5 Minute WordPress Blog Setup For The Newbie
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You CAN have your Wordpress blog installed and set up in five minutes or less - Guaranteed! Many people don’t want to work with WordPress, because they are afraid it will be too complex and technical to install and work with. That’s just not true! It’s actually a LOT easier than you think! In fact, you can have WordPress installed, set up, and ready to go in just 5 minutes or less!
5 Minute WordPress Blog Setup For The Newbie
- 1. ??5 Minute Word Press Blog Setup? Brought To You By www.learnhomebusiness.com Page 1
- 4. Introduction? Many?people?don’t?want?to?work?with?WordPress,?because?they?are?afraid? it?will?be?too?complex?and?technical?to?install?and?work?with.?That’s?just? not?true!?It’s?actually?a?LOT?easier?than?you?think!? In?fact,?you?can?have?WordPress?installed,?set?up,?and?ready?to?go?in?just?5? minutes? or? less!? Even? after? installing? plugins,? themes,? and? everything,? you?may?even?have?a?minute?or?two?left!? In?this?report,?you’re?going?to?learn?how?to?install?WordPress?very?quickly.? You?will?also?learn?how?to?install?themes,?configure?important?options,?and? much?more.? Don’t?feel?like?you?have?to?be?a?tech?whiz?to?do?this.?Believe?me,?if?you?can? browse? the? Internet? and? send? email,? you? can? learn? how? to? do? this.? It’s? really?not?a?big?deal,?and?you?have?nothing?to?fear!? So?let’s?get?started.? Brought To You By www.learnhomebusiness.com Page 4
- 5. Installing?WordPress?with?cPanel?&?Fantastico? The?fastest?way?to?install?WordPress?is?to?use?Fantastico?(Will?come?to?it? in?a?moment)?that?is?included?with? some? installations? of? cPanel.? Not? all? hosting? companies? have? this?plugin?for?cPanel?which?makes?life?so?much? easier,? so? you? should? check? to? see? if? it? is? available? with? your? current? hosting?company.? If?not,?you?might?sign?up?for?another?hosting?company?just?to?host?your? WordPress? blogs.? Many? people? use? http://www.hostgator.com/? for? this.? You? can? get? your? first? month? of? their? Snappy? 500? plan? (less? than? $12? per?month).? cPanel??Fantastico??What?? When?you?sign?up?for?hosting,?your?hosting?company?will?give?you?a?URL?to? go?to?so?you?can?manage?your?site.?This?is?called?a?control?panel,?and?one? particular?brand?of?this?is?called?cPanel.?If?you?didn’t?have?a?control?panel? you?would?have?to?do?it?all?from?something?that?looks?like?this:? Brought To You By www.learnhomebusiness.com Page 5
- 6. Brought To You By www.learnhomebusiness.com Page 6 Personally,?I’d?rather?have?a?web?interface?than?to?try?to?figure?out?how?to? do? it? through? a? command? line? interface.? While? it? is? indeed? possible,? it? wouldn’t?make?for?a?very?good?5?minute?blog?setup.? Fantastico? is?a? plugin? for? cPanel? that? will? help? you? install,? uninstall,? and? manage? software? that? you? could? otherwise? install? on? your? own? or? manually.? If? you? use? Fantastico,? it? will? take? the?entire? headache? out? of? installing? everything?by?yourself.?It?only?asks?you?the?information?that?you?need?to? supply?immediately?and?then?it?will?perform?its?magic?leaving?you?with?a? very?configurable?WordPress?installation.? Installing?it?Manually? So?you?want?to?install?it?manually?instead?of?letting?the?server?do?it?all?for? you,?this?is?certainly?your?prerogative.?Instead?of? detailing?the?complete? setup?process?for?a?manual?installation?in?this?report,?you?will?find?it?on? WordPress.org:? http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress?
- 7. Brought To You By www.learnhomebusiness.com Page 7 The?instructions?on?the?page?are?thoroughly?detailed,?but?be?careful:?they? are?not?for?the?average?user.?This?is?for?someone?who?wants?to?have?full? control?over?the?entire?process.? Using?Fantastico? When?you?log?into?cPanel,?you’ll?notice?you?have?two?columns?of?boxes.? The?left?column?is?informational,?and?the?right?column?(the?column?that?is? larger?in?width)?is?sets?of?programs?for?you?to?access.? Currently,?in?the?Snappy?500?plan,?you’ll?have?these?sets?on?the?right:? ? Special?Offers? ? HostGator?Links? ? Preferences? ? Mail? ? Search?Engine?Optimization?(SEO)?Tools? ? Files? ? Logs? ? Security? ? Domains? ? Databases? ? Software/Services? ? Advanced?
- 8. The? box? that? you? will? want? on? the? right? is? the? one‐labeled? “Software/Services”.? Inside? this? box? near? the? end,? you? will? find? the? Fantastico?De?Luxe?icon?with?a?bunch?of?other?icons:? Click?this?icon,?which?will?bring?you?to?the?Fantastico?page?on?your?server.? Then?from?here,?you’ll?want?to?click?“WordPress”?in?the?menu?on?the?left,? underneath?the?“Blogs”?category.? In?the?main?window,?you?will?see?“New?Installation”.?Click?that?link.? Brought To You By www.learnhomebusiness.com Page 8
- 9. Now?you?will?see?the?first?WordPress?setup?page.?You?will?see?the?details? for? your? blog? setup.? Use? the? pull? down? menu? at? the? top? to? choose? the? domain?you?wish?to?install?WordPress?on.? Fill?out?everything?as?shown?in?the?screenshot:? After? you? click? “Install? WordPress”? it? will? ask? for? confirmation? and? then? install?it.?After?the?installation?is?completed,?you?will?have?the?option?to? send?the?installation?details?to?one?of?your?email?addresses.? Brought To You By www.learnhomebusiness.com Page 9
- 10. Basic?Setup? After?you?have?installed?your?blog,?you?need?to?configure?it.?You?will?want? to?go?to:? http://www.yourdomain.com/wp‐admin? And? this? will? get? you? to? the? WordPress? admin? page? for? your? blog,? otherwise? known? as? the? Dashboard.? This? is? also? set? up? with? multiple? columns;?the?left‐most?column?on?this?page?is?the?main?menu:? ? Dashboard? ? Posts? ? Media? ? Links? ? Pages? ? Comments? ? Appearance? ? Plugins? ? Users? ? Tools? ? Settings? Brought?To?You?By www.learnhomebusiness.com Page 10
- 11. Brought To You By www.learnhomebusiness.com Page 11 You’ll? want? to? click? “Settings”? and? make? sure? all? of? the? information? is? correct.? Permalinks? Permalinks? are? the? way? the? URLs? are? configured? for? your? blog.? It? is? important? to? change? this,? as? the? default? permalinks? setting? is? not? very? search? engine? friendly.? This? means?you? could? have? trouble? ranking?well? in?the?search?engines?if?you?leave?the?default?setting.? To?change?your?permalinks?setting,?click?“Permalinks”?under?the?“Settings”? section.?It?should?be?set?to?“Default”?on?a?new?installation,?which?would? make?your?permalinks?look?like?this:? http://www.yourdomain.com/?p=123? Locate? the? “Custom? Structure”? area.? Click? the? circle? beside? “Custom? Structure”? to? enable? custom? permalinks,? and? enter? the? following? in? the? box?to?the?right:? %category%/%postname%?
- 12. It?should?look?like?this:? This?will?make?your?URLs?more?search?engine?friendly,?looking?like?this:? http://www.yourdomain.com/category/post‐name‐here? Theme?Installation? Click? “Appearance”? in? your? WordPress’s? Dashboard? and? the? first? option? you’ll?be?given?is?to?manage?your?themes:? Click?the?“Install?Themes”?tab?found?at?the?top?of?the?page?and?you?can? then? search? for? themes? that? you? want? to? install.? For? example,? if? you? searched?for?“black”,?you?would?find?all?of?the?themes?that?had?“black”?as? a?keyword.?? You?can?find?some?excellent?commercial?themes?here?at?a?low?cost. Brought To You By www.learnhomebusiness.com Page 12
- 13. The? themes? will? be? presented? in? a? gallery? format,? each? with? two? links? under?a?screenshot?and?the?theme?name:?Install?and?Preview.? If? you? click? “Install”,? a? popup? will? appear? and? have? the? “Install? Now”? button?on?the?bottom?right?of?the?popup.?After?clicking?“Install?Now”,?it? will?give?you?three?choices;?you?can?choose?to?preview?the?theme,?activate? it,?or?return?to?the?theme?installer:? Plugin?Installation? Plugins?install?just?like?themes;?instead?of?clicking?appearance,?you?would? click? “Plugins”? also? found? on? the? main? menu? of? your? dashboard.? After? clicking?“Plugins”,?it?will?expand?and?the?link? to?add?new?plugins?will?be? there.? The?right?side?of?the?page?will?have?a?list?of?plugins?already?installed?where? you?can?activate?or?deactivate?them.?Just?because?you?install?a?plugin,?it? doesn’t?mean?it’s?already?activated.? You?are?also?not?limited?to?the?“plugins”?that?you?see?listed.? Brought To You By www.learnhomebusiness.com Page 13
- 14. One?of?the?reasons?WordPress?is?so?incredibly?popular?is?because?of?the? extremely? advanced? professional??“plugins”?made? available? all??over??the? web? by? crack? developers? looking? to? make? a? name? for? themselves,? as? solution?solvers?or?selling?specialized?plugins?for?a?living.? For?instance,? ? Here?is?a?list?of?128?plugins?that?will?make?your?wordpress?blog?will?fire?up? and?perform?better?than?other?blogs?out?there.? ? Making?Posts?and?Pages? Making?a?post?in?WordPress?is?really?easy?and?you?can?get?started? right?away.? Brought To You By www.learnhomebusiness.com Page 14
- 15. When?you?click?on?the?“Posts”?link?from?the?main?menu,?you?can?select? “Add?New”?and?you’ll?see?the?view?above.?If?you’ve?used?many?text?editors? before?on?websites?then?you?pretty?much?know?what?you’re?looking?at?on? this?page.? When?you’re?done?putting?in?a?title?and?the?text?for?your?post,?you?can? select?“Publish”?and?your?post?will?be?immediately?viewable?by?all?who?are? visiting?your?site.? ? Important?Notes? ? You?can?also?add?categories?“on?the?fly”?by?clicking?the?link?“Add? New?Category”.? ? You?can?assign?as?many?categories?as?you?want?to?the?post.? ? Instead?of?publishing?immediately,?you?can?schedule?your?post?by? clicking? the? “Edit”? link? after? “Publish? Immediately”.? Brought To You By www.learnhomebusiness.com Page 15 ? You?can?set?the?visibility?of?your?posts?to?who?you?want?to?see?it,? i.e.,?public,?password?protected,?and?private.?