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Feb 23, 2009

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How to create a personal Blog in 12 easy steps

How to create a personal Blog in 12 easy steps

1. Go to www.bluehost.com

2. Click sign up (160bucks for 2years or $6.60 a month. Fantastic investment if you ask me!)

3. Enter your desired domain name

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4. Enter in all of your desired information

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5. Must provide two forms of photocopied photo identification. (To make sure you ain’t no terrorist!)

6. Wait 48hours. (Spend this time dreaming of all the possibilities you and your website will have in the future)

7. Waiting is over! Login to Bluehost

8. Scroll down to simple scripts (click it)

snag39. Click on Wordpress

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10. Choose domain name (if you have more than one) and click install wordpress

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11. Go to your website

12. Login at the bottom and start creating content

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To change the layout go to http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/

Done!

Super Easy to set up with the one click install of wordpress!

Additional resources to help with uploading/managing content

Windows Live writer

- You don’t have to install all the software that comes in the pack. I just installed live writer.

Filezilla

- Free easy to use FTP software

Snagit

- Screenshots made easy

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