Nothing beats an appetizing website! It delights both casual visitors and connoisseurs. For the tasting to be perfect, it must be smooth, pleasing to the eye, and have all the ingredients together. Follow this step-by-step recipe and you'll get an essential foundation (in cooking we call that a stock)!
Appetizing Website, SEO Sauce
How to get started with your host without making mistakes. Of course, if your site is already hosted, you can skip these steps.
- 1 hosting provider (well chilled; prefer SSD drives that are less sticky. Swiss or French origin — in any case, local)
- 1 domain name (not too new; the more established the better)
- 1 PHP 7.1
- 1 WordPress (prefer the very latest version)
Preparations
- Read this article https://wpformation.com/choisir-hebergement-wordpress/
- Choose your host. I recommend Infomaniak.com if you’re starting out — that’s where I host this blog. But WPserveur.net or alouit-multimedia.com are very good choices. OVH and 1&1 will also do the job.
The recipe
- Create an account or log in if you already have one.
- Create your domain name or register the one you already own (we’ll connect it later). Add a WordPress site with the default configuration (one or more pages).
SEO seasoning
- On Infomaniak go to Home/Domain & Hosting/Hosting management/ and click on your site.
- Use PHP 7.1 or higher.
Increase the script memory limit (memory_limit) up to the maximum.
Compress your files well.
Be careful — a common beginner mistake is enabling Google PageSpeed.
Add a little SSL
- SSL is the salt of your site. It helps improve performance. Go to Home/Domain & Hosting/Hosting management/YOURSITE/SSL Certificates (more info on SSL in the
- Choose your site from the dropdown menu and click “install”.
- Check “Free SSL certificate (https)” then install the certificate.
- Home/Domain & Hosting/Hosting management/YOURSITE/My WordPress Site then “configure”, then “settings”, and choose your domain name that starts with Recipe No. 4 The importance of properly enabling SSL
There you go, your site is installed and ready to run. Feel free to leave a comment so I can improve this recipe. What did you like? What spelling mistake did I make? How can I make it better? Now, the next item on the menu with the Recipe No. 2: measure your progress
