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