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A STEP BY STEP GUIDE ON
SETTING UP FREE
WORDPRESS BLOG FOR
NEWBIES
PART 1
BY: NEZEL P.YURONG
https://purposiveninja.wordpress.com
WHAT
IS
WORDPRESS?
WORDPRESS
IS
A WEBSITE
CREATION
TOOL
IS
WRITTEN IN
PHP(HYPERTEXT
PREPROCESSOR)
WORDPRESS
IS
THE MOST POPULAR
BLOGGING ENGINE
WORDPRESS
IS
A 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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