourself and I want to thank you for the kind email that you sent! I also have a true love of learning – so hopefully you are getting the tidbits that you need in this course for the site take-over 🙂

See you in the course, and hopefully in our Zoom session tomorrow.

[Niki]

That’s good to hear. And yes – if you do not have your theme, plugins,and WordPress updated – then problems can start to arise. Things can simply become “glitch-y. So whenever I trouble-shoot problems I always:

1. Make a full site-backup (In cases something strange happen during the trouble-shooting)
2. Update (in this order, one at a time) – Plugins, Themes, and WordPress.
3. Test it once the updates are done.
4. If it still persists: I deactivate plugins (one at a time, and then test for problems after each de-activation) until the problem is no longer present. If you find the culprit – this pin-pointing info will serve you well. Time to evaluate that specific plugin and decide if you need it – or get in touch with its author to find out if they have a solution for you.
5. If the plugin deactivation tasking does not resolve it – I’ll actually change active themes to the default WP theme – like Twenty-twenty (or the likes) – because I am confident that they are simple and well-coded. (at this point though, I’ll place my site into “Under Construction” mode so that the public does not see my site in a terrible state)
6. If things are still a problem with all plugins deactivated and the basic theme active – then get in touch with your hosting company via live-chat or a ticketing system – and they’ll likely have an answer for you. (this is where having a good hosting company is important)

[Niki]

Hi Kerry-Ann…

Absolutely no apologies. We’re happy to have you here – and you have lots of time to have access to the course. So jump in when ready – and hopefully we’ll see you at the Zoom meeting next week! Cheers,

Niki

[Niki]

Hi Jennie – you can move through this course as quickly as you like! Sometimes it is the best way because over-thinking things can lead to decision paralysis.

Hopefully we’ll see you in the webinar 🙂 It looks like most people are good for June 23rd at 3pm – does that work for you?

https://doodle.com/poll/tki3cbvkqqy3vkwz

[Niki]

Great to see you here Sabrina. I have set up a playground WordPress installation for you to get familiar with. The login details are in the FAQs

[Niki]

Hey Patience – my hope is that the content here will simplify your process to allow your site to go live! It really is just a sequence of decisions 🙂

[Niki]

No Problem Catherine. These details can certainly spin your mind around when you are new to WordPress. But once you have a chance to get into the technology of it and feel that the tasks become familiar these things will become more evident.