HIT RECORD!!!
WEEK 1 - START SELLING WITH WORDPRESS
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Initial Setup
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Buy a domain name
- namecheap.com
- godaddy.com
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Buy a hosting accountMust have PHP and MySQL supportCpanel handy but not essential
- Shared hosting, VPS, dedicated server
- hostgator.com
- dreamhost.com (but no cpanel)
- Set up the nameserver settings of thedomain name to point to the hosting account
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Download and install Wordpress
- Advice: Don't use Fantastico
- The famous 5-minute installationhttp://tinyurl.com/hlnkm
- Download WordPress
- Upload the ZIP file to your host
- Move the files to the folder you want to use
- Unzip it on your host
- Set up MySQL database
- Rename wp-config-sample.php towp-config.php and edit it
- Get security keys and add them to wp-config.phphttps://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/
- Run wp-admin/install.php
- For SEO, click Settings -> PermalinksChange to this exact custom structure:/%postname%/
- Remove first post and first comment
- Post legal pages
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Download and install eShop
- Log into your Wordpress installation
- Click Plugins -> Add New
- Enter term eShop
- Search Plugins, locate Eshop and click Install
- Click Activate
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Set up eShop
- Go to Settings -> eShop
- Set up general settings, leave Testing option open
- Click Merchant Gateways and add PayPal details
- Click Downloads and set Downloads Only as desired
- Click Special Pages and add id numbers of legal pages
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Upload product(s)
- If <2M: Click eShop -> DownloadsThen go through Upload a File process
- If >2M: Connect with ftp, navigate to:wp-content/eshop_downloads
- Upload the file
- Click eShop -> Downloads
- Click the button to "claim" the unknown file
- Can do multiple; do not have to be over 2M
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Post the sales page(s) for the product(s)
- Go into Posts -> Add New
- Enter title and sales page
- Enter unique "stock code" (SKU)
- Enter product description (e.g. PDF Ebook)
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Test eShop
- Use PayPal Sandbox to make a test purchase
- Change configuration to make it live(Settings -> eShop -> General -> eShop status)
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Challenge: Set up a Wordpress eStore on a new domain,subdomain or existing folder of one of your domains
- Add post to blog saying whenit will be completed
- Include URL in your post