Learn what to look for in a host for your WordPress blog, and sign up to get started. 31 minutes
Prerequisites: None
You’ll learn:
- What a “web host” is
- What to look for in a web host for your blog
- How to sign up for a web host
- What information to expect from your web host
End result if you follow along: You’ll have an account with a suitable web host, ready for you to install your WordPress blog.
Resources:
How to choose and sign up for a web host for your WordPress blog:
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Once you've purchased hosting, install WordPress quickly and easily using the Fantastico tool in the cPanel control panel. 16 minutes
Prerequisites:
You’ll learn:
- How to log into your web host account
- How to install WordPress using the Fantastico system
End result if you follow along: You’ll have a bare-bones WordPress blog ready to use.
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Now that you have WordPress installed, there are a few changes you'll want to make before you start writing blog posts. This video will show you how to update your blog's title, description, URL, default category, and permalinks. 13 minutes, 48 seconds
Prerequisites:
- A WordPress blog, installed on a web host. If you don’t have this, please go through the previous videos in this series.
- Your WordPress login information.
You’ll learn:
- How to log into your WordPress blog
- How to customize the basic WordPress settings
End result if you follow along: You’ll have a WordPress blog and you’ll be ready to start writing blog posts.
Basic WordPress configuration:
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Writing content is the heart of blogging. Learn about WordPress posts and pages: what they are, how to create them, and how to edit them. 34 minutes, 38 seconds
Prerequisites:
- A WordPress blog, installed on a web host. If you don’t have this, please go through the previous videos in this series.
- Your WordPress login information.
You’ll learn:
- The difference between pages and posts
- How to create blog posts and WordPress Pages
- What the post and page settings do
- How to edit pages and posts
End result if you follow along: You’ll be able to start blogging for real!
Episode 4: Creating posts and pages in WordPress:
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Learn how to change your blog's sidebar and add links to other blogs and websites by exploring WordPress widgets and blogrolls. 22 minutes, 14 seconds
Prerequisites:
You’ll learn:
- What a blogroll is
- How to manage your blogroll
- How to add and edit blogroll links
- How to change between available WordPress themes
- What widgets do
- How to change your sidebar with widgets
End result if you follow along: Your blog will be more personalized with your own links and sidebar choices.
WordPress Basics 202: Blogroll, presentation, and widgets [22:14m]:
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