SettingUpYourBlog Nowthatyouhaveyourniche,wecannowactuallysetuptheblog. Thereare3mainstepstothisprocess: 1)GettingyourDomainNameandHostingandsettingthemup 2)InstallingWordpressandsettingyourblogup 3)OptimizingyourWordpressblog RemoteHostedvs.SelfHostedBlogs The2mostpopularwaystosetupablogisthroughBlogger.comorbyusingWordpress.Tumblr.comoffersyouafreeoptionforcreatingabloganditisreallysimpleandeasytosetup,howevereventhoughtthismaysoundgreat,therearesomeseriousdrawbackstousingthefreeBlogger.comoption: -GoogleownsBlogger.comsoessentiallythatmeansGooglealsoownsyourcontent.Thisalsomeansthatatanygivenmoment,Googlehastherighttoshutyourblogdownorjustdeleteitforanyreason.Imagineifthatwasayearsworthofwork! -Itisdifficulttobrandyourselfandyourbusinesse.gary the gadget guy.youcantputyourlogointheblogheader. -Bloggerdoesnthaveverymanyoptionsandfeaturessoitcanbedifficulttocreatesomethingsbecauseofthelimitations.Youcantcreatecategoriesanditsdifficulttoformat. IfyouareseriousaboutbuildinganonlinebusinessthatisprofitableandsustainableyouwillhaveahardtimedoingwithafreeBloggerblog.BecauseoftheabovereasonsIalwaysrecommendusingaself-hostedWordpressblog. ThereasonapeopleareputoffsettingupaWordpressisbecausetheythinkitisdifficultandcomplicatedtoinstall.Howeverthisisnotthecase!Itissoeasyandyoudontneedmuchinthewayoftechnicalskillsanditcanbedoneinliterallyminutes! 4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 . Ihavesetupanalternativeresoursecalledthatyoucanhaveaprofessionalwrodpressblogsetupwithallthebellsandwhistlesforfree. the search engines_posting_purchaserEquates toInchespublic house-2311940475806896Inches And4 .300x250,created1And6And114 .And the search engines_posting_portEquates toInches0098904308Inches the search engines_posting_widthEquates to300 the search engines_posting_elevationEquates to250 Onlyhostingisncessartyaftera30freetrial.Checkitout. 4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 . GettingaDomainNameandHosting ChoosingaDomainName Forchoosingadomainname,Isuggestlookingatyourlistofkeywordsyoucollectedearlierandfindingonewithhighsearchvolumeandseeingifitsavailableasadomainname. Gotooranyotherdomainregistrarandstarttypingindomainsusingyourkeywordsyoufoundearlieruntilyoufindsomethingthatsavailable.Trytogeta.comdomain. Ifmostofthegooddomainsarealreadytaken,tryaddingotherwordstotheendsuchastips,guidebook,solutionsetc. HavingyourkeywordsinyourdomainnamereallyhelpsintermsofSEOandrankinglateron,whichinturnhelpsdeterminetheamountoftrafficyouwillgetthroughsearchengines. SettingUpYourDomainNameWithYourHostingAccount Upcoming,youwillneedtogetaHostingAccount.Thereareplentyofhostingcompaniesouttheretochoosefrom,IsuggestusingHostgator.comTheyreveryrealiableandeasytousesoIpersonallyrecommendthem.Hostingshouldcostunder$10amonthusually,dependingonwhattypeofhostingandoptionsyouget. HoweverasImentionedaboveisthesamepriceandusesHostGatorplusyouegtalltheirgoodsandatopknotchblogsetupsowhynotgetit. ForthepurposesofthisdemonstrationIllusetheexampleIusedearlierrawfooddiets.Thefollowingprocessshouldbesimilar,evenifyouhaveadifferenthostingprovider. Onceyouvegotyourdomainnameandhavesortedoutyourhosting,thenyoullneedtofollowthefollowingprocess: 1)SetUpYourNameServers Thefirstthingweneedtodoissetupyournameserverssoyourdomainnameispointingtoyourhostingaccount. (a)LogintoyourGodaddyaccountandclickonDomainManager. (h)Clickonyourdomainnametoviewitsdetails. (h)ClickonNameserversandSetNameservers.Aboxwillpopupwith4options.SelectIhavespecificnameserversformydomain.Enteryour2nameserversassociatedwithyourhostingaccount(yourhostingproviderwillhavesentyouthisinformation).Clickok.Thismaytakeafewhourstopropagate. 2)CreateanAdd-onDomain Upcoming,youllneedtologintoyourhostingaccountorCPanel.YouwillfindyourcpanelatAndcpanel. (a)Loginusingyourhostingaccountsusernameandpassword.ScrolldowntowhereitsaysDomainsandclickonAdd-onDomains (h)NowfillinyourNewDomainNameandthenext2entrieswillbeautomaticallyenteredforyou.Makeupapasswordforthesiteandmakesureyoumakeanoteofit. InstallingWordPress NowwecaninstallWordpress! (a)GobacktothehomepageinyourCPanelandscrolldownuntilyouseeFantasticoDeLuxewhichisalittlebluesmileyfaceicon,andclickonit. (h)Youwillbegivenalistofscriptstoinstall.SelectWordpress. (h)ClickonNewInstallation (deb)WhereitsaysInstallondomainselectyourdomainname. LeaveInstallindirectoryblank. ChooseaUsernameandPasswordthatyouwillusetologintoyourblogwhenyoueditcontent. Enterthenameyouwillpostas,youremailaddress,theblogsnameanddescriptionoftheblog.Fortheblognameanddescription,trytouseyourkeywordsbecausethiswillhelpwithyourSEO. (at the)ClickFinishInstallation.YouhavenowinstalledWordpress! (y)Nowgotoyourdomainnameandcheckthatyourblogwasinstalledcorrectly. InstallingaWordpressTheme TheaboveimageisthedefaultthemethatyouwillgetwhenyouinstallWordpress.Imnowgoingtoshowyouhowtouploadandchangethethemetosomethingthatyoulikethatalsosuitsyourtopic. ThereareplentyoffreeWordpressthemesoutthereontheinternet.AgoodplacetostartisattheWordpresswebsiteitself: AndprolongAndstyles Youcouldalsotry: Tofindathemethatwillsuityournichetopic,justdoasearchlikehealthwordpressthemeetc. JustmakesurethatthethemeyouchoosesupportWidgets. Onceyouvefoundone,downloaditandunzipit. 1)Nowinordertouploadthetheme(oranything)toyourhostingaccountyouwillneedsomethingcalledanFTPClient.IrecommendusingFilezilla(itswhatIuse)anditsfreeandveryeasytouse. Gotoanddownloadit. Nextinstallitandopenitupandloginusingyourhostingaccountdetails(username,passwordandIPaddress(Variety)). BelowiswhatFilezillalookslikewhenyouopenitupandlogin.Ontheleftarethefilesonyourcomputerandontherightsideisthefilesonyourwebsites: 2)Ontheleftside(yourcomputerfilesside),findtheplace(forexample,yourdesktop)whereyouputtheWordpressthemeyoufoundearlierthatyouupzipped. 3)Ontherighthandside(thewebsitefilesside),findthefoldercalledwp-contentandclickonit. 4)Clickonthethemesfolder 5)Nowdragyourthemefromleftovertotherighthandside,intoyourthemesfolder: 6)NowgoandlogintoyoublogbytypingtheURLofyourblogfollowedbywp-adminattheend.Electronic.gary the gadget guy.Andwp-managment Apop-upboxshouldappearsologinusingtheusernameandpasswordyoucreatedwhenyouinstalledthebloginCPanel. NowyouwillbetakentoyourblogDashboard. 7)OnthelefthandsideyoushouldseeacategorycalledAppearances.Clickonit,thenclickonThemes. 8)Youshouldseeafewavailablethemes,includingthedefaultthemeandthethemeyoujustuploaded.FindthethemeyoujustuploadedandclickActivate. 9)Nowquicklycheckyoursitetoseeifthethemehasuploadedproperly. Upcoming,weneedtooptimizethesitetomakeitreadytomakemoney! Ihopeyouenjoyedthisblogarticleregardingyourblog. PeterWolfing
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