Starting your own blog based on WordPress is NO. BIG. DEAL. Don’t hesitate because you don’t know anything about WordPress, installation, web hosts, themes or functions. You’ll learn it all very quickly!
First of all, your self-hosted WordPress blog is your own blog. There is never a need to worry about being controlled by or working for third parties. Platforms like Blogger or wordpress.com are OK when you first start out. But once you want to make real money with your content and keep control and copyrights, a self-hosted blog is the only way to go.
So here’s how to get started:
- Find a webhost. Websites like hostingselector.com help you finding the best WordPress Web Hosting.
- Download the latest edition of WordPress – directly from WordPress.
- Upload the files as described here to your Webhost – using FTP via a desktop program like Filezilla (free). Sounds a bit nerdy, but it’s not. Anyone can do this. FTP simply gets your files up on your server. It’s pretty much like the file manager of your PC allowing you to drag and drop files from your PC to your web server.
- Create a Mysql-Database in the backend of your Webhosting Account. Follow the installation guide and your own self-hosted WordPress should be online within minutes. You can even import any existing blog from Blogger, WordPress.com and other non-self-hosted platforms.
- Get a nice theme – of course I recommend using one of TheBuckmaker.com – and custom functions from the plugin repository. Any questions you might have will be answered in the WordPress Codex or the Support Forums.
Is that difficult or complicated? The process may be a little daunting the first time you try it, but give it a shot. By the time you get to your second and third blogs, setup will be a breeze!
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Thank you so much for posting this. This is a good way to start my blogs.
Thanks for the great ideas. This will help me get started up the right way – Thanks!
thanks for the great ideas.
I recommend wordpress to all of my clients when starting a blog. It is THE way to go.
nice information. i’ll try it
thanks for the ideas
I’m a writer and I have my own blog using word press. Thank you for posting this.
Installing WordPress is quite simple, especially with Fantastico script from Cpanel. Hostgator has it.
Thanks for the advice. The only thing that bugs me is having to buy the CSS Editor – may aswell just self host I suppose
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Hi, an open source tool like notepad++ will do the job, and CSS isn’t that hard to learn.
thanks for the great ideas.
Personally I think hostgator works best for host and go through godaddy for your domain name. Thank you for this helpful article.
Wonderful post!
Installing WordPress is quite simple, especially with Fantastico script from Cpanel. Hostgator has it.
Lots and lots of great stuff for me as a newbie here. Thank you
I’m a writer and I have my own blog using word press. Thank you for posting this.
Wonderful post!
Thanks for the advice.
Nice post!
Thanks for the advice.
Hey thanks for the informative article although I am little bit late hehe. I used to be on Blogger but went self host to WordPress over one year ago and have never looked back since!
Thanks for the info. I’m working with real estate agents to get their blogs set up.
Darrell Walters, Integrity Mortgage Funding, Newnan mortgage
Thank you so much for this great info..and best free themes..