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Divi vs. Elementor: Which One Should You Choose?

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 53 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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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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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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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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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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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 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 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 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 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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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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Customize your server with EasyApache 4 - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 46 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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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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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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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 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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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 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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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 Find Out Who Owns a Domain - HostGator

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 64 Views / 0 Likes

Domain names are like the street addresses of the website world. When you are setting up a business, you need to have the domain name that's right for you. Sometimes that domain name has already been taken. In this video, Scott shows you how to find out who owns a domain name, so you can get that perfect domain no matter what! Strategies covered in this video: Seek contact info for the domain owner Check the Whois Directory Contact the Registrar Hire
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How to Connect to FTP Using WinSCP - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 80 Views / 0 Likes

Have some files or photos to upload to your website? Have no fear, Josh is here. We'll show you how to check your FTP credentials, and we will show you how to use them to connect via WinSCP, which is one of the most widely used FTP clients on the market. In this video you'll learn: What is an FTP account? What is an FTP Client? How to Find Your FTP login credentials How to connect to your server using FTP through WinSCP Check out our Knowledgebase art
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How to Easily Install WordPress With 1 Click - HostGator Tutorial

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

It's here y'all! HostGator's new 1 Click WordPress Install feature. Yes, it really is that easy. In this video, Josh will walk you through how to Install WordPress with one click, as well as pointing your domain name at your new WordPress Installation. In this video you will learn: How to Install WordPress with one click What is a Temporary Domain? How to point your domain name at your new WordPress website How to edit/delete your WordPress Installati
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How to Create a New MySQL Database and User - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 96 Views / 0 Likes

Need a new database for your website? Well you are going to need a new database user as well. If you use cPanel Hosting, check out this video where Josh walks you through the steps of creating a new database and database user. In this video you will learn: How to Create a new Database How to Create a new Database User How to Add a User to a Database Check out our knowledgebase article for more information: http://gtr.bz/vFsZ30rcdrC Join the Website Ow
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How to Block IP Addresses To Protect Your Website - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 112 Views / 0 Likes

Keeping your website safe and secure from those that would mess with it can be our biggest challenge. The easiest way to do that is to block the IP address they are attempting to access your website from. In this tutorial, Josh walks you through the steps of securing your website by blocking an IP address from accessing your website. This process uses your HostGator cPanel, so make sure to have that open! In this video you will learn: How to locate th
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How to Install SSL in WHM - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 90 Views / 0 Likes

Hey there Web Pros. This time around, we are showing you how to install a free SSL through WHM. Follow along as Josh shows you the ins and outs of the AutoSSL feature in WHM. If you are a HostGator VPS or Dedicated Server owner, then this video is the one for you! In this video we will cover: How to locate AutoSSL in WHM How to choose the type of SSL to install How to properly Configure AutoSSL How to run AutoSSL How to Manage AutoSSL for multiple cPa
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How to Set Up an Email Forwarder in cPanel - HostGator Tutorial

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

Looking to get all of your email sent to one place? An email forwarder might be just what you are looking for. In this HostGator Tutorial, Josh takes you through the process of setting up an email forwarder with HostGator. Looking for more information on adding an Email Forwarder? Check out our knowledgebase for more. Set Up an Email Forwarder in cPanel: http://gtr.bz/oTh530r8JQa Join the Website Owners Community on Facebook: http://gtr.bz/vYJZ30qIcfg
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How to set up a new email account with Windows Mail/ Outlook - HostGator Tutorial

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

Do you need to set up your new email on your Windows computer? Do you use WIndows mail or Outlook? Say no more because this is the tutorial for you. Setting up your personal email on your computer can be a task, but luckily Josh is here to make sure that process goes smoothly. In this video you will learn: How to locate your Email Account section in cPanel. What are the credentials you need to set up your email account. How to add an account to your m
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How to set up a new email account with Mac Mail - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 82 Views / 0 Likes

Do you need to set up your new email on your Mac? Do you use Mac Mail? We've got you covered. Kevin subs in for Josh this week due to Josh's lack of a Mac, as he is, "100% a PC guy all the way." Josh will be back next week though, so don't get too worried! In this video you will learn: How to locate your Email Account section in cPanel. What are the credentials you need to set up your email account. How to add an account to manually add an email accou
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How to set up a new email account with Mozilla Thunderbird - HostGator Tutorial

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 77 Views / 0 Likes

Do you need to set up your new email account on your Thunderbird Maill App? You have come to the right place. Follow along with Josh as he takes you through the process of setting up your email with Mozilla Thunderbird. In this video you will learn: How to locate your Email Account section in cPanel. What are the credentials you need to set up your email account. How to add an account to your mail app using AutoDiscover. How to manually add your email
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How to Secure Your Website - 5 Easy Ways

by Best Webhosting Added 5 years ago 93 Views / 0 Likes

There are many facets of Website Security, and in this video, Scott shows us the 5 easiest ways to make your website more secure. Because everyone knows the most important part of a site is #1 Sweet images, #2 Website security. • In this video we will cover: Using Security Plugins - 00:35 What is HTTPS and why you need it - 01:45 How to keep your website up to date - 03:02 How to make sure your password is secure - 03:40 Using Automatic Backups - 4:32