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Starting a WordPress Blog - A 7 Step Process
By - Daniel C Smith
If your looking for an
easy way to get your first website up and running, starting a WordPress blog
could be just what you're after. WordPress doesn't require you have any
knowledge of HTML, PHP, CSS or any tricky coding terminology. All you need is a
domain name and hosting account to have full control of your very own website.
To follow this seven step process does require a little knowledge of uploading
files via FTP to your domain. If unsure, simply perform a search on Google and
you'll find all the information you need.
Here's my 7 step process
to start a WordPress Blog any time of day or night:
1. Register a domain name.
If you want full control of your blog, registering a domain name and hosting it
on your own server (hosting account) is essential. WordPress does provide a free
option which is ok to play around with but if your serious about your blog, you
want full control. You may decide later down the road, you want to include
Google Adsense ads on your site. Without full control of your site, this can be
a difficult task.
2. Install WordPress on
your domain. When registering with a website hosting provider be sure they
provide something called "Fantastico". Fantastico allows you to easily
install a blog on your domain name in seconds. No need to upload all the files
via FTP to your domain. Simply click a few buttons within your hosting account
Cpanel and you're done.
3. Upload and install a
new theme. WordPress comes with a pre-installed WordPress them that looks pretty
tacky to say the least. First thing you want to do is install a free WordPress
theme. You can find these by performing a search on Google. Another site that
provides free WordPress themes is called WooThemes.
4. Upload and install
plugins. There are a range of plugins you can install to optimize your WordPress
blog. Some of the more popular plugins include 'All in one SEO,' 'XML Sitemaps'
and 'Twitter Tools'. This is where your knowledge of FTP is required as you'll
need to upload the plugins and WordPress theme to your domain via FTP.
5. Edit categories. Next
step is to login to your control panel and select categories, then edit the
category from 'Uncategorized' to something that relates to your blog. Click save
and you've successfully removed the 'Uncategorized' category and added on that
makes sense. You may wish to add more categories now, but you can always to this
later on.
6. Make your first post.
Next it's time to make your first post. That's what blogging is all about so get
cracking.
7. Ping your post. You
want to get your new website/blog indexed in Google as quickly as possible so
you can start moving up the rankings in Google. By pinging your post you are
notifying a range of different search engines or directories that you've just
updated your blog. This makes it easier for Google and the other search engines
to find you and put you in their index.
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