The world of gaming has reached increasingly new heights. Live streaming is one of the most lucrative online experiences you can watch or partake in. If you are looking to create your very own gaming live-streaming site using the e-commerce platform, WordPress, then look no further.
What Do You Need to Build a Site
There are a few considerations that you need to think about before diving into creating a site. You want to avoid spending hours creating something, only to realize that it doesn’t suit your needs and then having to restart. Therefore, it’s worth considering a few questions before getting started:
- When it comes to the theme of your online site, think about whether you want to have a lot of colors on your site or rather keep it minimal in terms of the visual look and feel. WordPress offers many different templates with different themes so think about this carefully.
- What is it that you’re looking to live-stream? Are you into online casinos for international players and do you want to engage with your fellow online punters easily through live streaming? Or showcasing your Minecraft skills and aiming to gain followers in the hopes of becoming a gaming influencer?
- Think about the functionality needed behind your website. Platforms like WordPress offer different plans and bundles to suit different user needs, consider which plan suits yours most as the more expensive the plan, the more functionality it has.
Once you’ve spent a considerable amount of time thinking through the questions above, you’re ready to get behind a screen and start your online adventure.
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A WordPress Experience
WordPress is one of the best online platforms that users can sign up for. There are many other platforms out there but WordPress has always managed to stay on the forefront of interest amongst people looking to create their website. For those keen on creating a gaming live-streaming site, simply follow the below general steps involved in creating an online site.
The first step has already been completed as you’ve chosen to go with WordPress. You now need to decide which plan you’d like to go for. Each plan comes with a different price point. Seeing as you’re just starting and might not need to sell anything yet, you can go for the free starter plan. This will allow you to get a better understanding of the platform, play around with the tools and features and all the while not cost you anything more than your time.
Once you’ve logged in (with a valid email address and password) you need to decide on your domain name. This will be visible in the URL. It’s good to include something about what you do in the URL so that people can find you easily. For example, ‘Tedslivestreaming’ could be your domain. That way people know exactly what you do and what you’re about just from looking at the domain name. You just need to make sure that the domain name hasn’t been taken already.
Then you need to find a hosting account. There are many hosting sites and you can compare them all to see which one is the cheapest. Tech people might argue this but they essentially all do something very similar – they host your site. So do not go for anything too expensive, especially not if you’re only starting. Hosts like ‘HostGator’, ‘BlueHost’ and ‘GoDaddy’ are all great ones that you can look into.
Now you can finally get to the nitty gritty. The first job is choosing the theme for your site. WordPress offers templates and themes for you to choose from, making it easier for you to create your site. WordPress is known for offering a static or dynamic approach, which might be a bit hard for web design novices to orchestrate, so you can also find a web design expert to help you out if you get stuck or watch some videos online. Or simply spend time researching the topic and you’ll surely get the hang of it. Then you need to choose a theme that suits your live-streaming channel, if you’re live-streaming poker, maybe go for a green, red and white color scheme to match. Or if you’re live-streaming Grand Theft Auto, go for something funky to match the hectic nature of the game.
Consider plugins too. Plugins increase the functionality of your website. Some plugins specifically make the site faster, which is useful for live-streaming as no one wants to watch a lagging game. Or look into plugins that allow users to make comments to your game while you’re playing, a feature that WordPress might not offer from the template but that plugins or even applications can do.
Show Time
Once you have completed the above-mentioned stages, you feel satisfied with the look and feel of your site, you have connected your live streaming game either directly through the WordPress theme or through a plugin and then you’re reading to hit that live button and go for it. Happy streaming!
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