Author: jkh_oahu

Word{ress.cp,only supports WordPress hosting. Do a site search on WordPress.com for additional information.
WordPress.com is not the same as WordPress.org.

Wix does not support WordPress hosting. Do a site search on WIX for additional information.

Backing up your site is essential. The worst thing that can happen is to work for a couple of months getting things the way you want them, and then losing everything because you did not back it up.

There are many plugins available for WordPress backup. I am currently using the free version of Updraft plus.

We offer a single domain free SSL which you can install it on any 1 main domain OR any 1 subdomain, if you want more SSL you have to purchase SSL additionally.

In order to install a SSL you must have an emil working on the domain

Add to SmarterAST

My SASP now uses Namecheap as the domain provider

Today I installed this plugin. It was easy to install, and after figuring out how it works it does what I wanted it to. It really needs a good video tutorial.
Basic Tutorial

How to add afree SSL to SmarterASP domain Requires and Advanced Plan. See SSL Installation for WordPress for more info.

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Free Cloudflare SSL – NOT SO FREE?

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see WordPress Plugin for SSL

This is the WordPress Getting Started Post.

Getting Started Tutorial
This tutorial recommends you do not use free site. I would strongly urge anyone w/o a lot of internet development experience to use a free site to determine if you really want to set up a website. Once you get into it you will find it a lot more difficult than you may have expected.
WordPress.com has a free site that is a great place to get you feet wet.

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW.
1. WP not uses the Gutenburg block editor. This may be great for a beginner, but severly limits page fromatting.

Editing a new page or post is not as simple as it might seem. While to ‘block’ approach simplifies some things, it makes others difficult or impossible without plugins.

Duplicate a Page
Not as simple as it sounds. Requires a plugin called Duplicate Posts

Make a page template – need advanced tools

Blank Slate is a WordPress plugin that allows the creation of a new blank page with no formatting.
WordPress uses the template you choose for all pages and cannot be altered. This will let you create your onw pages in any format.

– Start w/o intro

How to add email to SASP.

I now have an email server on my site. It turned out to be very easy to install and is very easy to use. Has a gread dark mode option.
It works so good I am not going to try to get it working on Outllook.

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 CONFIGURE OUTLOOK 2010 https://www.smarterasp.net/support/kb/a52/how-to-configure-an-email-account-in-outlook-2010.aspx  

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Follow the steps below to setup Outlook 2010 to retrieve and send email from our mail servers (replace “yourdomain.com” with your actual domain name).

• Open Outlook.
• Click the “File” tab, then select “Account Settings…”  This will bring up the Account Settings Window.
• On the “E-mail” tab, select “New…”  This will open up a wizard.
• In the “Choose Service” window, select “E-mail Account” and click “Next >”
• In the “Auto Account Setup” window, select “Manually configure server settings or additional server types” and click “Next >”
• In the “Choose Service” window, select “Internet E-mail” and click “Next >”
• In the “Add New Account” window

o    User Information

§  Your Name: The name you want to appear in outgoing emails (e.g. John Smith)

§  E-mail Address: The email address you want to appear in outgoing email (e.g. John@youdomain.com)

o    Server Information

§  Account Type: Select “IMAP” for  Account Type

§  Incoming mail server: mail.youdomain.com

§  Outgoing mail server: mail.youdomain.com

o    Logon Information

§  User Name: The user’s full email address (e.g. John@youdomain.com)

§  Password: The user’s email account password.

§  Make sure “Remember Password” is checked.

• Click on the “More Settings …” button.
• Click on the “Outgoing Server” tab.
• Make sure “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication” is checked and “Use same settings as my incoming server” is selected.
• Click on “Next >”  Outlook will perform some tests to make sure the settings are working correctly.  Close the “Test Account Settings” window when it’s done.
• Click on “Finish” to end the wizard.

Note: SMTP default port is 25, alternative port is 8889