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Step by Step tutorial on setting up your first blog

January 13, 2008

Step by Step tutorial on setting up your own blog – Part 1

One of the first things I noticed in setting up a blog was the vast information available on this topic. There was quantity but not necessarily quality, alot of the topics and instructions were from years ago and not as relevant as they should be in todays climate.

In the following guide I will attempt to step you through a process of getting your blog up and running with a minimum of fuss and technical know how, this will be covered in parts by the following sections

  • Registering a domain name or web site name
  • Finding a suitable hosting company
  • Installing a blog platform – I personally use wordpress
  • Creating a theme for your Blog
  • Writing your first post.


**None of the links below are associated with affiliate marketing – I have only chosen these sites because of the ease of use that I have experiencedwith them over the past 5 years**

Part 1

Before you can jump on to the net and start blogging you must register a name for your new website. This is commonly referred to as a domain name or web name. Prices vary for this due to the fact that you can register for different periods of time. Because this is your first blog let’s register for only 1 year. This will keep your costs down and you may want to extend the registration once you have become comfortable with your own site.

I have always registered my domain names at http://www.godaddy.com , the price will vary from $6.95 to $8.95 depending on what specials may be running.

Once you have registered your name you will also be given the opportunity of having www.godaddy.com host your site, this is a very easy process of having your first wordpress site up and running with the minimum of fuss.

If you decide to host your site elsewhere you will receive an email from your new hosting company that will have all the relevant details that will enable you to setup your new site.

One very important item is if you have your name registered at www.godaddy.com you must change the nameservers to point to your new hosting company. The name server information would have arrived from the company that you are hosting your site on.

Log in to godaddy and follow the procedures of changing your nameservers.

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