Product Description
Learn why so many marketers are secretly using blogs to create easy “Make in a day” static wordpress website. (especially if you’ve been dreading setting up your new website).
You’ve decided you need a static website – not a blog. So why should you use WordPress to create one? There are two excellent, time-saving, traffic boosting reasons to build your static website with WordPress:
- WordPress provides the user with a full Content Management System (plus many other features)
- WordPress blogs traditionally fare better with Google rankings and Search Engines, since they are so highly optimize
One other huge WordPress advantage that you can keep and install when you convert your WordPress blog to a static website:
- Widgets to instantly allow you to perform complex functions, such as search your site, log in with passwords, display an active calendar – to name only a few.
But today, we are going to start creating your static website by first setting up a blog in WordPress on your own domain, using your control panel (cPanel) and Fantastico DeLuxe, a script that makes it happen.
Setting Up Your New Blog/Website
You will need to know how to log in to your control panel (cPanel). If you haven’t done it before, your web host’s original “Welcome” letter contains all the details you need to know:
- cPanel address (the syntax will be like this: http://000.000.000.000:2222
- Your cPanel username
- Your cPanel password
Getting Started
Fire up your computer and internet connection, and in the URL bar of your browser, type your cPanel address, and hit “Enter.” A popup will prompt you for your username and password.
And you’re in!
You should see a page full of graphic icons… slide your eyes down to the lower right-hand quarter of the icons, and you’ll find a little happy face with the words “Fantastico De Luxe”.
- Click on the happy face
- Click on the title “WordPress” near the top of the left-hand column on the page that opens up next…
- Slide on over to the right and click on “New Installation”
- This next section controls where (on your domain site) your new blog/website will go. If you want your new blog/website in the root domain, leave the “Install in directory” text area box blank
My Favorite Plugins
- All In One SEO – the name says it all! Check it out for a full list of features
- Sociable – adds automatic links to your favorite Social Networking sites
- Privacy Policy – Essential if you are going to monetize your site at all
- WP Security Scan – scans your WordPress installation for security leaks; suggests fixes
- Google Sitemap – a sitemap is essential for proper SEO
- Adsense Manager – also handy if you’re thinking of monetizing with Adsense
Free WordPress Themes
While we’re at it, we may as well take a look at some good solid sources of free WordPress website Themes. Some are more suited to converting into static websites than others.
Smashing Magazine’s 100 Free WordPress Themes http://themes.wordpress.net/, http://www.wpthemesfree.com/
The truth is, there are thousands of great Themes, both free and paid, out there.
Removing The Time And Date Stamp
The one thing that still makes your website look like a blog is the time and date stamp. There are a few different ways to remove these features – but not all of them work with every template.
The most foolproof method is this:
- Go back to your Dashboard
- Click on the “Appearances” tab in the left menu
- Select “Editor”, click
- Find “Single Post” in the list of files on the RIGHT HAND side of the new screen, click once (it’s probably called something like “Single.php”)
And much more…
