A STEP BY STEP GUIDE ON SETTING UP FREE WORDPRESS BLOG FOR NEWBIES PART 1 BY: NEZEL P. YURONG https://purposiveninja.wordpress.com
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A STEP BY STEP GUIDE ON SETTING UP FREE
WORDPRESS BLOG FOR NEWBIESPART 1
BY: NEZEL P. YURONGhttps://purposiveninja.wordpress.com
WHAT
IS
WORDPRESS?
WORDPRESSIS
A WEBSITECREATION
TOOL
ISWRITTEN IN
PHP(HYPERTEXT PREPROCESSOR)
WORDPRESS
ISTHE MOST POPULAR
BLOGGING ENGINE
WORDPRESS
ISA POWERFUL CMS
(CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
WORDPRESS
SO ARE
YOU READY?
LET US NOW PROCEED TO
https://wordpress.com/
THIS IS THE WORDPRESS SITE
CLICK GET STARTED
IDENTIFY WHAT IS YOUR WEBSITE ABOUT.
FOR EXAMPLE IF IT’S ABOUT WRITING AND BOOKS
CLICK “WRITING AND BOOKS”
YOU ARE THEN GIVEN SPECIFIC NICHES TO CHOOSE FROM.
LET’S SAY YOU CHOOSE NON-FICTION & MEMOIR
CLICK NON-FICTION & MEMOIR
CHOOSE HOW YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR HOMEPAGE TO LOOK LIKE
CLICK A LIST OF MY LATEST POSTS IF IT’S WHAT YOU LIKE
WORDPRESS OFFERS HUNDREDS OF THEMES.
CHOOSE YOUR THEME, YOU MAY CHANGE IT LATER
LET’S CHOOSE BUTTON FOR THIS TUTORIAL
THEN ENTER YOUR DOMAIN NAME – THE NAME YOU WANT FOR YOUR SITE
LET’S TRY THE NAME VOYAGE WRITER
IT IS AVAILABLE
IF YOU WANT IT FOR FREE CLICK SELECT
YOU MAY UPGRADE IT LATER IF YOU WANT
CLICK SELECT FREE PLAN
ENTER THE EMAIL ADDRESS YOU WANT TO USE FOR THIS SITE
ENTER YOUR PASSWORD
CLICK CREATE MY ACCOUNT
FOR THE VERIFICATION PROCESS,
OPEN THE EMAIL ADD YOU USE TO LOG IN TO WORDPRESS FOR CONFRIMATION
CLICK THE EMAIL WORDPRESS SENT YOU
CLICK CONFIRM NOW
THE WORDPRESS LOG-IN PAGE WILL OPEN IN ANOTHER PAGE
ENTER NOW YOUR LOG-IN DETAILS
OR YOU MAY RETURN TO THE VERIFICATION PAGE AND CLICK CONTINUE
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU NOW HAVE YOUR WORDPRESS SITE!
EXPLORING THE WORDPRESS DASHBOARD
THE DASHBOARD IS YOUR
OFFICE.
IT IS HERE WHERE YOU WORK
THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES
MANAGEMENT OF YOUR SITE.
TO GO TO THE DASHBOARD, CLICK “MY SITE”
THIS IS THE LEFT HAND SIDE BAR
THIS MENU PROVIDES LINKS TO ALL OF THE WORDPRESS ADMIN
SCREENS
CLICK HERE TO VIEW YOUR SITE
CLICK HERE TO VIEW YOUR SITE’S STATISTICS
EXPLORING YOUR STATISTICS PAGE
THIS IS YOUR STATISTICS PAGE
HERE YOU’LL SEE YOUR POSTING ACTIVITY
EVERYTIME YOU POST IT WOULD BE MARKED ON THE DATE INDICATED
YOU’LL ALSO SEE THE LATEST POST SUMMARY
THE DAY’S STATS
THE TOTAL POSTS, VIEWS, AND VISITORS
AND YOUR POST’S MOST POPULAR DAY AND HOUR OF VIEWS
YOU WILL SEE THE COMMENTS HERE IF THERE ARE ANY
AND YOUR FOLLOWERS IF THERE ARE ANY
EXPLORING THE PLAN SECTION
THIS IS YOUR PLAN’S SECTION
CLICK HERE TO SEE YOUR PLAN
CLICK HERE TO SEE YOUR DOMAIN
AND CLICK HERE FOR THE GOOGLE APPS
THIS IS THE PUBLISH SECTION
EXPLORING THE PUBLISH SECTION
THE PAGES AND THE POSTS ARE WHAT YOUR VIEWERS SEE ON YOUR SITE
POSTS VS.
PAGES
POSTS
ARE NEWS OR INFORMATIONAL UPDATES ABOUT A CERTAIN TOPIC
POSTS
ARE LISTED IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
POSTS
CAN BE CATEGORIZED, TAGGED OR ARCHIVED
POSTS
MAKE UP THE RSS CONTENT OF YOUR WP BLOG
POSTS
ARE DYNAMIC AND CONSTANTLY CHANGING THE CONTENT THE END USERS SEES
PAGES
ARE FOR STATIC CONTENT OR INFORMATION
PAGES
ARE NOT LISTED IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL
ORDER
PAGES
CAN’T BE TAGGED, CATEGORIZED OR ARCHIVED
PAGES
HAVE A HEIRARCHY
PAGES
DO NOT COMPRISE THE RSS CONTENT OF YOUR SITE
EXPLORING THE BLOG POSTS SECTION
CLICK BLOGPOSTS
THIS PAGE WILL OPEN
HERE YOU SEE THE STATUS OF YOUR POSTS
IT WILL SHOW YOUR LATEST POST
THE DATE YOU LAST POSTED
OR IF YOU WANT TO EDIT YOUR POST, CLICK HERE
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WHOLE POST
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE STATS
IF YOU WANT TO DELETE THE POST, CLICK HERE
WE WILL CREATE A NEW BLOG POST IN THE PART 2 OF THIS TUTORIAL
EXPLORING THE PAGES SECTION
CREATING A WORDPRESS PAGE IS VERY SIMILAR TO CREATING A POST.
CLICK THE PAGES MENU
MOST THEMES HAVE ONLY A HOME PAGE SECTION INCLUDED IN IT
YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY ADD AN ABOUT PAGE OR A CONTACT PAGE INTO IT
BUT THIS THEME ALREADY INCLUDES AN ABOUT PAGE
AND A CONTACT PAGE
VIEWERS READ THE ABOUT PAGE IF THEY WANT TO KNOW WHO THE AUTHOR OF THE
BLOG IS
OR IF THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE BLOG IS ALL ABOUT
SO YOU HAVE TO EDIT THAT ONE
OR ELSE YOUR READERS WILL SEE ONLY THIS
TO EDIT THE ABOUT PAGE, GO BACK TO PAGES MENU
CLICK THESE DOTS
CLICK EDIT
THE ABOUT EDIT PAGE WILL OPEN
DELETE EVERYTHING HERE
THEN TELL THE WORLD A BIT OF YOURSELF
OR SHARE YOUR STORY
OR TELL THEM WHAT THE BLOG IS ALL ABOUT
WHEN YOU’RE DONE CLICK UPDATE
OR YOU MAY PREVIEW IT FIRST BEFORE UPDATING
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE UPDATED PAGE
TO BE CONTINUED IN PART 2
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