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Course Decisions
Course Decisions
Domain
Domains and hosting are kept separate — moving a domain away from a host is enough hassle that most people never bother, and end up paying for hosting they don’t even use, indefinitely, just to avoid dealing with it. Separation also matters if a host is ever acquired, changes ownership, or shuts down — none of that puts the domain at risk when it’s registered independently. Namecheap is used for registration, chosen for straightforward pricing and full control over where the domain points, any time, without needing the host’s cooperation.
Hosting
Two full hosting setups are taught, start to finish — Templ and Kinsta — because they fit different needs, not because either one’s “the” pick. Templ costs less to start but caps at one website per plan; Kinsta costs more from day one but has room to grow into more traffic or more sites later. Other hosts are covered as recommendations in the Buyer’s Guide — there’s no realistic way to record a full tutorial for every host that exists, but these two cover genuinely different needs.
Platform
This course teaches website-building through WordPress — it runs a massive share of the web, which means there’s already a plugin, tutorial, or forum thread for nearly anything you’ll eventually run into, instead of hitting a dead end on a smaller platform. Managed hosting built specifically for WordPress is also the most mature, most competitive corner of the hosting industry — more options, more specialization, more support built around it than around any other platform. That’s part of why the hosting taught in this course fits directly, no workarounds needed.
Proton Mail is used — easy to set up, and its bundled tools (password manager, calendar, cloud storage) make juggling domain, hosting, and content tools noticeably smoother. Email at your own domain address also reads more professional than a free Gmail account when reaching out to hosts, affiliate programs, or clients. One login, one subscription, less to manage — instead of stitching together separate free tools that create separate passwords and separate points of failure.
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