Building a websitewith Flothemes

C H E C K L I S T

Probably yoursquove just got your

new theme by Flothemes

This is going to be an epic experience which

results in a remarkable new website Why

Because we are here to help no matter if you got

a setup package or are building your website on

your own - wersquove got your back with tutorials and

support help

I F Y O U rsquo R E R E A D I N G T H I S

Soon you will be a proud owner of a new website that works and

looks amazing on all devices and allures more clients

By following this checklist you are leaving no room for doubts errors or

ldquooops I forgot thatrdquo situations

Domain Name - you can use the one you have or if you need one - most hosting

providers can offer you one

Hosting Provider - you need one Period And please donrsquot make this a decision

purely based on price Your hosting dictates how your site works Will it be slow

Will it crash and have downtime often Is it at high risk of getting hacked These

are all very important questions Here are 5 things to consider when choosing a

hosting provider

Word Press - you can download it for free from WordPressorg (please do not

confuse it with WordPresscom)

Theme by Flothemes - yoursquove got this one right If not choose your favorite

theme here

Before amp While Building

Your Website Checklist

To building a site with Flothemes

T H E 4 M U S T - H A V E C O M P O N E N T S

Our documentation and tutorials will guide you through every step of the process

Have a question or technical issues Just submit a ticket here and our Support

team will help

Working in Test Mode - if you have your current website on WordPress (including

ProPhoto) you can use our FloLaunch plugin and setup your new website in

test mode without any downtime for your current site Otherwise yoursquoll need a

Maintenance plugin

Switching from Squarespace ProPhoto or any other WordPress theme Check this

Switching between Flo themes Herersquos a video tutorial

Plugins - they help you extend the functionality and features of your website Here

are the ones we recommend

The Installation Process

No need to get overwhelmed if you decided to build your new site on your own Wersquove

made the WordPress backend interactive and more simple to use All themes released

since 2017 come with a drag and drop page builder which makes tweaking layouts colors

fonts and icons - easy and intuitive

D I Y ( D O I T Y O U R S E L F )

Herersquos a few more things to keep in mind

AddingChanging your Site Title and Tagline (they display when you share your site

online as well as on Google search pages) - In your dashboard go to Settings gtgt

General and yoursquoll find the fields for your sitersquos title and tagline

Favicon - if you donrsquot know what a favicon is or how to upload your own custom one

check this video and this post (for older Flo themes users) If you use one of our

newer themes (built on the advanced backend) you can upload a new favicon here

Flotheme -gt Introduction -gt Optional Settings Make sure your file is ico format

You can use Convertico to convert your png to ico file

Multi-Lingual site - if you want to translate your website into a second third

language we recommend using the WPML plugin Herersquos a tutorial explaining how

to set it up and traskypnslate your pages

SEO - since SEO is a more complex long term process start with adding the Yoast

SEO plugin to your website and setting it up correctly Wersquoll talk more about SEO in

the second checklist

Adding a shop to your website - if you want to create a shop and sell products

services on your site you will need to install the WooCommerce plugin (which is

free) If you have an existing shop on a third party platform (shopify shootproof

pixieset etc) yoursquoll just need to add a Shop button to your menu and link it to your

external shop

Site Speed amp Image Optimization - Uploading unoptimized images (original or large

size) can harm your sitersquos loading speed which in turn will impact your SEO bounce

rate and overall user experience Herersquos a full guide on how to prepare images

before uploading them to your site

Get help with Setup

No-one can install Flothemes better than us

We created them after all )

We have a dedicated team to assist you with website setup and customization

Work one-on-one with us and wersquoll help you learn the inside-outs of WordPress

via screen sharing sessions and leave you fully confident about how to manage

and tweak your site in the future You also get premium email support for up to 8

weeks Find out more about our Setup Service packages here

Setup Services

Go Fully Custom

Our Design and Development team can help

you create something unique and tailored

specifically to your branding and personality

If your brand and work is evolving and you are trying to reposition yourself on the

market or focus more on your ideal client (since yoursquove already figured out who

that is) - work with us on a fully Custom Website solution for your business

Custom Packages