Welcome to the Members Only Training Videos section of the Kvetchco Inc. website
Gold and Platinum clients have access to my exclusive audio/visual training videos taking them step-by-step through each tutorial. The videos are designed to go hand-in-hand with the Kvetchco Inc. DIY Guide to Building Your own Website and are accessed using a password which is sent to them when they purchase their membership package.
Click on the image above to see all videos that are available
You can pause the videos at any point to make notes, rewind to watch a procedure again and complete each task at your own pace right along with me.
My mouse pointer is highlighted in each video making it easy to see exactly what I’m doing on my computer. I also describe each step to you as I’m doing it.
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Here are a list of video tutorials currently available. Please note that some of the topics contain more than one video.
Getting ready
- Domain name research – use GoDaddy to find out if the domain name you’re thinking about is actually available and if it isn’t, look at the alternatives. *Platinum members have this done for them*
Setting up your website
- Buying your domain name – how to actually buy the domain name of your choice at GoDaddy, consider buying extra domain names and navigate all the options.
- Signing up for hosting – choose a hosting package from Hostgator and set up your account.
- Change your nameservers – get your domain name pointing to your hosting account. *Platinum members have this done for them*
- Install WordPress on your website – log in to your Hostgator account and install WordPress. *Platinum members have this done for them*
- Choosing a theme – decide on a look and feel from Elegant Themes for your website.
- Downloading and installing your theme – here’s two videos showing you how to download your chosen theme from Elegant Themes, upload it to your website and activate it in your Administration Panel. *Platinum members have this done for them*
Inside WordPress
- Log into WordPress – how to get into the WordPress “back-end” for the first time.
- Install your first plugin – install the first piece of add-on software on your website to improve the functionality of your Administration Panel. *Platinum members have this done for them*
- Setting up your spam catcher – obtain your API key for Akismet – the plugin that kills spam dead. *Platinum members have part of this process done for them*
- Change your permalinks – make the permanent URLs for every blog post and page search engine-friendly. *Platinum members have part of this process done for them*
- Create your first page – use the “About” page that comes with WordPress to practice building static pages.
- Create your first blog post – build your first post from scratch.
- Upgrading WordPress and plugins automatically – find out how easy it is to upgrade your WordPress and plugins to the latest versions.
Taking it to the next level
- Create an email address for your website – and learn how to forward any messages to your personal account, read your messages online or configure Outlook to pick them up for you. *Platinum members have part of this process done for them*
- Add a favicon – make your website look even more professional. *Platinum members have this done for them*
- Add video to your site – grab eye-catching content from YouTube, Vimeo etc. – your own or other people’s – and have a player embedded in your page or post.
- Add audio clips to your website – do you have songs, voice-overs etc. that you would like to add to your site? Here’s two ways to do it. *Platinum members have this done for them*
- Adding a second website – have you been bitten by the website bug? Is there something else you’d like to create? *Platinum members can have this done for them for a nominal fee*
