I invite you to follow along and launch your website! Pause and rewind as needed – and feel free to get in touch with any questions 🙂
The only paid service required to put your website up on the internet is website hosting. The hosting service provider we recommend, and also use for our own websites, is SiteGround because they are reliable and have fast page loading speeds.
Step-By-Step
Step 1 – Create a new empty WordPress website on Siteground
Login to SiteGround and click on ‘Websites‘ in the main navigation menu. Then click on ‘New Website‘ in the new sub navigation menu.
Follow the instruction prompts on SiteGround – starting by clicking ‘Existing Domain‘ and entering your domain that you want to build a website for. Continue following the simple instruction prompts to install an empty WordPress website.
Step 2 – Edit DNS settings on GoDaddy to Direct Visitors to SiteGround
Copy/Paste the DNS settings of the newly created website on SiteGround to the GoDaddy DNS settings for the domain you are working with.
Step 3 – Install “Ocean WP” Theme on WordPress
Login to the backend of your newly created website by adding /wp-admin to the end of your domain.
Example: www.YourDomain.com/wp-admin
Once in the admin area hover your mouse over ‘Appearance‘ in the vertical navigation menu on the left of the screen. Click on ‘Themes‘ and then click on ‘Add New‘ at the top of the page.
Do a search for ‘OceanWP‘, then click Install and then click Activate.
Step 4 – Install “Ocean Extra” Plugin on WordPress
In the admin nav menu on the left hover your mouse over ‘Plugins‘ in the vertical navigation menu on the left of the screen. Click on ‘Add New‘ in the menu that pops up.
Do a search for ‘Ocean Extra‘, then click Install and then click Activate.
Step 5 – Install “Elementor” Plugin
In the admin nav menu on the left hover your mouse over ‘Plugins‘ in the vertical navigation menu on the left of the screen. Click on ‘Add New‘ in the menu that pops up.
Do a search for ‘Elementor‘, then click Install and then click Activate.
