If you prefer to create your blog post in Google Docs, you can use the WordPress. The insert content option in the top left corner lets you add Media from your computer, photos from your Google Photos account, or a Contact Form to your blog post:. And over on the right-hand sidebar is the Post Settings menu for setting the blog posts status, assigning categories and tags, adding your featured image and social sharing buttons.
From the left-hand menu, you can change colors and backgrounds, fonts, menus, widgets, and more. There are also edit icons on the main screen that take you to the relevant customization option; e. WordPress has grown to be the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world, used on millions of sites and seen by tens of millions of people every day. Starting your WordPress. The first thing you need to do is find a suitable web host.
There are hundreds of companies offering web hosting , so look for one that specializes in WordPress hosting. Read our guide on recommended managed WordPress hosting to help you find the perfect host for your particular circumstances. We register our domains with Namecheap because it gives us greater control, added security and redundancy. Read my guide on how to choose a domain for your blog.
Installing WordPress varies from host to host. Most offer one-click installation routines that do everything for you. Need more help? Check out our complete guide to starting a WordPress blog. The dashboard contains many of the same options as WordPress. Because WordPress.
Here are a few essential tasks that you or your hosting partner need to complete:. Note: Starting with version 3. Using the WordPress Customizer — as we saw earlier — you can change colors and backgrounds, fonts, menus, widgets, and more. But there are more ways to customize your site by installing themes and plugins.
Twenty Seventeen, Twenty Sixteen, etc. But like many other bloggers I started off chasing the money. Big mistake! Because to have a profitable blog will take months and even a few years. Blogging is not easy, but I can assure you it will be worth it!
Great and useful post. Maam could I use your thoughts about blogging in my class? Hi Anya. I really like the way you explain how to start a blog on your website firstsiteguide.
In particular, the pictures of the basic blog structure. I wanted to get your permission to use it in my class as I am a teacher, developing a unit on how to start a blog for my grade 6 students.
It would be part of their year 6 English curriculum. Outstanding post. Well done Anya! In fact, over the years I have eventually moved all my domains to Bluehost. Works really well to make your content more understandable to both readers and search engines. And seeing that user experience along with site load speed are major SEO ranking factors? Nice post and I really appreciate your hard work.
Blog commenting is also the best medium to share our views. Nice article you have shared. You can also start your own social media marketing business and start earning from Instagram marketing and Youtube marketing. Glad you can reply to me, I am very happy, your website design is very beautiful, I like it very much! I was so happy to finally have my blog published then decided to take it down.
Wix is easy to use but stay away from them. Thanks for your comment Tess. Let me know if you need any help with WordPress. All the best with your blogging journey!
Thank you so much for this valuable post. This is what I was actually looking for. I will also bookmark this page for future help. Very good blog! Do you have any helpful hints ffor aspiring writers?
Would you recommend starting with a free platform like WordPress or go for a paid option? Any ideas? Thanks a lot! Self-hosted platforms allow you to run a blog using your own domain.
The most popular is WordPress. Thank you for this great article on what blog is and the entire process of blogging. Indeed this helped me a lot as I am a very new person to blogging. The article gave me a clear insight of the blog and it will help me in an online course where I am supposed to participate in a blog discussion. Eventually, I will think of establishing my own blog.
I think this is one of the most significant information for me. I really enjoyed this post. Big fan, thank you! I have been wanting to start a blog. My roadblocks are being afraid of failure as I know I need to constantly create new content, but I guess my question is how often?
I would like a lifestyle blog that I can blog about being a military wife with a job and everything that is going on in my life etc, which can include almost everything. I would also want to create new content that is engaging!
I like the idea of a lifestyle blog — we have a great guide that can lead you through the entire process of starting a lifestyle blog with a few great examples of lifestyle blogs you can find inspiration from! Your first post should be about you — give your future readers a little introduction about yourself, your idea behind the blog, etc and later you can let the story leads you further.
Experiment a bit, write about different things that you find to be valuable for sharing. Your blog is YOUR online space — you have total freedom on doing whatever you wish with it and from all of us here at FirstSiteGuide you have full support!
This was a fantastic blog. A lot of very good information given, I had no idea what a blog was or how to start one. I will definitely use this information in the very near future. I have saved this link and will return in a couple of months, when I need to build my first blog. Thank you for the information. Hi, Thank you for the useful tips on how to start a blog. Blogging is a lot of work but what a great way to record your story and share with others. Thank you for sharing!
Great post, blogging is hard. We run a travel blog and I think the most important thing we tell people is to travel with a purpose, Do not just wander around the world aimlessly. So many travel blogs do not really have a purpose or a niche.
Niche is key and many miss out on that because they want to cover and do it all. Do not just start a blog because you think you will get rich quick and be able to travel the world. It takes a lot of work and lots of time. Fantastic piece, well tailored…. Thank you so much. This article cleared my basic confusions about the blog. It is very helpful in learning basic concepts. This is the best article on the concept of blogging. I am writing on blogging and I wanted insight.
That, I got. The scope of the article is valid. Well done. Will revisit soon. Hello, Bravo! This is a very valuable article. I will now start my blog without any difficulty. Thank you…. I really appreciate it as you made blogging easier. Keep sharing such informative articles.
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It is very informative and interesting to read. Great Post! Iam using Blogspot as my professional platform. I love it, it is simple and easy to use. Plus benefit is Blogspot is owned by Google so basically, u have more chances to rank ur site in google. Thanks for the post mate. Definitely a Good guide for bloggers.
I would recommend this article to beginners and experts in their field. This is something great and perfectly described. These tips and way of explanation will surely help those newbies.
Keep posting such kind of kinds of stuff, Thanks a lot mate! Your list of blogging ideas is practically inexhaustible! Thanks to the people who blog, I found so many amazing people with similar interests like mine.
There were so many situations they helped me get out of the limbo when I was stuck and I try whenever I can to do the same for those who a little push. If you ask me, if there were no blogs — there would be no Internet : ps. That means you can spend months or even years creating SEO content and it can be erased in a second.
Because Blogger owns your blog and all your content, you must follow their rules. Meaning, by even signing up, you are agreeing to their terms. You can use AdSense on your blog, but there are restrictions against services and product sales.
Once again… why get into a situation where your brand is tied down? This can be avoided at the onset. There are endless design and UX possibilities with a WordPress blog. Just ask my wife. That means grey hat link builders will create a free Blogspot blog, throw some content on there, and link to their actual website. I would say that building out web 2.
As soon as we got the Blogspot links removed, the manual actions were revoked. Now I mentioned earlier that moving from Blogspot to a custom domain is a nightmare. When I realized I was headed down a dead-end, I had the daunting task of migrating my Blogspot blog to a custom domain.
Not only is migrating a huge headache, but it will also negatively impact your SEO performance if you had any. But I have one last reason why you should avoid Blogspot and it has nothing to do with marketing, branding, or anything technical. At the end of the day, if you choose to create a free blog, it shows that…. You need to have skin in the game. Nothing puts more fear into people that losing money. How do I know? Because that was me. I was so scared when I transitioned into buying a domain and paying for hosting every month.
I just know from personal experience that when you commit money, it changes your entire mindset. It worked for me. Bite the bullet and commit to buying a custom domain. My blog is readable by i can no longer write or adjust it. Its been over 6 years. I ve stopped enquiring. Same question as Dave. Can i mugrate all content?
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