STARTING A WEBSITE OR BLOG
Below are my main tutorials on makeawebsitehub.com that will show you exactly how to get your own website or blog up-and-running in less than 30 minutes.
- How to Make a WordPress Website: The easiest & simplest way to set up a new website.
- How to Start a Blog: Guide to setting up a blog and getting started with blogging.
- How to Build an Online Store with Shopify: Check this guide to set everything up.
- How to Make an Amazon Affiliate Website: This tutorial will help you with getting started with Amazon Associates.
DOMAINS AND WEB HOSTING
These articles and pages were all put together to help people learn more about web hosting and domain names.
- BlueHost Hosting Review: The web hosting company that I currently use and recommend. They’re cheap ($2.95/mo) and throw in a FREE domain name – try BlueHost today.
- Best Web Hosting: if you are looking for a web hosting company for your new online project then I’ve reviewed over 20 different providers.
- Best WordPress Hosting: I’ve reviewed a range of different web hosting companies from managed WordPress hosting providers to shared web hosting – WP Engine is one of my favourites.
- Best Domain Registrars: an overview of 12 different domain registrars to determine which you should use for your domains.
WEBSITE PLATFORMS
Not sure on which platform to use for building your website or blog? These articles might help you find the right one for you.
- WordPress vs Joomla vs Drupal: There are many content management systems to use for a new website. Here’s a breakdown of the Pros and Cons of the three most popular options.
- Top Blogging Sites: I’ve reviewed and compared most of the big blogging platforms such as WordPress, Weebly,Ghost and more…
- Best eCommerce Builders: A run down of the latest eCommerce website builders such as Shopify, Volusion and BigCommerce
- Shopify vs. WordPress: Shopify is easy to use, but WordPress offers more flexibility. Which one should you choose, and why?
- Best Website Builders: If you don’t want to build your own website from scratch there are a whole host of website builders now on the market. I have used my own money to sign up and review them all.
- Weebly vs Wix vs Squarespace vs WordPress: I give a run down of the pros and cons of each of these 4 popular website and blogging platforms.
WORDPRESS TUTORIALS
WordPress is my number 1 choice for building a website or blog, so over the years I’ve written quite a few tutorials on how you can get the most out of it.
- How to Install WordPress: this tutorial will show you how to install WordPress on to your web hosting account.
- WordPress Installation Checklist: this handy checklist will help you to make sure you launch your new WordPress site right first time
- How to Setup Yoast SEO on WordPress: this tutorial will show you how to install the popular WordPress plugin properly.
- How to Speed Up WordPress: lots of tricks and tips to help you make your WordPress website faster.
- Beginners Guide to WordPress Security: how to secure your WordPress website from hackers and malware.
- WordPress .htaccess Optimisation Tips: some handy advanced tips to make your WordPress site faster and more secure.
- Where to Learn WordPress: a list of useful WordPress resources and places to learn WordPress.
- How to Change the Text Color and Size in WordPress: a simple tutorial to teach you how to change the color or size of your fonts.
MAKING MONEY ONLINE
Once you have built your website or blog you might want to learn how to make money off of it.
- How to Make Money Blogging: a list of great ways to monetise your blogging efforts.
- Best Affiliate Networks: a comparison of some of the biggest and best affiliate marketing programs and networks.
- What is Affiliate Marketing?: a guide to making money with affiliate marketing
- Great Online Business Ideas: one of my most popular posts – a list of online businesses you could start
- 70+ Ways to Make Extra Money: want to make some extra money every month? This list of ideas might help.
WEB DESIGN RESOURCES
I have compiled a list of some of my go to posts for people interested in learning more about web design.
- Free Web Design Cheat Sheets: a range of cheat sheets I have created over the past 3 years to help bloggers, designers and developers.
- Free Web Design Tools: I’ve created a whole range of free to use tools for web designers and web developers. They can all be found on this page.
- How to Become a Web Developer: a quick overview of great resources to learn how to become a web developer and get your first web development jobs.
- Best Text Editors Comparison: a comparison of all the text editors out there.
- Best Web Design Software: a list of the web design software and tools I recommend and use myself.
- Learning to Code for Free: I’ve compiled a list of free resources for learning where to code for free, from MOOCs to cool websites and eBooks. This is a great resource to get you started.
SOCIAL MEDIA RESOURCES
- Best Social Media Management Tools: if you are managing multiple social media accounts you will want to check this list of handy tools.
- Social Image Sizes Cheat Sheet: each of the social networking sites have their own optimum image dimensions, this cheat sheet puts them all in one place for you.
- List of Social Media Sites: a list of social networking sites that you might want to check out for meeting new people or getting traffic to your website.
- Best times to Post on Social Media: I’ve compiled a list of the optimum times of day to post on the different social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest.
