HOW TO START A BLOG A REALLY SIMPLE BEGINNERS GUIDE ON HOW YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN BLOG IN JUST 20 MINUTES.

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div> <div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid" dir="ltr" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px; margin-top: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 980px;"> <div class="vc_column-inner " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 980px;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 35px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.30435em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">IN ORDER TO START A BLOG YOU WILL<br style="margin-bottom: 0px;" />NEED TO WORK THROUGH THESE 4 SIMPLE STAGES:</span></h3> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Choose a blogging platform</strong></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Pick a Domain Name – </strong><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Start Your Blog – Web Hosting</strong></span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Install WordPress on your hosting account</strong></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Choosing Your WordPress Theme</strong></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">In this tutorial we will be building a blog with WordPress.</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="vc_empty_space" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; height: 60px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="vc_empty_space_inner" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="empty_space_image" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: block; height: 60px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></div> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 35px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #21bbd3; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 40px; font-weight: bold; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">STEP ONE</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="separator small center " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; height: 5px; margin: 30px auto 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 150px;"> </div> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 35px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Choose Your Blogging Platform</strong></div> </div> </div> <div class="vc_empty_space" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; height: 60px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="vc_empty_space_inner" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="empty_space_image" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: block; height: 60px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></div> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 35px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">A blogging platform is the software used to manage your blog. It allows you to create blog pages, add content, images, video and everything else that you would need to do when updating your blog. Another name for a blogging platform is a CMS ( Content Management System).</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">There are lots of different open source platforms which most web hosting companies will support when you are creating your blog. The main blogging platforms are:</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <ul style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; list-style-position: inside; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">WordPress –</strong> is the most popular and customizable content management system (CMS) in the world</span></li> <li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ghost –</strong> is a new blogging platform that is creating a lot of noise in the blogosphere</span></li> <li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Drupal –</strong> is quite popular but is difficult for novices</span></li> <li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Joomla –</strong> another fairly popular CMS but there is a very steep learning curve</span></li> <li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Blogger –</strong> a free blogging solution from Google</span></li> </ul> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> </div> </div> <div class="vc_empty_space" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; height: 100px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="vc_empty_space_inner" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="empty_space_image" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: block; height: 100px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid" dir="ltr" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px; margin-top: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 980px;"> <div class="vc_column-inner " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 980px;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 35px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.30435em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: capitalize; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Why I Recommend WordPress For Starting A Blog</span></h3> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Well to begin with my website makeawebsitehub.com is built on WordPress, and over 25% of all websites and blogs on the internet use WordPress.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Over the past few years I have worked with all of the well known <a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/choose-right-blogging-platform/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="What’s the Best Blogging Platform to Start a Blog?">blogging platforms</a> but always recommend WordPress to blogging novices due to the great community support and ease of use.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s INSANELY simple to set up.</strong><br />You will see just how easy later in this <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How To Start A Blog guide</strong>. To give you some idea to how simple it is, my 9 year old daughter set up her own blog with ZERO help from her expert dad (that’s me by the way).</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">So easy to use.</strong>Managing your blog, adding content, adding images, amending content and much much more can be done with absolute ease in WordPress. The platform has an extremely intuitive interface so adding new pages, blog posts, etc. can be done very quickly. Out of the box WordPress ticks most of the boxes you will need for your new blog and if it doesn’t there is probably a plugin out there for you.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Blogging is at the heart of WordPress.</strong>WordPress was designed and built for bloggers as a blogging platform so all the blogging capabilities and functionality are already built-in and waiting for you.  If you want to set up an email subscriptions to your blog, then this can be added via a plugin in just seconds. That’s the great thing about WordPress, you can literally set your blog up and publish your first blog in a matter of minutes.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Total control.</strong>With WordPress, you have total control over your site. There’s no waiting for a web designer or developer to amend your content. You can just login to your dashboard and make changes yourself.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">WordPress is secure.</strong>As long as you keep your WordPress platform and plugins updated with the latest versions, and you adhere to secure password best practices, then WordPress is a damn secure place to have your site.  WordPress update their software all the time to make sure that it continues to be secure and keeping hackers at arms length.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Excellent support & vibrant community</strong>The WordPress community is vast, vibrant and always will to help out. Check out their <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">support forums</a> to see just how good it is.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.30435em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: capitalize; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Why You SHOULD NOT Start A Blog On A Free Platform</span></h3> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Plainly and simply I will never recommend someone who wants to start a blog to use a free platform such as Blogger. While there is zero barrier to entry and no up front financial cost to you, there are lots of concerns which could cost you more in the long run. If you can, then you should always self-host your blog.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When something is free, YOU are the product</strong>Because of this fact a platform such as Blogger or WordPress.com can shut you down at any point, with no warning and no way to recover your content. A minor indiscretion such as using an image without the right consent can have your site deleted and no way to challenge it.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">No Customization</strong>Usage of ALL the free plugins and features are very limited. And if you want to customize your free theme to make it stand out from the crowd, then just forget it. You can’t do this on WordPress.com (free version of WordPress)</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It looks unprofessional</strong>Many of the free blogging platforms do not let you have a custom domain which gives across an unprofessional appearance to potential customers and subscribers. You are also very limited with the level of customisation you can do to your blog so your site looks just like everyone else’s.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s hard to make money from your blog when you don’t own the domain or hosting.</strong>Most free blogging platforms will not allow you to place any adds or affiliate links on your site. So how can you make any money from the traffic that you have being working hard to build? Answer: No chance.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Many Limitations</strong>The free blogging platforms give you very little in terms of web space. You might get 5GB if you’re lucky. For today’s websites this is just not enough when you consider uploading images and videos to your blog posts.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">So what should you gather from this guide so far?</strong><br />Simple. Don’t go for creating a free blog, because it will restrict you at every stage.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px;" />If you think that starting your blog on a free platform now and moving to a paid solution later on is the best way forward, then think again! Migrating your free blog from a free blogging platform to a better paid option can be very difficult and time consuming.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What you should do when starting a blog</strong></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">The best way forward is to build your blog on a platform like WordPress.org where you will own your website and content 100% because you are self-hosted and you have your own professional / personal domain name.  You won’t have any limitations and you’re free to monetize your website, which is vital if you’re wanting to <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/make-money-online-at-home/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">make money online</a></strong> from your blog.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Paying for web hosting for your blog is not very expensive and can cost as little as around $5 per month for very simple hosting packages. Having a reliable web host will mean that your site is backed up regularly and you have rights to recover your website for any reason.</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="vc_empty_space" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; height: 50px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="vc_empty_space_inner" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="empty_space_image" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></div> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 35px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> </div> </div> <div class="vc_empty_space" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; height: 60px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="vc_empty_space_inner" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="empty_space_image" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: block; height: 60px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid" dir="ltr" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px; margin-top: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 980px;"> <div class="vc_column-inner " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 980px;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 35px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #21bbd3; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 40px; font-weight: bold; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">STEP TWO</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="separator small center " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; height: 5px; margin: 30px auto 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 150px;"> </div> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 35px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.30435em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: capitalize; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Picking A Domain Name For Your Blog & Setting Up Your Web Hosting</strong></h3> </div> </div> <div class="vc_empty_space" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; height: 60px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="vc_empty_space_inner" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="empty_space_image" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: block; height: 60px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></div> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 35px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">In order to set up a blog you will need a domain name and web hosting. If you are new to starting a blog then I recommend that you register your domain & hosting with the same company to keep things simple.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Domain Name:</strong> This is your website address i.e. the domain name for this website is <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">makeawebsitehub.com</strong>. Try to choose something short and catchy for your blog that will be easily remembered. I recommend that you stick to .com domain names if at all possible as many of the new domain names aren’t as easy to recognize.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Web Hosting: </strong>This is where your blog is stored online. There are lots of different hosting companies out there which offer different types of hosting for a variety of different types of websites. The WordPress platform is free of charge but you will have to pay around $3-4 per month for your Web Hosting and Domain registration fees.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.30435em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: capitalize; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">The Best Place To Buy Your Blog’s Domain And Hosting.</span></h3> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">I personally use and can highly recommend using <a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/go/bluehost" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">BlueHost.com</strong></a><a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/go/bluehost" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"> </a>to start a blog because of their simple installation process, great customer service & reliability. They’re also recommended by WordPress.org as a top host since 2005.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Affiliate disclaimer: I recommend Bluehost because I use them on a lot of websites that I own or have built for clients. I also truly believe they offer a superior service to other hosting companies. All Bluehost links on this page are affiliate links which means that I will get commission if you buy hosting with Bluehost via one of my links. This helps me to run makeawebsitehub.com and keep all the guides on this site free to use and share.</em></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/go/bluehost" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-3753 size-full" height="370" src="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/wordpress-blog-hosting-e1505994532591.png" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="600" /></a></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Over the years, I’ve tried dozens of different <a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/reviews/wordpress-hosting/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">WordPress Hosting providers</a>, so I suppose you can call me an “expert” at choosing the <del datetime="2017-03-08T21:31:02+00:00" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">worst</del> best hosting for my blogs. If you want to learn more about what is on offer then read my <a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/reviews/hosting/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">web hosting reviews</a>.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Once you have decided on which web hosting company to work with you will need to install WordPress on your account. I have created a guide on <a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/how-to-install-wordpress/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">how to install WordPress</a> on a variety of different web hosts.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Additionally if you <a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/go/bluehost" rel="noopener" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">sign up to BlueHost</strong></a> today, you will get high quality hosting from just $2.95 per month, as well as a <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">FREE domain name worth up to $15 </strong>for your new blog too!!! <a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/go/bluehost-test" rel="noopener" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Use this link to get a free domain</strong> </a>with your hosting.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Remember: If you’re unhappy with your BlueHost purchase within 30 days, they will give you your money back.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">When you sign up for hosting with BlueHost there are some additional services they offer. Domain Privacy Protection means that people won’t be able to see the name, address and contact details of who owns the blog, if you’re happy for people to know who owns the blog then you can deselect this and save yourself about $12 per year.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.30435em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: capitalize; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Starting A WordPress Blog On BlueHost</span></h3> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">For a limited time only you can get basic hosting from Bluehost for a crazy cheap price of just <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/go/bluehost" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"> $2.95 per month</a></strong> (36 months sign up + free domain name).</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">For new bloggers looking to grow their sites, I recommend going for the <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/go/bluehost" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Bluehost Plus plan for $5.45 per month</a></strong>, as you get a lot more unlimited features. This is ideal if you plan to scale up your blog in the future or host more than one website.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Normally the Plus Plan hosting package would cost you $10.99 p/m,  so jump of this deal now while it’s still available.</strong></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px;" /></strong>Remember that you can always start off with the basic plan and upgrade whenever you feel you need more features.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.30435em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: capitalize; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Here’s What You Get For $5.45 Per Month With The BlueHost Plus Plan:</span></h3> <ul style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; list-style-position: inside; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A FREE domain name ( worth $15 )</strong></li> <li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fast, high quality & reliable web hosting</strong></li> <li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Free Site Builder</strong></li> <li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">One-click WordPress Install and 24/7 support.</strong></li> <li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Unmetered website space</strong></li> <li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Unmetered bandwidth</strong></li> <li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Unlimited email accounts</strong></li> <li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Unmetered email storage</strong></li> <li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Host unlimited numbers of websites on your account</strong></li> </ul> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Click on the <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Get Started Now”</strong> button to start the process of creating your very own blog.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/go/bluehost" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3827" height="527" sizes="(max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px" src="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/bluehost-makeawebsite-offer.jpg" srcset="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/bluehost-makeawebsite-offer.jpg 957w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/bluehost-makeawebsite-offer-300x165.jpg 300w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/bluehost-makeawebsite-offer-768x423.jpg 768w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/bluehost-makeawebsite-offer-700x385.jpg 700w" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="957" /></a></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">2. Next you’ll need to select the right plan for you and your blog. I recommend either the Plus or Prime packages. You can start off with basic if you like and upgrade anytime you feel you need more features to run your website.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/go/bluehost" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3387" height="586" sizes="(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px" src="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bluehost-pricing.jpg" srcset="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bluehost-pricing.jpg 701w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bluehost-pricing-300x251.jpg 300w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bluehost-pricing-700x585.jpg 700w" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="701" /></a></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">3. Once you’ve selected your plan you’ll then see this page…</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/go/bluehost" rel="attachment wp-att-1983" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="bluehost-new-domain-page" class="size-full wp-image-1983 aligncenter" height="452" sizes="(max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px" src="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bluehost-new-domain-page.jpg" srcset="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bluehost-new-domain-page.jpg 763w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bluehost-new-domain-page-300x178.jpg 300w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bluehost-new-domain-page-700x415.jpg 700w" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="763" /></a></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">If you already have a domain name, from another <a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/reviews/domain-registrars/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">domain name provider</a>, that you want to use; then just enter it in the right hand box and then click next to assign your domain name to your new hosting.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Let’s say you don’t have a domain name and you want to claim your free domain.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Type in the domain name that you’d like in the left hand box where it says “New Domain” and then click next. If it’s available then you’ll be able to proceed.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">If it’s already registered then BlueHost will cleverly show you some similar domain names that you might want to consider. Or you can just type out another domain name idea to see if it’s available.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="domain-name-suggestions" class="size-full wp-image-1984 aligncenter" height="354" sizes="(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px" src="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/domain-name-suggestions.jpg" srcset="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/domain-name-suggestions.jpg 667w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/domain-name-suggestions-300x159.jpg 300w" style="display: block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="667" /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">4. So you have found the domain name of your dreams and you’re now ready to set it up with your new hosting. The next screen you’ll see is the domain registration page where you will have to put in all the boring details such as account information, but this takes no time at all.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-3386" height="689" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bluehost-sign-up-page-1024x689.png" srcset="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bluehost-sign-up-page-1024x689.png 1024w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bluehost-sign-up-page-300x202.png 300w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bluehost-sign-up-page-768x517.png 768w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bluehost-sign-up-page-700x471.png 700w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bluehost-sign-up-page.png 1420w" style="display: block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%;" width="1024" /><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px;" />5. Once you’ve filled out the domain registration form, its then time to select your hosting plan. You’ll find this section directly below the account information section.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/go/bluehost" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-3384" height="644" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/start-blogging-pricing-1024x644.png" srcset="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/start-blogging-pricing-1024x644.png 1024w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/start-blogging-pricing-300x189.png 300w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/start-blogging-pricing-768x483.png 768w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/start-blogging-pricing-700x440.png 700w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/start-blogging-pricing.png 1422w" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="1024" /></a></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">I normally suggest you select the Plus or Prime plan at 36 months to get a better deal on the hosting, but 12 or 24 months is fine also.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">I normally don’t click any of the other options as they’re not essential however I do recommend getting domain privacy if you don’t want anyone knowing who owns the domain. The great thing about the Prime package is this option is free.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Then scroll down and fill out the billing information, click submit and you are done!</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/go/bluehost" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-3640" height="604" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bluehost-payment-info-1024x604.jpg" srcset="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bluehost-payment-info-1024x604.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bluehost-payment-info-300x177.jpg 300w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bluehost-payment-info-768x453.jpg 768w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bluehost-payment-info-700x413.jpg 700w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bluehost-payment-info.jpg 1093w" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="1024" /></a></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6</strong>. You should then receive an email from BlueHost with all your account and login details. Check your spam folder as it can sometimes end up in there if your email client is a little too sensitive.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Keep your login and welcome information safe as you may need it for future reference.</strong></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7.</strong> The next thing you’ll need to do is to create a password for your WordPress dashboard login. This is the page you’ll see next after paying for your hosting package. Simply click on the green button to create your password.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3641" height="288" sizes="(max-width: 991px) 100vw, 991px" src="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/choose-a-password.jpg" srcset="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/choose-a-password.jpg 991w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/choose-a-password-300x87.jpg 300w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/choose-a-password-768x223.jpg 768w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/choose-a-password-700x203.jpg 700w" style="display: block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="991" /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">On the next screen, you’ll need to put in your desired password into both fields. My advice to you would be to make the password over 15 characters with a mix of numbers, upper and lower case letters and a few special characters such as <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">$%*(*£!</em>.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Make it hard as possible for those hackers wanting to get into your blog. Once you have a long and complex password, make note of it and click next to move onto the next stage.</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="vc_empty_space" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; height: 80px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="vc_empty_space_inner" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="empty_space_image" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: block; height: 80px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></div> <div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px; margin-top: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 980px;"> <div class="vc_column-inner " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 980px;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 35px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #21bbd3; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 40px; font-weight: bold; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">STEP THREE</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="separator small center " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; height: 5px; margin: 30px auto 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 150px;"> </div> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 35px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.30435em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: capitalize; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Installing WordPress On Your Hosting</strong></h3> </div> </div> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 35px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">So you’ve signed up and paid for your <a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/review/bluehost/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">BlueHost hosting</a>. Great! You are nearly there.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">The next thing you need to do is to login to your BlueHost account with the details they sent you in the welcome email.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here’s what the login page looks like.</strong></em></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><img alt="bluehost-login-page" class="alignnone wp-image-2043 size-full" height="583" sizes="(max-width: 1042px) 100vw, 1042px" src="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bluehost-login-page.jpg" srcset="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bluehost-login-page.jpg 1042w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bluehost-login-page-300x168.jpg 300w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bluehost-login-page-768x430.jpg 768w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bluehost-login-page-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bluehost-login-page-700x392.jpg 700w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bluehost-login-page-539x303.jpg 539w" style="height: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="1042" /></span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Click on the hosting tab then continue by filling out your domain name (the name that is assigned to the account) and password. All of these details will be in the email BlueHost sent you.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">If all went well in the last stage, you should be in and ready to create an awesome blog!</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Below is a screenshot of the BlueHost control panel. Here you can install WordPress on your domain, using a really easy 1 click install solution.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/go/bluehost" rel="attachment wp-att-2044" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="wordpress-install-makeawebsitehub" class="wp-image-2044 size-full aligncenter" height="862" sizes="(max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px" src="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wordpress-install-makeawebsitehub.jpg" srcset="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wordpress-install-makeawebsitehub.jpg 1016w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wordpress-install-makeawebsitehub-300x255.jpg 300w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wordpress-install-makeawebsitehub-768x652.jpg 768w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wordpress-install-makeawebsitehub-700x594.jpg 700w" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="1016" /></a></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Head over to the <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Website”</strong> section and click on “Install WordPress” to quickly set up WordPress on your domain.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">You will then be taken to the Mojo Marketplace and shown a WordPress install page with a big green “Install” button. Click on it to start the magic!</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="install-wordpress-bluehost-mojo" class="wp-image-2045 size-full aligncenter" height="502" sizes="(max-width: 1070px) 100vw, 1070px" src="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/install-wordpress-bluehost-mojo.jpg" srcset="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/install-wordpress-bluehost-mojo.jpg 1070w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/install-wordpress-bluehost-mojo-300x141.jpg 300w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/install-wordpress-bluehost-mojo-768x360.jpg 768w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/install-wordpress-bluehost-mojo-1024x480.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/install-wordpress-bluehost-mojo-700x328.jpg 700w" style="display: block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="1070" /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">9. The next stage is to select the domain name that you want to install WordPress on. Click on the little arrow in the domain name field and select the domain name you just bought with BlueHost hosting or the one you already owned. It should be visible in the drop down.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="wordpress-install-select-domain" class="wp-image-2046 size-full aligncenter" height="282" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" src="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wordpress-install-select-domain.jpg" srcset="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wordpress-install-select-domain.jpg 600w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wordpress-install-select-domain-300x141.jpg 300w" style="display: block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="600" /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">9 times out of 10 I will always install WordPress to the root domain, rather than creating the install within a folder of the domain (directory).</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Leave the directory window empty. Then click on <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Check Domain”.</strong></span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Then just underneath this section, you’ll see a check box which will allow you to see some more advanced options.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Here you can input the title of your site (as you can see, mine is Make A Website Hub), your username (do not use “admin” as this makes it easier for hackers to hack your site), and password (make your password nice and complicated with lots of upper and lower case letters and numbers, minimum of 13 characters long).</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Remember that you can change these details later, except for the username.</strong></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Make a note of your username and password, maybe in a word doc on your computer or written down and stored in a safe place. Never click “Remember password” within your browser, as this can also make your site vulnerable to attackers.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">When you’ve completed all the fields in this section, just check the box to agree to the terms and then click <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Install Now”</strong></span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="wordpress-install-last-step" class="size-full wp-image-2047 aligncenter" height="838" sizes="(max-width: 1075px) 100vw, 1075px" src="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wordpress-install-last-step.jpg" srcset="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wordpress-install-last-step.jpg 1075w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wordpress-install-last-step-300x234.jpg 300w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wordpress-install-last-step-768x599.jpg 768w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wordpress-install-last-step-1024x798.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wordpress-install-last-step-700x546.jpg 700w" style="display: block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="1075" /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">WordPress is then automatically installed on your domain in a matter of seconds. You’ll get an email from Mojo with all your login login credentials.</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid" dir="ltr" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px; margin-top: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 980px;"> <div class="vc_column-inner " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 980px;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 35px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.30435em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: capitalize; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Remember, I’m Here To Help You</span></h3> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">That’s right! If at any point in this process you have had any problems setting up your blog, you can always <a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/free-wordpress-blog-install/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">contact me for help</a>, totally <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">FREE OF CHARGE!!!</strong></span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Because I earn a small commission from BlueHost whenever you purchase through my links, I can pass on my services to you for free! Simply <a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/go/bluehost" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">sign up to BlueHost</strong>,</a> pay for your hosting, then head over to my <a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/free-wordpress-blog-install/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Free WordPress Install</strong></a> page to claim your free installation set up!</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Things just got a whole lot easier, right?</strong></div> </div> </div> <div class="vc_empty_space" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; height: 50px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="vc_empty_space_inner" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="empty_space_image" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid" dir="ltr" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px; margin-top: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 980px;"> <div class="vc_column-inner " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 980px;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 35px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #21bbd3; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 40px; font-weight: bold; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">STEP FOUR</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="separator small center " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; height: 5px; margin: 30px auto 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 150px;"> </div> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 35px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.30435em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: capitalize; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Choosing A WordPress Theme</span></h3> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Now that your WordPress blog is built you need to add a WordPress theme that has all of the functions that you need, a WordPress theme is a pre-designed template which you can customize. Right now you have a choice to make you can either go with a free or a paid one. There are of course advantages and disadvantages to both so it comes down to what you want from your blog.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Some of my favourite places to find themes for blogs are:</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <ul style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; list-style-position: inside; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/go/themeforest" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Themeforest</a></li> <li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/go/studiopress" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">StudioPress</a></li> <li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/go/mts" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Mythemeshop</a></li> <li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">WordPress Library</a></li> </ul> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">When you are choosing your theme you want to make sure it fits with your goals. For example, if you are writing a professional blog then you will want a formal clean design where as a music blog you will have more license to show off your creativity.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">These days you should now been using a responsive design. This means that the layout of your blog will adapt to different mobile and tablet screen sizes – which is highly important for usability now that a lot of people are using mobile phones to browse the web.</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="vc_empty_space" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; height: 50px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="vc_empty_space_inner" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="empty_space_image" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid" dir="ltr" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px; margin-top: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 980px;"> <div class="vc_column-inner " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 980px;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 35px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.30435em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: capitalize; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">How To Install Your New Blog Theme</span></h3> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Your new theme will come in a .zip file format if you have purchased one. You have the options to upload it straight into your WordPress Dashboard by logging into your WordPress blog.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When you log into your WordPress site for the first time, you will see this view of the dashboard.</strong></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-3410" height="477" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wordpress-dashboard-first-time-1024x477.jpg" srcset="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wordpress-dashboard-first-time-1024x477.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wordpress-dashboard-first-time-300x140.jpg 300w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wordpress-dashboard-first-time-768x358.jpg 768w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wordpress-dashboard-first-time-700x326.jpg 700w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wordpress-dashboard-first-time.jpg 1346w" style="display: block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="1024" /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Move the mouse over <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Appearance” tab </strong>within the dashboard sidebar,<strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </strong>and then click on <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Themes”.  </strong>This will open up the Themes page within your WordPress dashboard.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-3411" height="482" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wordpress-dashboard-first-time-themes-1024x482.jpg" srcset="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wordpress-dashboard-first-time-themes-1024x482.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wordpress-dashboard-first-time-themes-300x141.jpg 300w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wordpress-dashboard-first-time-themes-768x361.jpg 768w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wordpress-dashboard-first-time-themes-700x329.jpg 700w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wordpress-dashboard-first-time-themes.jpg 1346w" style="display: block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="1024" /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">You can then either install one of the free themes that you’ll see available to you on your Themes page dashboard or you can install your own Theme that you may have purchased or downloaded elsewhere.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">To install a free theme that’s already on your dashboard pre-loaded, you simply press the Activate button under the theme you want. See below:</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3413" height="362" sizes="(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" src="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/activate-theme-1.jpg" srcset="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/activate-theme-1.jpg 720w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/activate-theme-1-300x151.jpg 300w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/activate-theme-1-700x352.jpg 700w" style="display: block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="720" /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Remember that you can always switch back to your old theme if you don’t like the look of the new one. That’s the beauty of WordPress.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">If you don’t want to use any of the themes on your dashboard, click <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Add New </strong>to start looking for a new theme to use. This will bring you to a page where you will be able to search the many thousands of free WordPress themes that are available to download and use on your site.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Here you’ll see four tabs, <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Featured, Popular, Latest and Favourites. </strong>You can also use the search bar to find more themes, as well as being able to customise your search with specific filters, such as searching for themes that are ideal for businesses and that only have 2 columns.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3414" height="609" sizes="(max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px" src="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/feature-filter.jpg" srcset="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/feature-filter.jpg 871w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/feature-filter-300x210.jpg 300w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/feature-filter-768x537.jpg 768w, https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/feature-filter-700x489.jpg 700w" style="display: block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="871" /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #686868; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.30435em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">UPLOADING YOUR OWN THEME FROM ZIP FILE</span></h3> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">To upload your own theme that you may have purchased from sites like Themeforest or MyThemeshop, you simply do the following…</strong></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">APPEARANCE ><br />THEMES ><br />ADD THEME ><br />UPLOAD THEMES ( You’ll find this at the top of the page next to “Add Themes” page title.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px;" />You then upload your theme .zip file just like you would adding an attachment on to an email.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">You’ll now have a pretty blank looking theme set up and waiting for some love. At this stage you want to fill out all the basics like your About page, logos, social media links and other content.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Congratulations you have now taken the first steps to starting your new blog!</strong></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #7f7f7f; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.38462em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">FAQ’S ABOUT STARTING A BLOG</span></h2> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Is Blogging Still Relevant?</strong></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Yes, blogging is still growing – </strong>In 2017 blogging is now one of the most popular ways of communicating and spreading information and news online. There are millions of blogs online and everyday you delay in getting started with a blog is another day wasted.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Blogging is a great way to express yourself and share your ideas, creativity and knowledge. Become a thought leader in your niche and leverage that authority for your own gain.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px;" />Blogging will help you to connect with other people who share your interests and also become a better writer.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. How do you make money from a blog?</strong></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px;" />It’s no big secret- </strong>There’s a lot of people out there making a lot of money from blogging.  The reason why these people (including myself) are making money from their blogs is because they have never given up, and they have chosen their niche wisely. Blog about what you know, and what you are passionate about to start with. At the same time, have an idea in mind to monetize the blog (advertisements, affiliate offers, products, ebooks etc). If you put the work in, you will get your rewards.</span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;">If you want to learn more then read my guide to on <a href="https://makeawebsitehub.com/how-to-make-money-blogging/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #25afea; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">how to make money with blogging </a></span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. How long does Blogging Take?</strong><br /><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Around 20 minutes</strong> – if you already have some ideas about what type of blog you want to start, then this tutorial can be completed quite easily within 20 minutes<br />As for regularly writing new blog posts and promoting them then it will take much longer. I regularly write one to two blog posts per week for this blog and it takes me about 3 hours per blog post. This includes writing, editing, adding images and promoting the blog posts to my social media followers and email list.<br /><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Can I start a blog for free?</strong><br /><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Yes</strong> – there are lots of free blog platforms out there, Blogger.com is the most popular free blogging platform out there. I would not recommend setting up a free blog if you plan to use it professionally for business or to make money from in the future. You also will not have custom domain name either.</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="snippet-type-10" dir="ltr" id="snippet-box" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(172, 172, 172); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; max-width: 600px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;"> <div class="snippet-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(172, 172, 172); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Summary</span></div> <div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><div class="snippet-image" itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; min-height: 190px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 200px;"> <img alt="How to Start a Blog in 2017" src="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/how-to-start-a-fashion-blog-1.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%;" width="180" /></div> <div class="aio-info" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: calc(100% - 200px);"> <div class="snippet-label-img" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.3em 0.5em; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 160px;"> Article Name</div> <div class="snippet-data-img" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.3em 0.5em; vertical-align: top; width: 232px;"> <span itemprop="headline" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How to Start a Blog in 2017</span></div> <div class="snippet-clear" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="snippet-label-img" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.3em 0.5em; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 160px;"> Description</div> <div class="snippet-data-img" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.3em 0.5em; vertical-align: top; width: 232px;"> <span itemprop="description" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Learn how to start a blog using this step-by-step guide. The process is easy and fast. We also include pictures of the steps to create a blog.</span></div> <div class="snippet-clear" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="snippet-label-img" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.3em 0.5em; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 160px;"> Author</div> <div class="snippet-data-img" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.3em 0.5em; vertical-align: top; width: 232px;"> <span itemprop="name" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jamie Spencer</span></div> <div class="snippet-clear" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div itemprop="publisher" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="snippet-label-img" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.3em 0.5em; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 160px;"> Publisher Name</div> <div class="snippet-data-img" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.3em 0.5em; vertical-align: top; width: 232px;"> <span itemprop="name" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">makeawebsitehub.com</span></div> <div class="snippet-clear" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="snippet-label-img" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.3em 0.5em; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 160px;"> Publisher Logo</div> <div class="snippet-data-img publisher-logo" itemprop="logo" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.3em 0.5em; vertical-align: top; width: 232px;"> <img src="https://cdn.makeawebsitehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sticky-logo.png" style="height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="180" /></div> </div> </div> </span></div> </div> </div>

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