How to Setup

In this video I'm going to show you how you can get started with a free Cloudflare account, which can improve both the security and performance of your website.
While it can be a little intimidating at first, the process is actually pretty simple and can be done in less than 10 minutes of work.
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[@paulhildmann8392]

Thank you, you made this simple to follow.

[@TheAdminBar]

Oh, I'm so happy to hear that! Thank you!

[@othmanmahfoud9473]

Thank you. This problem happened to me. I am following you from Morocco

[@TheAdminBar]

Hello in Morocco! 👋

[@anad6448]

Hey Kyle, thanks for the video! Would you use a forwarding rule in Cloudflare when people don't enter the www version of the URL?

[@udayignet6119]

Blogger Form submit gets error if you use Clowdflare in blogger website. What is the ultimate solution ?

[@Gojiyaravi]

Waiting for the Troy's interview from a decade 😂.

[@TheAdminBar]

We're **this** close 😅 I think I really got him this time!!!

[@supreme31_]

lol it’s been 3 months. Is it going to happen ?

[@tearl42]

@@supreme31_ Yeah, I was hoping to see the next video with some more details.

[@SPJohnson]

Thanks for this video, it was helpful. I noticed that after getting my site activated on CF, I can no longer edit my functions.php through WordPress. It now says I have to make edits via FTP. Is there some CF settings or DNS settings that will let me edit through WordPress?

[@TheAdminBar]

All my sites are on Cloudflare and I've never had that happen. Are you sure there's nothing else that's changed? A lot of security plugins will do that.

[@eightysevenweb]

Do you typically create a new account for each client or just add their domain to your account and give them permission to that domain?

[@TheAdminBar]

I just put them all in my account. I only share access if they request it. I did have someone, somewhere, ask about me getting hit by a bus. I just make sure my clients have access to their domain, so they can always point their nameservers anywhere they want if I disappear. I'm not trying to keep it from them, it's just that most of my clients don't want to be bothered.

[@niaskywalk]

Tip: Make sure to check your email is entered correctly. We use CF for all our clients, but some have their own CF account due to previous developers or somenother reason. One client has the wrong email address. We wanted to make it more secure and send out invites to those who need access, such as ourselves. We cannot do that without verifying the email address. We are now struggling to change it. It tells us to verify the email first before we can change it!

[@TheAdminBar]

Oh no, what a nightmare! Have you talked with their support?

[@niaskywalk]

@@TheAdminBar Working on it today. But it is a free account so it isn't instant.

[@TheAdminBar]

I hope you get it sorted!

[@niaskywalk]

@@TheAdminBar Thank you. It turns out the solution is, they cannot change the email address. We have to have the client create an email address that matches so it can be confirmed and then changed. So yeah, double-check that email address LOL

[@alexio6205]

Isn't it better to have a separate account for every client? If they leave, you cannot hand them their account if you're having all websites under one account.

[@TheAdminBar]

Super easy to migrate 1 site off of an account.

[@dallaslogic]

Is that interview with Troy still happening?

[@TheAdminBar]

Who knows 😭 Been waiting on Troy for years.

[@jjpamisa]

Why is SSL no longer free?

[@TheAdminBar]

It is as far as I know... Where are you seeing it isn't?

[@jjpamisa]

@@TheAdminBar because its not working, I already selected the full protection, still unlock.

[@jjes.studio]

"Make sure that the email settings are completely disabled" - If I use Cloudflare, can't I create a domain mail?

[@TheAdminBar]

They have domain forwarding options, but Cloudflare does not offer email services as far as I know.

[@jjes.studio]

​@@TheAdminBarI have not met a single client who does not need an email in the domain. What solution can you suggest? Using Cloudflare plus creating an email on the domain.

[@brentwilson5]

@@jjes.studioI think a couple top recommendations would be Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 for the client’s domain-based email. Either one will require adding some records in the DNS area of Cloudflare.