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Before we pick out a theme, have you purchased a domain & hosting plan?

Designing Your blog or website is actually the last stage of the 3 part process when it comes to creating a blog. You can’t design your website without first 1.) Choosing a Domain and 2.) Selecting a Hosting Plan. If you aren’t sure how to get started read this (The Newbie’s Guide to Starting a Blog in 2019). If you’ve figured out what you’re going to name your site and you know what you want your website to do for you, then you can purchase your domain and hosting plan here.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]

WE PRE-INSTALL WORDPRESS FOR YOU FOR FREE

All of our hosting plans come with FREE pre-instillation of WordPress. We want to make it easy for you to get started right away. After purchasing your hosting plan, send us a tech support ticket including your domain name, blog/website name and tag line. We also include FREE multisite install for our Network plans only. Please indicated in the ticket if this is something you will need.

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Choosing a Theme

If you know what features your website will need, it will be easy to choose a theme. Allow yourself time to do your research for the perfect theme. You want to read the theme’s reviews as well as the sellers’ reviews. Read the comments and take a look at the ratings. If there are multiple negative comments, steer clear of the theme even if it seems to be exactly what you think you want. Trust me, a theme is useless if it’s not simple for you to install, is rarely updated by the author or doesn’t include all or most of the features you’ll need to make it function the way you want it to.[/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=”SOME OF THE BEST THEMES INCLUDE THESE FEATURES”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]

– Detailed Setup guide
– Video Tutorials
– Lifetime Theme Support
– Mobile Responsive
– Upload your Logo (Retina Optimized)
– Retina Optimized images & fonts
– Widgetized Homepage
– Extra Widget Areas for Ads
– Shop Widget below Posts
– Portfolio/Shop
– Color Customizer
– Blog Template(s)
– Category Archive Template
– Include Extra, but not Required Plug-ins (at no additional cost)
– Full & Fix Width Landing Template
– Column Classes
– And so much more, Happy browsing!

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Here are some other tips for choosing a theme. Want to know where to start searching for themes? I suggest these beautiful designer WP Themes from Creative Market.

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I want you to have a stunning website, without all the hassle! That’s why I provide these extras for you..

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Installing Your Theme – Other companies will charge you an additional fee for installation services. We provide this as a done-for-you service courtesy of our friendly staff. Change your theme as many times as you want.

Customizing Your Theme – Want your site to look like the demo? We can upload the demo content. Did you choose a theme that lets you change the colors and logo to your own brand colors and logo? Submit a tech support ticket and we’ll go through and start all the basic customizations for you.

Theme & WordPress Maintenance – All of our core WordPress programs are updated automatically, so don’t worry about that! Let us know when your theme has an update available and we will ensure your site is backed up and run the update for you. We will also inform you if we find any broken plugins.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]