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Creating website for someone else

by jlt
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This is going to sound like a rather silly and basic question for a lot of you veteran web designers. However, I am not sure how to proceed.

I have been creating my own websites for my own use for some time. Now I have someone who wants me to build a website for them. I can build it, but I am unsure how people do this when they are building for others.

Do I use my cpanel that I have my own websites on to create it? Should I have a separate domain name that I purchase just to work on others websites, and if so what if I was working on two websites at once? Would I then need to purchase domains for each of them to have somewhere to work on them? How would I go about transferring the website to the buyer once it is completed?

I know those are a lot of questions, but if anyone can point me in the right direction I would sure appreciate it.

P.S. I am using the Wordpress plugin for designing the website if that helps any.
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  • Profile picture of the author gyar29
    JLT,

    You can work on as many websites as you wish with one hosting account. You place each within its on folder on the hosting account. Example of tree:

    yourroot >> public_html >> folder for other site #1
    yourroot >> public_html >> folder for other site #2
    yourroot >> public_html >> folder for other site #3
    etc...

    Depending on who your hosted with, You can have an installation of wp inside each of the other site folders. You can have seperate MySql dbs for each site if you wish.
    I ensure that I password protect each of the folders, give the owner the password and url to their site so they can view the progress of their site anytime they wish.

    You can also set up each separate site as a subdomain. Although I don't do this because it's easier just creating a new folder for each.

    As far as delivering the site to the client it depends on how they want it. I can zip everything up and let them upload it, or I can upload it if the want. If it is a wp site you can google wp backup and pick a plugin that you think works best for you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Talkreal
    If you are only going to create the sites and not host them, you can install each wordpress site in a separate directory. I like to use my company domain for that. So if my website is www.mysite.com, customer 1's files could be installed at www.mysite.com/customer1. After the customer has approved the site, you can install it on their web host or provide them with the files.

    If you are going to host the sites, you can install under their domain.
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  • Profile picture of the author Brandon Bell
    If you're going to get serious about developing WordPress sites, you should install a localhost on your computer with XAMPP or WAMP.

    This way you can edit as many WordPress sites as you want without buying any domain names. This also allows you to edit the PHP files locally instead of using the editor in WordPress.

    Once your WordPress themes are finished, you could simply upload them to your client's server.
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    • Profile picture of the author jlt
      Thank you all for the great tips! I need to learn more about folders since I haven't actually worked with them. I have done all of my work in Wordpress once I have installed it. Are there any good courses that explain working with the folders and with the cpanel. As you can see, I am still a novice.

      I am subscribed to Lynda so I will search on there, but I am not sure really what to search for to gain the information I need.

      Again, thank you all for the helpful information you are providing. It is much appreciated.
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