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    • Creating a WordPress website tutorial for beginners

    Sunday, April 6th, 2008

    This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series WordPress for BeginnersI am going to create a small series on how to set up your own WordPress blog. I am going to show you the way I do it - and you can customize the process for your liking. The posts will go up [...]

    You Need a Domain Name!

    Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

    This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series WordPress for BeginnersNow that you have thought of your website’s purpose *see post –>decide on the purpose of our new site* The next step is to register a domain name for your website. You have two main options.
    1. Register your domain name yourself
    2. Have your [...]

    How to get a hosting account for your WordPress

    Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

    This entry is part 3 of 6 in the series WordPress for BeginnersThis “how to” is meant to be used as a starting point. Once you know what has to be done, you can do more research and ask the right questions as you go.
    In the last part of this series we purchased our domain [...]

    Pre-Install WordPress - getting your files ready

    Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

    This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series WordPress for BeginnersWith your domain name and hosting ready we can hit the next step. Pre-Installation. This step lays the groundwork for our blog to operate.
    Are you ready?
    Here we go.
    1. Head over to http://www.WordPress.org and download the WordPress package.
    2. Unpack (unzip) the package into a [...]

    Creating a database for your wordpress blog

    Friday, April 11th, 2008

    This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series WordPress for BeginnersIn this step we are going to create a database for our wordpress blog. Your hosting may be different then mine, but the resources should have similar names.
    Here are the steps involved.
    1. Log into your hosting control panel administration area.
    2. Find your [...]

    Installing A WordPress Blog

    Friday, April 11th, 2008

    This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series WordPress for BeginnersIn previous parts of this series we have downloaded, unpacked, uploaded the WordPress files to our server or hosting account and set up our databases and database user permissions.
    Now we are ready to install the software to make our WordPress work.
    1. Enter your [...]