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It's a good question and one very pertinent to today considering that is the game plan of what “they” want to see happen. And what I mean by they of course are the financial powers that be and political actors that want to see a global “one world government” coupled with the elimination of all physical paper currency AND have all commodities / property digitized. By digitized we are talking about everything represented by a digital coin of some kind. If you are really interested to know what they are up to and the “game plan”, Ms. Lynette Zang has an excellent video on the topic here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYPsygSHnAsBut getting back to your specific question, it is first important to understand the concept or idea of “custody” and a kind of receipt that represents what you have on deposit, which you can transfer (endorse over to someone else) and or simply give to another person in trade if it is a “bearer” instrument (whomever has it in their hands owns it, thus the property of the bearer). It is interesting to note that paper currency got started this way, but I am jumping ahead.It used to be the case that money was gold and silver, in both coinage form and of course larger bars. But gold is quite heavy, even a one ounce gold coin does weigh quite a bit (so imagine having 10 of them in your pocket). So, the eventual solution was to deposit that gold with a bank, warehouse or other kind of “custodian” for safe keeping. The bank or “custodian” would issue you a receipt for the gold and if you went to buy something you could give that paper receipt to the seller, instructing them to go to the bank (or warehouse, etc.) to retrieve the gold if they wanted. Sometimes such a receipt was a kind of check that you could endorse or sign over to someone else and sometimes it was a “bearer” instrument that required no signature (whomever had the physical receipt had the right to claim the gold at the bank, warehouse, where ever). Eventually people gained enough confidence that the gold was there and that it was not necessary to go to the bank, warehouse or depository to retrieve it. Instead, everyone simple accepted the “receipt” as payment alone or as being sufficient and passed it on from one to another without anyone bothering to take out the physical gold. And this is actually how the use of modern paper currency came into existence with the national currencies replacing the “receipt” (and there was a time you could go to the central bank and exchange your paper currency for the stated equivalent in gold but that is no more, which is why they say we have a fiat currency system today, meaning currency backed by or redeemable for nothing).However, once the banks (and any other warehouse, depository or custodian) realized depositors were not coming in every day to take out the gold, they got the idea that they really didn't need to keep all that gold on deposit as they only needed to keep a small portion on hand to cover any meager daily withdrawals being requested. So, they figured that they could do other things with the depositors gold to make more money, such as lease it or loan it out for a fee. The problem of course if if you loan something to someone else, you run the risk of not getting it back, and even worse when the gold was not yours to begin with (it belonged to your depositor who gave it to you for safe keeping, not to go loaning it out to someone else).So, getting to the answer to your actual question: How do you take a commodity, such as gold, silver, copper, wheat, sugar, whatever and issue some kind of receipt for it? You do just as I mentioned above. You deposit it into a bank, warehouse, depository of some kind for safe keeping or for “warehousing” and you issue a receipt to the owner for it. Obviously in the past, this was done by use of a paper receipt. Today, with computers and “digitization” that receipt can be in digital form of what we have come to know as “digital coins” that have come into vogue presently. Understand that there is not much new under the sun or otherwise said “digitization” of a commodity is simply a way to do the same thing done before albeit in an electronic or digital format instead of a paper.Is this really a good idea? The honest answer to that question is: Do you trust the bank, warehouse or depository? There have already been a number of scandals over the years but one noteworthy one involved the New York Federal Reserve Bank which acts as a custodian warehousing gold in it's vaults for other nations. The German government decided a few years back to do a world wide audit of all it's gold holdings and they went to the NY Fed asking to physically see and audit it's gold holdings that the US Fed was holding for them. The first request was denied as the NY Fed told the Germans there were “re-modeling” or undergoing “maintenance”. The second request shortly after was denied with the same excuse. The Germans then became very suspicious and demanded ALL their gold back immediately. That's when the truth came out. The NY Federal Reserve Bank didn't have it, the loaned it out or whatever the heck they did with it. The real kicker was they then told the Germans they would have to wait 7 years before they could get their own gold back, which they eventually did. The moral of the story is, if you can't even trust the NY Federal Reserve Bank, then who can you trust?Now, the real interesting thing is that IMF (International Monetary Fund) issued a report about this back around 1997 or so. So this idea has been on the drawing board for some time. The elimination of all physical paper national currencies is just the first step (and you will notice there has been quite a number of news stories and actual “experiments” with entire cities going “cash less” to see how it goes). But the long game is to eliminate ALL sovereign national currencies and issue a global currency for use world wide. That's what they want to do and why private crypto-currencies have been allowed to flourish and trade in order to “get the bugs out”. But the real long term plan are national or sovereign “cryto currency” to replace US Dollars, Yen, Euros and so on. Once there are national sovereign “crypto's” they would be merged into one global currency. The IMF's SDR has been suggested as such a global currency to be used for this purpose.You are probably wondering what does that have to do with your original question? Well, the currency issue is the first phase and the later phase would be to “digitize” everything else. All commodities, real estate, cars, everything and anything anyone can possibly own. Commodities are easy enough with the custodian or warehouse concept I already mentioned but what about things YOU are supposed to own directly with a title, such as a house or your car? To understand that we can use the Wall Street depository known as the Depository Trust Company or simple “DTC”.When you open a brokerage account account and you buy 100 shares of Microsoft stock, you get a statement from the brokerage firm indicating 100 shares in your account. But, you don't own it or at least are not recorded or registered as the owner. Rather, that stock in on deposit with DTC registered in the name of CEDE & Co, which is the corporate name of DTC. To explain further, every brokerage firm has an account with DTC and ALL their clients stocks are on deposit there. When a brokerage firm client buys or sells, no physical stock certificate are moved around from one broker to another but rather are transferred digitally or electronically from one brokerage firm's account at DTC to another. It sounds quite convenient, fast and effective. And it is. But, here's the problem. Microsoft has NO idea you are a shareholder of theirs. Instead, they know that DTC or more correctly CEDE & Co. is the registered owner of 20 Million share (or whatever amount) of Microsoft stock. Not necessarily a problem if everyone is honest and keeps very accurate and correct sub-accounting records.So, how then would they digitize homes, cars and so on? Well, same idea. ALL houses would be titled to and registered to a bank or custodian that would in theory issue a digital coin to you the respective and supposed real owner. You would never get actual title to your house (or car) but instead a “digital coin” coupled with “block chain” accounting. However, if you want to know what could possibly go wrong with a system like this, I would suggest you investigate what they have already done in the US regarding the MERS system or Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems. This was set up to more easily facilitate mortgage ownership and it was just one part of the entire mess coming out of the 2008 financial crisis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortgage_Electronic_Registration_SystemsIs this all conspiracy quackery? Well, keep in mind that the IMF has already tasked China with creating a protocol and template for such a system both digitizing commodities and real estate. The first one was done in China involving tea, and just as explained earlier, the tea was put into a warehouse with digital coins issued to represent ownership. The next experiment done was with a residential housing project in Texas. The “front” company for this was a company out of Singapore but again the Chinese were behind it, and interestingly enough US citizens were not permitted or eligible to buy in this particular real estate housing project even though it was located inside the US.In summary, can you digitize commodities, real estate and just about any other kind of physical property? The answer is YES. Should it be done? Is it something you think is a good idea and would support? That question only you can answer. But, keep in mind that the sales pitch is to make everything easier, faster to transfer, supposedly safer through block chain and so on. In addition, the claim is this will eliminate money laundering, criminal activity, etc. The real reason this is being done is for control. IF everything is digital and citizens own nothing directly in their own name, taxation certainly becomes much easier and controlled but also abuse by the government (and maybe other entities if the custodian is a private bank or supra national central bank like the BIS for example). In China they have implemented a “social score” to determine if someone is a good citizen or not (read obey the government in all things, not criticize, etc.). If you don't have a “good” score, you can be denied work, housing, social welfare benefits and whatever else the government decides to with hold from you. A news reporter in China has already been denied housing because of his “social credit score”http://www.businessinsider.com/china-social-credit-system-things-you-can-do-wrong-and-punishments-2018-4https://www.cnet.com/news/black-mirror-too-real-in-china-as-schools-shun-parents-with-bad-social-credit/And so, the point is, if some other entity “owns” everything and all you have is a digital token, how hard would it really be to shut you out of your own property? How hard would it be to take your gold, silver, or anything else you might own personally or for business (if you are a tea trader, for example)? What if they said you owed taxes and you think they were incorrect? How hard would it be to take your assets or possessions away first with you having to prove your innocence to get it back?Obviously all this goes above and beyond your original question, but I think it is important to understand all of the ramifications about doing something. Technology is and can be a wonderful thing enabling freedom of mankind & enlightenment. However, it can also be used to enslave.If you want to read other articles by this author, the latest one is here below (with links to additional recent articles as well): http://www.ascotadvisory.com/2018/ICO/

I’m going to go through the process of getting a website up and running from scratch. I’ve broken it down into clear steps and I have tried to make things as simple as possible. Everything from a site builder, perhaps using a website template to web design and using social media to develop your new business website.Ready? Let’s go...Why you shouldn’t rely on third-party sitesEveryone has seen ads for site builders, essentially website templates, that let you “create a website by pushing a button!”.These are typically blogging platforms.Sites like:BloggerWordpress.comTumblrTypePadWixetc.Most offer both free and paid plans depending on how complex you want your web design, if you need web hosting and how much juice you need the web server to maintain traffic-wise.I understand why these sites would be really tempting to the first-time website owner, but you should really avoid them.If you’re just messing around and blogging as a hobby - no problem - feel free to use a website template.But, if you’re trying to build a business website, you’re setting yourself up to fail.Bottom line: don’t do it!Here are some reasons why...Reason #1 - It doesn’t save money: They hook you with the free offer after you've cued in the domain name registrar. But, then you discover that you can’t do much with that free plan.Sure, you can set up a basic blog, but it has ads on it (that don’t benefit you), you get terrible support and you have significant space limitations.So then, you decide to upgrade to a subscription plan.While they aren’t extremely expensive, they aren’t cheap, either.Compared to hosting your own site, it’s similar - sometimes more expensive particularly when you consider its still primarily a website template on their web server.Reason #2 - It’s much more restrictive: This one is another killer to me. At first, you’re not going to be customizing your website much - I understand that. So it's great that you have the site builder and web hosting all bundled together.But, you will stunt the growth of your business website, if you use one of these platforms. Compared to any real standalone content management system (CMS), you have very limited options, in terms of web design, functionality, file access and ability to customize your site - with proper brand development compared to a website template.Reason #3 - It’s not much (if any) easier: The final reason that people are drawn to these website template platforms are that they promise that they are “easier”. For an owner making a business website, this is attractive at first.In reality, I don’t think they really are.If you really know what you’re doing, you can set up a WordPress business website in 5 minutes:Each time you do it, you’ll learn more and get better (and faster) at it.The CMSs that I’m going to show you later in this article are all more powerful, easy to customize and simple to use (to differing degrees) than any of these third party platforms.1. Your website needs a place to live (a.k.a web hosting)The first component of a website that you need to consider is hosting.It might seem intimidating, but it isn’t.Think of your website as a collection of files. When it’s “hosted” on your computer (like all of your other files), only you can open it up.When you host those files on a web server, anyone can connect to that server through the internet.Hosting companies offer space on these servers, or even on your own dedicated web server if you’re willing to pay for it.That’s really all there is to it.You purchase a hosting package from a hosting provider, usually offered by the domain name registrar, and they let you upload your website files (or offer plugins to make it easier). Once you connect that domain name (that’s step 2 - don’t skip ahead!), anyone can view your website.There are a few things that you want to look for in web hosting.Hosting factor #1 - Uptime reliability: If your hosting isn’t operating as it should be, no one can access your website from any web server. This is just as bad as not having a website in the first place.For most small-medium sites in 2015, this isn’t a big problem. However, you should still keep it in mind.Any good hosting provider has no problem offering an uptime guarantee. Typically you’ll see something like a “100 percent network uptime guarantee” by the web server.That doesn’t mean that your site will be up 100% of the time, but, hopefully, it’s close to that. If your business website does go down, these guarantees typically mean that you can be compensated with hosting credits.As to what to expect, your site should rarely go down. If you suspect you’re having issues, sign up for an uptime tracking tool, like uptime robot. It will tell you if you need to find a new web server to host.Hosting factor #2 - Customer service: Things are going to go wrong. Fact. If you’re a beginner with websites, you’re going to mess things up, once in a while.Usually, things are easy to fix, at least to an expert.Say you do something or something out of your control causes your site to go down. The longer it’s out, the more it’s costing you.If you made the mistake, your site will likely be down until the issue is fixed. That’s where you need good web server support. Most good support teams will even have full backups of your site that they can restore, if worse comes to worst.Look on the website for details about the host’s support team:While you may like using email, it’s the absolute worst form of support, when time is of the essence.You want to be able to contact your support by telephone and/or live chat. Both are better, but at least one is necessary.Hosting factor #3 - Speed is king: While I’m not going to go into the fine details right now (they aren’t important before you have your site up and running), site speed is extremely important to SEO.Fast sites not only rank better, but a fast site will also help you to maximize your conversions. Consider this in seeking hosting for your business website.Hosting is only one part of the equation, but an important one. The difference between poor and good hosting can be a 50%+ difference in loading time, which is huge.So, how do you find a fast host?This is tricky, because there’s not an easy way to compare them.You can find articles that claim to have compared web hosts, but it’s difficult to do that and keep all of the possible variables the same:Additionally, you have to be wary of who you can trust. Hosting affiliate commissions are usually $50+, so some bloggers will say anything to get you to sign up for certain web server companies. This is why so many bloggers aggressively promote hosting sites like Bluehost and HostGator.Hosting speed is one thing you’ll never be 100% sure of, until you try it (or you get a trusted recommendation). That being said, keep the following best practices in mind:Avoid shared hosting - Shared hosting means that you’re sharing a web server with multiple other sites (often hundreds or thousands). It’s slow, and, if you get unlucky and share with spammy sites, your business website could even be penalized by Google. Either VPS (sometimes shared, but in a better way) hosting or dedicated hosting (best option) are solid alternatives.You get what you pay for - Hosting is one of the biggest fees in starting a brand new business website. If you have an extremely limited budget and want to go for the cheapest hosting, that’s fine, just don’t expect anything amazing for $5/month. In general, the more you’re paying, the faster the hosting will be. Speed will help connect you in the social media world where you will likely be playing with ads and posts.Spend some time in web hosting forums, until you find a few web hosts that you are comfortable with trying.Then, compare services and prices and pick a plan that works for your budget. Next, you can move on to step 2.2. The perfect nameIt’s time to start putting some thought into what your website will be about.If you already have an idea in mind, this will be easy. If not, figure out what your great idea will be:Earning more money: Finding the right ideaThe Best Entrepreneurs Don't Come Up With Great Ideas, They Solve Market NeedsThe reason that you need to have at least a general idea of what your business website will be about is because it’s time to pick a name for it. You can search millions through domain name registrars, but take your time to find one that resonates with you.Important note: There is no perfect domain name. While some names might be a bit better than others, it’s ultimately a very small part of your business, compared to the actual content on your website. Come up with a few names using the following methods, then put them aside for a night and pick your favorite in the morning.Option #1 - Brute force method: If you’re a particularly creative person, you can try your hand at coming up with a great domain name by yourself, off the top of your head.This was much easier years ago, when fewer good domain names were taken, but it's still possible, if you get creative.Pick any domain name registrar (where you can purchase the domain), and then search for the domain names that you come up with. It will tell you if the domain is available to purchase or not.Note that you should try to avoid using hyphens in a domain name, even if the domain name registrar is trying to give you the deal of the century. If you’re brand new, take some time and review this list of domain name best practices.Some of the most highly rated domain registrars are:NamecheapName.com1and1It doesn’t really matter which registrar you pick, they generally work the same.Option #2 - Use a tool: If you need a little spark in creativity, there are some great free domain name generators at your disposal.They work slightly different from each other, but the process is generally the same.You enter one or two keywords and the generator will look for ways to combine those words into a domain name. The really convenient part is that they also show you if the domain is available to be registered.You can register a name through the link they provide (which will be an affiliate link to a domain name registrar), or just go to your favorite registrar and do it.The first tool example I have is NameMesh. As the name suggests, it tries to mesh words together. If you check the “hide registered” button, you’ll only see domain names that are actually available.Another good tool is Panabee. It works in the exact same way, but could give you different results. If there’s a blue heart next to the suggested domain name, it means that it is available for purchase.Many of the names will be silly, but you’ll typically get a few that are pretty good.Once you’ve picked a domain name, you need to register it and then point your domain name to your hosting account. This is fairly simple. Your hosting company will send you an email after registering that will contain DNS servers (which look like web server addresses).If you Google “[name of domain registrar] + DNS servers”, you can typically find a help document that will show you where to input your domain name within your hosting account.Here’s what it looks like on Namecheap:3. Make building and editing your website easy with a CMSCMS stands for content management system.Remember that you store your website’s files on your hosting server. If you really wanted to, you could edit these files every time you wanted to make a change to your business website.Obviously, that’s kind of a pain to do.A CMS lets you edit your website from the domain itself. You can log in to the domain and then customize your layout, settings and content, as well as create new posts and pages, often using website templates that are easy to use.In other words: It makes creating and updating a website much easier and saves you a ton of time.There’s no perfect CMS. There are hundreds out there, some better than others. In general, though, all of the top ones have different strengths and weaknesses.I’m operating under the assumption that you’re just trying to get a relatively basic website or blog up and running (like Quick Sprout). If you are, stick to one of the popular CMSs that I’m about to outline. It will make your life a lot easier.If you’re trying to create a custom web app or complicated tool, you’re going to need a custom solution. Either partner with a developer for your project or hire a development firm.It would be impossible to show you, step-by-step, how to install each of these on every web server, but you can find a tutorial if you Google or search on Youtube for:“install [CMS name] [hosting company]”Option #1 - WordPress: WordPress is the king of CMSs. It is by far the most popular option for this and it's user-friendly business website templates and ease of social media sharing.Just to save from some confusion: WordPress.com is the third party site where you can create free blogs, but WordPress.org is where you can download the WordPress software to install on a website.WordPress rose to fame as a fantastic blogging platform. If you’re mainly looking to set up a blog-based website, it’s a great option.It features a very intuitive admin back end that makes changing most basic website template options, as well as creating new posts and pages, simple.One area that is both a strength and a weakness is plugins.WordPress has over 39,000 plugins in its library - it’s huge.This is good, because it means that you can use plugins to make WordPress do almost anything that you want it to including using social media to drive traffic to your business website.However, not all aspects of plugins are good:They can bloat your site - It’s important to not get carried away with plugins. If you have too many, they will significantly slow down your website.They can be security risks - When plugins are kept up to date, they’re pretty safe. However, since most plugins are free, the creators often stop maintaining them. Over time, they can become security risks and can lead to your site getting hacked.They aren’t heavily reviewed/tested - Anyone can publish a plugin for WordPress without approval. So, when you install a plugin, you take a risk. Sometimes, you will update a plugin and it will crash your entire site.Overall, plugins are nice to have when you really need them, but try to minimize how many you use.Option #2 - Joomla: Right behind WordPress is Joomla. It’s not quite as intuitive, but is still relatively simple.Again, it’s fairly easy to create and edit posts and pages and you have some control over website settings.Also, like WordPress, Joomla has a large (not quite the same scale) library of plugins. But again, these share the same limitations. They are not tested by anyone and often get outdated, leading to security risks.Option #3 - Drupal: Of these first 3 options, Drupal is the most advanced. It will be the hardest to learn, but it also allows you to customize more. It’s a lot like Lego blocks, where you put together the pieces that you want (not easy for beginners).Instead of plugins, Drupal has modules. It isn’t as big as either of the alternatives, but there’s a reason for that. Drupal shows you which modules are under active development and are being maintained. This goes a long way to mitigating your business website security risks.I wouldn’t really recommend Drupal for a beginner, but if you know you’ll need some advanced customization, it might be an option as far as a website template.Option #4 - Rainmaker: The Rainmaker Platform isn’t even as close to as popular as any of the first 3 options, but I wanted to include it. It was created by the geniuses at CopyBlogger, which is how you know it’s a high quality product.The reason I included it here as an option is because it’s not only a highly polished CMS, it’s a CMS designed specifically for Internet entrepreneurs.Here are just some of the features it provides:Build membership sites, forums and online training coursesUpload, manage and sell digital products like software, ebooks, and moreBuilt-in analytics & reportingBuilt-in A/B TestingCloud hosted, with upgrades, maintenance and security, all taken care of.Export content to WordPress at any time you choose.Those are some very unique and useful features, solving problems that internet marketers often have, without having to find a plugin or service to use.You’ll notice that many aspects look like WordPress, because it is based off of WordPress.One limitation is when it comes to themes (I’ll go into more detail shortly).Rainmaker is limited to Genesis themes. There are currently 27 of them. If you like simplicity, this makes it easy to find an attractive theme, so maybe it’s not really a weakness.Once you pick a theme, it’s fairly simple to apply any custom CSS or design changes that you’d like:One really big bonus is that it supports so many content types.Instead of having to buy a landing page tool or find a good podcasting platform, you can use the content tools provided. This helps with social media brand building.Finally, you can monitor traffic and do conversion rate optimization, right in the CMS. That’s an incredible feature, done in a simple way, which is great for beginner.The main limitation is that if you want a feature that is not built-in, you’re out of luck. There are no plugins on the Rainmaker platform at the moment, so what you see is what you get.4. Brand yourself by choosing a designAt this point you have some sort of website up and running.Now, we have to make it awesome.For any major CMS, you'll install a theme. Themes are built on the basic CMS, but are customized to look and function differently. This allows themes to be built for different businesses: artists, entrepreneurs, podcasters, local businesses, etc.I’m going to go over themes for the main 3 CMSs I outlined above. They all work virtually the same.How to find a great WordPress theme: You have a few different options, when it comes to themes. The first option is to search within WordPress.Go to “Appearance > Themes” in the side menu and then click “add new” at the top:You can sort themes by “featured”, “popular,” or by any advanced “feature filter” that you’re looking for.If you like the look of the theme’s thumbnail, click anywhere on it to bring up a preview window:If you like the preview (on the right panel), click install. Otherwise, click the “X” button and you’ll go back to your search screen.Once you install a theme, you need to activate it for it to light up on your website. You can do that directly from the successful installation screen. Or, go back to your main themes page and you’ll see your new theme as an option.Click it like before, but this time there will be an “activate” option, as well as a “live preview” option if you’re not sure that you actually want to activate it.The second option is to find a theme using a third party site. These are typically premium themes, so expect to pay $30-60 for a theme. You can find some great free themes, but the best ones are all premium options.It’s a one time fee and I recommend it, if you’re serious about your business. You can always start off with a free theme and convert to premium later, though.The most well-known marketplace is Themeforest, but, if you’d like to try others, just search for “WordPress themes” in Google.What you’ll find, with Themeforest, is that there are a lot more options:You can sort themes by category, tag, price, popularity and more. On the right, you’ll see a price for the theme, as well as the amount of sales it has.If you click on a theme, you can see any reviews, as well as a preview and more details about the theme.With a premium theme, not only do you get better themes in general, but you also get support from the theme creator themselves, which can be very useful to beginners.Finding a Drupal theme: Drupal, like WordPress, has their own depository of themes. The difference is that it’s located outside of the admin panel.The search engine isn’t quite as friendly, but you still have a decent amount of theme options (I wouldn’t say as good as WordPress, though):There’s no easy preview, in most cases, so you’ll have to go into each theme and look around for links to documentation and demos.If you do find one that you like, scroll down a bit, under the intro for the theme, to the downloads section. Download one of the most recent versions:Pay special attention to the version number. Version 6 themes will not work on version 7 of Drupal and vice versa.You’ll need to upload the theme into the theme directory in Drupal:/sites/all/themes/yourThemeNameThen, navigate to “administer > themes” and click “enable” on the new theme. Finally, you’ll need to go to user preferences and select the new theme.If it sounds difficult, here’s a short tutorial that shows you how to do it:You can also buy premium themes for Drupal, which I highly recommend. They are much easier to search through, plus they typically look nicer as far as a website template. Again, you can use Themeforest or any other theme marketplace that you’d like:Finding a Joomla theme: Joomla is a bit different, in that you’ll need to find a theme on a third party site. But, if you search for “free Joomla themes,” you can find many solid free options.Alternatively, you can still use Themeforest, or any other premium marketplace.The installation is pretty straight forward. You need to download the theme and then upload it to your CMS.Either watch the following video or follow this Joomla template installation guide, to see how to do it:5. How to edit your website without messing everything upI remember being a complete beginner to all things internet and being scared that I would break a website. While it’s not likely to happen if you’re careful, it can happen.One of the most important ways to protect your website is by using a child theme. A child theme is typically a style sheet that is kept separate from the rest of your theme’s files on the web server.You can input CSS into a child theme to customize the look of your website. There are 2 reasons you do this:It’s hard to break your site - you can always go into your hosting and simply remove the child theme files, if necessary.It protects you from updates - if you update a theme in WordPress (which is needed often for security reasons), it will wipe out any changes that you made in the theme files themselves. A child theme will not be affected, so you don’t have to waste time redoing your changes.Create a child theme in WordPress: The reason that most sites are hacked is because of outdated software. Considering how often WordPress, its themes and its plugins get outdated, you need to always update everything, when possible on your web server.A child theme is a necessity in WordPress.Creating a child theme involves creating a new CSS sheet (you can use a simple text editor) and adding basic theme information (look at the picture below).From there, you just need to upload it to WordPress (like any other theme) and activate it. Since there’s no functionality in your child theme, WordPress will keep using the parent theme (as long as you identify it correctly in the child theme).Here is a complete and simple guide to creating a child theme.Once you have a child theme, you can see it by navigating to “Appearance > Editor”. You can add any custom CSS that you want and then click “save” for your changes to take effect.Create a sub-theme in Drupal: If you go with Drupal, you can’t create a “child” theme, but you can create a “sub-theme”.It’s the same concept. You can apply styles to sub-themes, which will override the parent theme.Here’s a complete guide to creating a Drupal sub-theme.Create a duplicate theme in Joomla: You can’t create child themes in Joomla. The closet you can get is to create a duplicate theme.When you click duplicate, it will create an exact copy of the original theme and become the default copy.Note that this is not the same as a child theme, unfortunately. Essentially, you’re creating a new duplicate theme, once in a while, to serve as a backup, in case something goes wrong.6. After you have a functioning website, here’s what’s next...At this point, you should have a website that works and looks decent.You can finally finish with most of the technical stuff and move on to the things you originally wanted to do.While it will vary, depending on your project or business, try to do the following 4 things next.Step #1 - Get a logo: Branding yourself is important. A logo is one of the main ways that customers will recognize your business.If you have a business already, you may have a logo, which makes this easy. If not, you’ll need to get one created. Here are a few different options to find designers:Fiverr - You’ll pay $5-20 to get a logo. You won’t get an amazing logo for that price, but it may be okay to get you started.Upwork - Post a job here and designers will apply to create your logo. Foreign workers are typically very cheap, while experienced Western designers could cost a few hundred bucks. Again, you get what you pay for.Dribbble - If you want a top-notch logo, search for “logo” on Dribbble. Browse the designs that come up, until you find a designer that you love. Contact them and hire them. This is the priciest of all options.Step #2 - Write basic copy: Right now, you have a pretty empty website. Start by getting familiar with your CMS. Then, create basic pages, like the “About” page.Next, start filling in your home page with the first message(s) that you want new visitors to see.Step #3 - Install analytics: While analytics don’t matter right away, you’ll want them soon.Install Google analytics code into your website, so that you can track any visitors.Step #4 - Plan your marketing strategy: This is where Quick Sprout comes in. Now that you have a website and know how to use it, it’s time to figure out how you’re going to get visitors to the site.I’ve written tons of articles on creating marketing strategies and generating traffic. Now, you can finally put them to use:The Beginner's Guide to Online MarketingHow to Grow Your Blog Traffic by 20,000 Visitors a MonthThe Advanced Guide to Content Marketing13 Content Marketing Hacks That Will Help You Attract More ClientsConclusionBefore you get started with the 6 steps to create your first website, I need to tell you one more thing: Be patient.Everyone struggles a bit when building their first website and most struggle while building their first few. You will get better, the more that you practice.If you’re getting frustrated with something, take a deep breath, relax for a minute, then Google your problem. If you stick to one of the CMSs in this article, there are tutorials for just about everything out there, if you look for them.Alternatively, make use of Youtube. It’s often easier to follow along with a video than it is with a text walkthrough.And, while getting a website up and running won’t make you a success overnight, it’s your first step up the mountain.Keep learning, keep testing and you will slowly but surely see real progress.

Was Oswald attacking state authority, or associated with just killing an important man?According to the Warren Commission, Oswald was just a lone nut that saw his life as a failure, and hoped to gain fame by killing the most important man in the world. This theory has been adopted by a great many Americans. I reject this notion.The Warren Commission was specially selected to convict Oswald even before the Commission was formally sworn in. Those select panelists were hand chosen by President Johnson and seconded by FBI Director Hoover, who would only allow the Commission to use the FBI as its sole source of investigating the assassination.Hoover within hours had determined that only three shots were fired, and that Oswald was the lone gun man. This based on three shell casing that fit into a supposed Oswald Carcano rifle. There isn’t any direct proof that those casings had anything to do with the assassination, only that they were on site at the 6th floor. These casings could easily have been just dropped there, the bullets having been fired someplace else, a long time before hand. There isn’t any way to prove how those casing came to be on the 6th floor.Oswald was never convicted of killing Kennedy. The Warren Commission alleges that Oswald committed the assassination, but without 100% proof. The element of doubt is what sustains the theory that possibly there was a conspiracy, meaning more than Oswald was involved, or even that others than Oswald did the killing.The evidence grows considerably that pinning the entire JFK assassination on Oswald is just outright fraud. Hoover abused his powers as Director of the FBI, as he had grown more accustomed to doing the longer he served as FBI Director, to frame Oswald.President Johnson agreed to framing Oswald, for purportedly national security reasons. If the assassination had truly been open to a full fledged assassination investigation, just Oswald’s ties to the Soviet Union and repeated passing out of pro Castro leaflets would have dragged in the communist angle, risking a possible nuclear war. President Johnson was well aware of this, and cautioned members of the Warren Commission, that the lives of 40 million Americans is in your hands, if ties to the Soviets are found, hinting that this would be the number of people lost in a nuclear exchange.With such high stakes, the government began a desperate effort to smear Oswald as the lone gun man. At first the three bullet theory was easy. First bullet hits Kennedy, the second Connolly, then the third fatal head shot.The shooting sequence was being reenacted by the FBI in Dallas, using the Zapruder film as a template. Things got tougher when a bystander down by the underpass became known for being wounded.. With the injured James Tague in the shooting mix, now the shooting sequence had to be adjusted. This brought up problems. Where the three shots into the limo victims was easy to point to in the Z film, the use of only two bullets didn’t rightfully jive.Arlan Specter would put forth the Single Bullet Theory, that one bullet hit both JFK and Connolly. This wasn’t widely accepted by the Warren Commission members, as JFK’s neck wound, time wise, didn’t match up with Connolly’s actions of not being apparently hit at the same time.The Single Bullet Theory was soon ridiculed by the public as the Magic Bullet Theory. Aha, claimed Specter, we have this bullet, it fell out of Connolly’s leg, and it matches the Carcano rifle. This became the Warren Commission’s damning case against Oswald. This was the Pristine bullet.Now a bullet had been found on the floor of Parkland hospital, that had dropped to the floor when a hospital employee pushed Governor Connolly’s arrival gurney into another gurney, from which caused a bullet to fall. The employee stated that the bullet had fallen from a gurney that had hospital items on it, which had transported a teen gunshot victim a half hour earlier than the assassination. This bullet was turned over to a hospital manager, who in turn, noticing the sharp point, turned it over to a Secret Service agent. Agents are suppose to initial bullets, taken in custody, for chain of custody concerns. This never happened.Flustering the initial bullet finding employee with repeated questioning of what gurney the bullet had fallen from. Finally, the employee broke, and stated in the realms of all possibilities, the bullet could have possibly fell from the Connolly gurney. Now for the sharp pointed bullet, a FBI affidavit confirmed the chain of custody of the rounded tipped bullet. The affidavit was later to be found to have been forged.The reason this Pristine Bullet was so important, was because it had rifling marks that could be traced to Oswald’s alleged Carcano rifle.Bullet fragments had been removed from Connolly’s leg. They were not Pristine. One of the larger fragments had accidently dropped to the floor, in what the Texas Governor stated sounded like a wedding ring hitting the floor. These fragments were offered to Prosecutor Wade, who had come by to visit the Governor, but he refused to accept them, so another officer took them.With the FBI having the Carcano rifle, it is easy to see how they could easily substitute a tested Carcano fired round into evidence, framing Oswald.When Warren Commission member Gerry Ford later became President, he stated that the entry wound in JFK’s back, had to be fudged 4 inches upward, just to make the Single Bullet Theory even plausible. In other words, the Warren Commission lied. But why?LBJ gave the concern about stopping a possible nuclear war, as reasons to frame Oswald. But one of his trusted enforcers, Max Wallace, had a finger print on the sixth floor. Unlike Oswald who worked at the Texas School book depository, Wallace had no reason to be there, unless he was carrying out a nefarious deed, and possibly planting three Carcano shell casings.LBJ was being exposed as a corrupt politician on the Senate floor in Washington DC on the day of the assassination. Robert Kennedy was feeding damaging information concerning LBJ’s dealings, to magazines, to back up the Senate investigation into LBJ. So Vice President Johnson had all the motive he needed to take out Kennedy, advancing his career to US President, and saving himself from being a ruined politician.Hoover, a long time neighbor and friend of LBJ, equally hated the Kennedy’s, and saw to it that the investigation saved Johnson’s ass, at the expense of framing Oswald.