How to set up a blog on my web site

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First Step - Sort your hosting

The easiest blogging tool to set up on your web site is WordPress. There are other methods that you can use, but this one is free and my preferred tool. So, before you even try to install it, you need to check your website hosting. You will need PHP enabled and access to a MySQL database.

What if for some reason you cannot add PHP to your existing web site, such as if you have an ASP website? Well, maybe your hosts can permit you to set up a subdomain of your site (e.g. blog.yourdomain.com) that you can use and give this the necessary PHP.

Second Step - Install WordPress

There are 2 ways of doing this:

1) Go to WordPress.org, download the newest version of the blogging program to your computer, unzip the files then using an FTP tool, upload the files to a directory on your web site - for instance either weblog.yourdomain.com or yourdomain.com/website.

You will need to look at the config file before uploading it to your website. There is lots of information within this file itself, but you basically need to modify the database access to those given to you by your host.

2) If you are very blessed, go to your host's control panel and push a button to install WordPress!

Third Step - Activate It

Now, just go to your weblog URL and it will automatically activate the programs and conclude the installation. You are automatically allotted a interim password for the Admin user, use this to sign on to the weblog and then right away, before you do anything else, go to the user maintenance screen and modify the password to one that you can remember.

After this, there are several standard security features and other speedy alterations that you can make to set up WordPress to the best.

You should also look through the collection of available themes and find one that you would like to use for your blog. These themes are the basic style of the blog - the site design. Choosing a nice lookign theme will give it a good look and make it look presentable to traffic when they start to arrive.

You can also have a look through the list of pluggins that are on offer for WordPress. These are small add ins that you can install to your weblog to add additional features and functions, such as a statistics package or a collection of posts that are related to the one currently being read.

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If you want to know more about blogging, call over to our website - www.howtostartmyblog.com. There you will find loads more help, and you can get yourself a free copy of our how to start a site ebook. Written by Keith Lunt

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