How to create a DIY wordpress blog? In this tutorial I will explain in a simple and detailed way how to open your blog from scratch.
If what you wanted to know was how to create a WordPress blog you have landed on the right page. In this guide you will find all the instructions you need to open a blog and start earning.
How to start a blog from scratch: 3 things you need to start a blog
- An internet domain (The domain is nothing more than the name of your site)
- A hosting plan (Hosting is nothing more than the house that will host your business)
- WordPress ( WordPress is a CMS (Content Management System), that is, it allows you to manage a blog (or website) very easily, without having to know anything about HTML programming of web pages)
Creating a website has never been easier thanks to WordPress and Siteground hosting. Just buy a domain and a hosting plan to start creating your website with a more than professional look.
Starting a blog was for me one of the best choices I could make. I am able to work from home, I can travel whenever I want, I have a flexible schedule and more.
I still can’t believe how much my life has improved in the last few years and I would never be able to live without blogging or helping people make the same path as me.
As I told you to open a blog / site you need a hosting, for this reason I will tell you about Siteground. Siteground is officially the best WordPress hosting ever for 2019 as well .
Let’s get busy, okay?
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STEP 1: Buy the Domain and the Hosting Space
The Siteground plan we will talk about in this guide, which I highly recommend you buy if you want to get good results with your site is the Grow Big plan.
Click buy on the Grow Big plan.
After clicking on buy, fill in the part register a new domain.
Type the name you want to give to your site, if the name is available click on proceed. Now fill out the registration form with all your registration information and proceed to pay for your Siteground hosting plan.
After a few minutes you will receive about three emails, the most important one should be the last one, because it contains the confirmation of your order, the link to the Siteground control panel and the login data. Click on the link, connect to the control panel and enter your email and password.
STEP 2: Install Italian WordPress from cPanel.
Once logged into the Siteground.it control panel you will need to click on the ‘ My account ‘ tab and then on the ‘ cPanel ‘ button :
We are now inside the Siteground cPanel where we can finally install WordPress and create our first website.
To install WordPress from the cPanel control panel, you will need to look for the WordPress icon:
Click on ” WordPress Installer” to display the page where you will enter the first settings to install WordPress:
You can leave ‘ Choose Protocol’ and ‘ Choose Domain’ as they are (make sure the selected domain is the one where you want to install WordPress).
Also the ‘ In Directory’ , ‘Database Name’ and ‘ Table Prefix’ fields I recommend that you leave them as they are, as long as you don’t know what you are doing.
If you want to enter your site name and a short description now, you can do so in the ‘ Site Name’ and ‘ Site Description’ fields . Of course, if you prefer, you can change all of these options later .
Now choose the Admin Username (the username of the site administrator) and the password to log in to the WordPress control panel.
These credentials will be useful for you to access the WordPress Dashboard (control panel) where you can write your articles, create pages, change WordPress options, change WordPress themes and more that we will see later.
A very important thing is to choose the language of WordPress , then select Italian to install WordPress in Italian :
Click now on “Install” to install WordPress. You have started the installation of Worpress in this way!
After a few minutes your WordPress site in Italian will be ready to be used.
Installing WordPress was quick and easy , don’t you think?
The screenshot here shows you what you will see after the installation is complete, with the URL of your site and the URL to access the WordPress control panel . I recommend you write it down somewhere or paste it into the navigation bar and save it as a favorite for easy access (you will use this URL every time to log into WordPress and write your articles).
Ok, the WordPress installation is complete. ?
The important thing now is to have the URL, username and password to log into the WordPress backend.
Then go to: http://yourdomain.com / wp-admin / and enter your WordPress username and password .
You will now see the WordPress Control Panel Welcome Screen. Here, you can write your articles, insert images , manage pages , manage visitor comments , install and modify themes , add or modify Widgets and set all WordPress settings .
I end this guide here , I hope I have helped you in your intent. Surely in the future I will discuss every single aspect in more detail, in the meantime you can subscribe to the Newsletter to receive always new content on how to earn, save and invest.
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