Setting up Cloudways Web Hosting (for non techies)
Cloudways is our preferred host for most clients. That’s because it’s super simple to use and includes caching that makes your site lightning fast without much optimisation.
The initial setup is a little more technical than conventional web hosting. This video shows you what you need to do to get going with your first WordPress website on Cloudways.
Sign up for Cloudways here:
00:28 Signup
01:06 Login
01:35 Creating a server
02:08 Choosing the infrastructure
02:44 Chooing a server size
04:30 Creating team members
04:55 Team permissions
05:23 Outgoing email setup
06:15 SendGrid setup
07:24 Server Setup – SendGrid
08:01 Server Access via SFTP
08:19 Automatic backups
08:50 Disabling Varnish cache on a development server
09:10 Application Settings
09:50 LetsEncrypt SSL
09:57 Restoring Application/WordPress backups
10:15 Recommeded Application settings
11:00 Migrating existing WordPress to Cloudways
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