Recipe No. 1: Appetizing website, SEO sauce

Total time: 1 hr 15 mins
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Recipe No. 1: Appetizing website, SEO sauce

Total time 1 hr 15 mins

Description

Or how to get started with your host without making mistakes. Of course, if your site is already hosted, you can simply skip these steps.

Ingredients

Instructions

Preparations

  1. Read this article https://wpformation.com/choisir-hebergement-wordpress/
  2. Choose your hosting provider. I recommend Infomaniak.com if you're starting out — that's where I host this blog. But WPserveur.net or alouit-multimedia.com are also very good choices. OVH and 1&1 will work as well.

The recipe

  1. Create an account or log in if you already have one
  2. Create your domain name or enter one you already own (we'll connect it later). Add a WordPress site with the default setup (one or more pages)

SEO seasoning

  1. At Infomaniak go to Home/Domain & Hosting/Manage hostings/ and click your site
  2. Use PHP 7.1 or higher. Increase the PHP script memory limit (memory_limit) up to saturation. Compress your files well. Warning: a common beginner mistake is enabling Google PageSpeed.

Add a bit of SSL

  1. SSL is the salt of your site. It helps boost performance. Go to Home/Domain & Hosting/Manage hostings/YOURSITE/SSL Certificates (more info about SSL in the
  2. Choose your site from the dropdown menu and click "install"
  3. Check "Free SSL certificate (https)" then install the certificate.
  4. Home/Domain & Hosting/Manage hostings/YOURSITE/My WordPress Site then "configure", then "settings", and choose your domain name that starts with Recipe No.4 On the importance of properly securing with SSL

Note

There you go, your site is installed and ready to run. Feel free to comment so I can improve this recipe. What did you like? What spelling mistake did I make? How can I improve it? Now the rest of the menu with the Recipe No.2: measuring your progress
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