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New Website SEO - How to Optimize Your Site in 2020

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 91 Views / 0 Likes

SEO. It’s so hot right now, and for good reason. SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is what makes it so others can find you on Google. In this episode, Scott is going to take you through the Top 5 changes you can make right now to improve SEO on your new website, with a special guest appearance from HostGator SEO Expert Alexis Krasinski. In this video we'll cover: How to Perform Keyword Research How to Plan out your Site’s Architecture How to Think M
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How to Make Your Website Mobile Friendly - Top 5 Steps

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 72 Views / 0 Likes

In 2020, more people view websites from their phones than from a desktop. Having a mobile friendly website is important. In this episode of Hosted, Scott shows you how to create mobile friendly web design for your new or existing site with 5 easy steps and some unfortunate dramatic chipmunk references. In this video you will learn how to: 00:00 - Introduction 00:52 - Make your site Responsive 01:40 - Prioritize Content 02:55 - Use Large Fonts and Butt
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How to Connect to Your Server with SSH - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 53 Views / 0 Likes

SSH, or Secure Shell, is the method of connecting to your cPanel, or server so that you can perform commands on it using your Terminal. This video will show you how to enable SSH Access on your Shared Account, as well as how to use SSH to connect to your File Manager. In this video you will learn: How to enable Shell Access on a Shared Account What information you will need to log in using SSH How to connect to your server using SSH How to Connect to
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How to Fix the WordPress oEmbed Issue with Facebook and Instagram

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 63 Views / 0 Likes

Have you included oembeds on your WordPress site from Instagram or Facebook? Many people embed their Facebook feed or Instagram feed on their WordPress site or reference an Instagram post in their Blog. If you have, on October 24th, Facebook is making a change to how they handle embeds. This could be videos, reviews, feeds, or posts. This change will lead to a break in how WordPress handles these embeds. Have no fear, as Josh is here with the right to
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Top 5 Web Hosting Questions - HostGator

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 58 Views / 0 Likes

What do you need to know about Hosting with HostGator? Have you been wondering what the best web hosting for beginners is? Maybe you have been asking how much does web-hosting cost. We've got you covered. In this week's episode of Hosted, Scott brings in some of the HostGator Web Pros to help answer these questions, plus more! Tune in for some sweet hosting facts, banter, and some hard truths about Scott's inability to save money. In this episode of H
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How to Login to WHM - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 63 Views / 0 Likes

Congratulations on your new server! Today, we are going to show you how to get logged in and how to navigate your new Reseller, VPS, or Dedicated server. WHM is the admin panel that works above cPanel for HostGator servers. This video will make sure that you know to log in to your WHM and will show you the proper login process. It will also show you some of the best ways to navigate your WHM portal, as well as the best places to look for answers to an
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How to Use the New Gator Website Builder - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 59 Views / 0 Likes

Building a website doesn't need to be hard anymore. The Gator AI Website Builder. This new website builder tool from HostGator is going to make the process of building your website virtually effortless. Sign up for Gator here! http://gtr.bz/oNiN30rmBmK Thanks to its new AI Builder feature, it will do most of the building for you based on a few bits of information that you give it. If time is of the essence, but sacrificing performance is not an option
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Customize your server with EasyApache 4 - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 47 Views / 0 Likes

One of the main reasons people upgrade to a VPS or Dedicated Server is to customize that server to do exactly what they need it to do. The tool that will help you get that task done is going to be something called EasyApache 4. EasyApache 4 allows you to download different modules for your server and administrates updates. In this How-to episode, Josh is going to take you through downloading a new PHP module for the server, but this lesson can be appl
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Top 5 WordPress Security Plugins

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 60 Views / 0 Likes

Security is probably the most important aspect of your website that your visitors never see. And of course, WordPress has plenty of Plugins to help keep you secure. Scott and his bodyguard Mike are here today to help you decide which WordPress Security Plugin, or Plugins, are right for you. Follow along as Scott takes you through a list of the best security plugins for WordPress, and keep yourself, and your visitors safe and secure today. In this vide
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How to Create a Logo with Gator Website Builder - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 49 Views / 0 Likes

Not only is the Gator Builder one of the easiest ways to build a website out there today, but it also comes with its own totally free built-in Logo Maker. Thanks to this intuitive online logo maker, getting your brand off the ground is no longer a hassle. With this logo maker, you can use Gator Builder's massive gallery of images, layouts, and more to get the design that is right for you. In this video you will learn: 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Navigating
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How to Create and Edit a Page in WordPress - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 48 Views / 0 Likes

When thinking about a Website, Pages are one of the most important types of content there is. The built-in Page Editor makes it simple for you to create and edit pages for your site, and Josh is here to show you how. In this episode, Josh builds out the ‘About’ page of his site, joshmakestutorials.com. He will show you some of the new features that come with WordPress’s intuitive block editor. In this episode you will learn: The Pages Section The Page
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How to Customize a WordPress Theme - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 52 Views / 0 Likes

Now that we have our theme, it’s time to customize it. Customizing a WordPress theme is one of the most important steps in making your website, well, yours. In this tutorial, Josh is going to teach you the ins and outs of how to customize a WordPress theme, so follow along as joshmakestutorials.com takes its first steps towards being an awesome site. In this video you will learn: What is the Customizer? The Customizer is WordPress’s place to customize
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How to Choose and Install a WordPress Theme - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 67 Views / 0 Likes

Hello, and welcome to HostGator’s new series where Josh will take you through building a new WordPress website from start to finish. In the first episode of the series, Josh takes you through how to choose a WordPress theme, and how to install it once you have found the one that is right for you. In this episode you will learn: What is a Theme? A theme is short for a design theme, and it’s a package of files and CSS styling that determines the design
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How to Use File Manager in cPanel - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 60 Views / 0 Likes

File Manager is the cPanel tool that is exactly as it's name sounds. File Manager manages files! It is a tool inside of cPanel that allows you to customize many aspects of your website, your email, your photos, videos, and more. In this video, Josh will take you through all of the File Manager basics, as well as a couple of nifty tips and tricks to make managing your website a piece of cake. In this video you will learn: 00:00 - Introduction 00:18 - L
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How to Install and Activate WordPress Plugins - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 68 Views / 0 Likes

Plugins are just what they sound like. They are plug and play pieces of software that contain a group of functions that can be added to your site. They can extend functionality or add new features for you to explore. Sounds pretty neat, right? Josh will take you through the process of installing a few plugins, as well as how to configure and use them. This video will take you through a couple of must-have plugins, such as Really Simple SSL, WP Super C
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Building your Homepage with WordPress Block Editor- HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 66 Views / 0 Likes

The Homepage of a WordPress website is the first thing that everyone sees when they visit your website. It’s always good to make a good first impression right? Well, Josh agrees. Follow along as he walks you through editing a page, and creating a homepage that showcases your WordPress site. Josh shows off the WordPress Block Editor, which is one of the best features of the platform. Using the block editor to edit his homepage, Josh goes into detail ab
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WordPress Navigation Menu and Widgets - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 63 Views / 0 Likes

One of the most important aspects of your WordPress site is the ability to easily navigate through your pages, blogs, and other content. Today we are going to cover how to create and edit menus in WordPress, as well as another important part of your theme. The Widgets section. Widgets are a huge part of customizing your theme. Widgets are features that you can toggle on or off for your site and are built into your theme. Common widget options might in
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How to Create WordPress Blog Post - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 69 Views / 0 Likes

For many people, the blog is the biggest reason to choose WordPress. WordPress was originally created as an open-source option for starting a blog. However, for every site, big and small, creating and sustaining a blog is essential. It helps with SEO, Community Engagement, and just to get your voice out there. Josh is here again to help you get your blog off the ground. In this video, he will take you through adding and removing blog posts, as well as
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Divi vs. Elementor: Which One Should You Choose?

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 54 Views / 0 Likes

In this new round of Hosted, Scott kicks things off by addressing an age-old question. Which is better? Elementor or Divi? Divi and Elementor are two of the most popular theme builders there are on WordPress, and with WordPress being the most used way to build a website, that is saying a lot. Both Elementor and Divi are great ways to get a website online if you do not have the time or the know-how to code yourself a site(like most of us). Scott takes
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Top 5 Pages Every Website Needs - 2021 Guide

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 63 Views / 0 Likes

You may have been wondering how many web pages should a website have. How many pages is too many? Is it 5, 500, or 5000?? We can't really tell you how many web pages will end up needing, but we can tell you where to start. In this (not so) lightning round, Scott not only walks you through the 5 must-have pages for your website, but goes into a bit of detail on why each page is so useful, and how it contributes past just lookin' pretty. You may know wh
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How-To: Update your WordPress Website, Theme, and Plugins

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 83 Views / 0 Likes

WordPress is the most widely used method to build a website. Overall it is easy, flexible, and has the ability to build a truly awesome website. One of, if not the most important, things you can do for your site is keeping it updated. Without updating your WordPress website, you are putting it at risk of being hacked, crashing, or just overall declining in performance. Luckily, Josh is here to show you how to update your WordPress website in all of th
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Web Hosting Explained: Shared Hosting vs. VPS. vs. Dedicated Servers

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 89 Views / 0 Likes

If you want to get a website online, then web hosting is almost a requirement. Picking the right kind of web hosting for your website can be tricky, and nobody wants to end up with a web hosting account that is way too big, or way too small. In this episode of Hosted, Scott will take you through all of the different types of web hosting that you can get with HostGator. From shared hosting to a Dedicated Server, Scott covers them all, as well as provid
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What is Web Hosting? - HostGator Hosted

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 84 Views / 0 Likes

While web hosting is something that you will absolutely need to start your website, nobody ever really goes into detail about what it really is. In this episode of Hosted, Scott, with a little help from Josh, will go through what exactly web hosting is, where websites are hosted, and how web hosting works. In this video you will learn: 00:00 - Introduction 00:48 - What is a website? 01:50 - What is web hosting? 02:25 - Where do websites live? 03:28 -
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How to set up and change Private NameServers in WHM - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 85 Views / 0 Likes

DNS is often considered one of the toughest parts of web hosting. Luckily, WHM makes it much easier to configure your nameservers. In this Tutorial, Josh takes you through how to set up private nameservers in WHM and makes sure to check all of the boxes along the way. This tutorial is for our Reseller, VPS, and Dedicated Server customers. For those with a reseller account, this is an optional step, but for those with a VPS or Dedicated Server, this st
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Codeguard Setup and Tour - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 71 Views / 0 Likes

Backing up your website is one of the most crucial steps in building your site. After you put a bunch of work into building the site, you want to ensure that nothing happens to your hard work. However, sometimes things happen. A file is accidentally moved, or deleted, malware happens, or you just make a change you aren't crazy about. In any of these situations, having a backup of your website to restore would save you time, money, and loads of frustra
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Top 5 Payment Methods for your Online Store

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 47 Views / 0 Likes

Ok so you've built this awesome new online store. You are ready for the onrush of visitors, but wait, they need a way to pay for all of the amazing merch in your store! Your eCommerce dreams hang in the balance. There are so many options for you when it comes to payment processors. With so many big names in the industry, it is hard to know who to choose. Don't worry, Scott is here to help. In this video, we cover our 5 favorite payment gateways for yo
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What is an SSL Certificate, and how to install one on your site

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 74 Views / 0 Likes

An SSL, or Secure Sockets Layer, is one of the most important parts of putting together a trustworthy website for your visitors. But what exactly is an SSL? Tune in this week and Scott will be sure to fill you in on all of the ins and outs of SSLs and why they are so important when it comes to protecting yourself, and your customers. In this video you will learn: What is an SSL, and how does it work? An SSL, or Secure Sockets Layer, helps to secure an
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Editing your Hosts File - HostGator Migration Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 63 Views / 0 Likes

Editing your Hosts File is an incredibly useful tool when it comes to building and editing websites. When you are building a new version of a website on a new or testing server, you want to be able to see and make changes without affecting your current website. Additionall if you ever want to move from one server to another, you need to be able to ensure that your website made the transfer safely, and you are good to make the switch. What editing your
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Getting Started with Google Analytics - HostGator Hosted

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 70 Views / 0 Likes

When it comes to managing the health and success of your website, having the proper tools for the job is crucial. One of those tools without a doubt is Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics tool that tracks and reports your website traffic. While Google Analytics is a massive tool, it can be difficult to know where to get started. Follow along with Scott and his buddy Andy as they take you through the top 5 datasets for you to be looki
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What is a VPS and How to Use It - HostGator Hosted

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 70 Views / 0 Likes

One of the biggest decisions when it comes to hosting your website is deciding what kind of server you want to use. While we have a variety of options for you to choose from, you definitely don’t want to go with something that is way too big, or way too small. You also want the right kind of server for your needs. In this video, Scott takes you through exactly what VPS(Virtual Private Server) hosting is, and what might make it the right choice for you