For pleasure, profit and posterity How to start a blog For pleasure, profit and posterity

Why start a blog? To share knowledge and expertise To share how you have dealt with challenges To share family history and stories for younger generations Last time we got together, I gave some reasons why blogging has become so big. The top three were: Preference for individual versus mass media. People like to talk and hear form people, not some monolithic corporation Person desires to share experiences, opinion, expertise in enough depth to help others – it used to be write a book, not it is start a blog It has become so easy to do.

Understanding BASIC WEB/BLOGGING TERMINOLOGY Say you want to start a store….. There are three main components to starting your blog. 1rst is what you call it - your brand. That is your domain name. Most people have a name tucked away that you entended to call your book or your company if you every started it. Add a com to that and see if it is available. I’ll show you how to do that in a few minutes. Figure $15-$25 a year but I’ll show you a way to get that for free. Your going to need to rent some place to put your business. Like a brick and motar place in the galleria, you don’t buy the entire complex, just rent the space you need. That’s your web hosting and it will cost from free (buyer beware) to $8.95 a month depending on how long you rent for Now you need to put something on the bare walls, put in cash registers, have pretty displays, power, lights, make it your own. It’s the website development platform – Like I said before, Wordpress is the one I use and it has made it cookbook simple. Your brand, your space, your actual store. By Wing (own work) GFDL CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons

Start with your brand or store name That’s your “web domain” (i.e. – Bluehost*) There are three main components to starting your blog. 1rst is what you call it - your brand. That is your domain name. Most people have a name tucked away that you entended to call your book or your company if you every started it. Add a com to that and see if it is available. I’ll show you how to do that in a few minutes. Figure $15-$25 a year but I’ll show you a way to get that for free. Your going to need to rent some place to put your business. Like a brick and motar place in the galleria, you don’t buy the entire complex, just rent the space you need. That’s your web hosting and it will cost from free (buyer beware) to $8.95 a month depending on how long you rent for Now you need to put something on the bare walls, put in cash registers, have pretty displays, power, lights, make it your own. It’s the website development platform – Like I said before, Wordpress is the one I use and it has made it cookbook simple. Your brand, your space, your actual store. Web Domain *A company like Bluehost facilitates your name purchase but you own your web domain

Put it somewhere where people will find it…Galleria, City Centre 2. Your location Put it somewhere where people will find it…Galleria, City Centre That’s your “web host” (i.e. – Bluehost*) There are three main components to starting your blog. 1rst is what you call it - your brand. That is your domain name. Most people have a name tucked away that you entended to call your book or your company if you every started it. Add a com to that and see if it is available. I’ll show you how to do that in a few minutes. Figure $15-$25 a year but I’ll show you a way to get that for free. Your going to need to rent some place to put your business. Like a brick and motar place in the galleria, you don’t buy the entire complex, just rent the space you need. That’s your web hosting and it will cost from free (buyer beware) to $8.95 a month depending on how long you rent for Now you need to put something on the bare walls, put in cash registers, have pretty displays, power, lights, make it your own. It’s the website development platform – Like I said before, Wordpress is the one I use and it has made it cookbook simple. Your brand, your space, your actual store. Web Host You don’t by the entire shopping center. You just rent the space that you need for your store. Image by CC BY-SA 3.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26378528

That’s Wordpress, your content management system (CMS 3. Your actual store Now decorate your store, stock your merchandise and put up your open sign! That’s Wordpress, your content management system (CMS There are three main components to starting your blog. 1rst is what you call it - your brand. That is your domain name. Most people have a name tucked away that you entended to call your book or your company if you every started it. Add a com to that and see if it is available. I’ll show you how to do that in a few minutes. Figure $15-$25 a year but I’ll show you a way to get that for free. Your going to need to rent some place to put your business. Like a brick and motar place in the galleria, you don’t buy the entire complex, just rent the space you need. That’s your web hosting and it will cost from free (buyer beware) to $8.95 a month depending on how long you rent for Now you need to put something on the bare walls, put in cash registers, have pretty displays, power, lights, make it your own. It’s the website development platform – Like I said before, Wordpress is the one I use and it has made it cookbook simple. Your brand, your space, your actual store. Web Host You don’t by the entire shopping center. You just rent the space that you need for your store.

Basic elements of blog Brand Location Web Host Web Domain (Bluehost) There are three main components to starting your blog. 1rst is what you call it - your brand. That is your domain name. Most people have a name tucked away that you entended to call your book or your company if you every started it. Add a com to that and see if it is available. I’ll show you how to do that in a few minutes. Figure $15-$25 a year but I’ll show you a way to get that for free. Your going to need to rent some place to put your business. Like a brick and motar place in the galleria, you don’t buy the entire complex, just rent the space you need. That’s your web hosting and it will cost from free (buyer beware) to $8.95 a month depending on how long you rent for Now you need to put something on the bare walls, put in cash registers, have pretty displays, power, lights, make it your own. It’s the website development platform – Like I said before, Wordpress is the one I use and it has made it cookbook simple. Your brand, your space, your actual store. Basic elements of blog

Content Management System Brand Location Store Content Management System (Wordpress) Web Domain (Bluehost) Web Host (Bluehost) There are three main components to starting your blog. 1rst is what you call it - your brand. That is your domain name. Most people have a name tucked away that you entended to call your book or your company if you every started it. Add a com to that and see if it is available. I’ll show you how to do that in a few minutes. Figure $15-$25 a year but I’ll show you a way to get that for free. Your going to need to rent some place to put your business. Like a brick and motar place in the galleria, you don’t buy the entire complex, just rent the space you need. That’s your web hosting and it will cost from free (buyer beware) to $8.95 a month depending on how long you rent for Now you need to put something on the bare walls, put in cash registers, have pretty displays, power, lights, make it your own. It’s the website development platform – Like I said before, Wordpress is the one I use and it has made it cookbook simple. Your brand, your space, your actual store. Basic elements of blog

Geraldineschurchchants

You can blog for free but your name is usually not a brand. com You can blog for free but your name is usually not a brand.com. If your site takes off like the Making Sense of Cents example, you are very restricted to what you can do and will probably ending up buying webhosting for more freedom. $83.28

And you’ve got to pay for it And you’ve got to pay for it. Fill in your billing and makesure and hit the agree button

Now you get the key to open up the Galleria which in your case is blue host. Your cpanel is your control panel.

Now it is time to set up your store Now it is time to set up your store. Word press is going to handle that part but Bluehost works with you.

This screen sometimes confuses people until you realize that blogging is so easy to start, you might want to set up a couple of brands. For our example, geralidines would choose her church chantes domain or brand. Make sure you hit the agree button and install

I love wordpress because it tells you everything it’s doing – kind of holds your hand. This says “relax, it doing some a little work here” and this says, “I’m all done” Print/save this info. You need it. You’ve done it. You’ve set up a blog. Now the fun part of deciding what it will look like, what you will sell, how often you’ll post. Go celebrate!

https://geraldineschurchchants.com/wp-admin When you get done celebrating and you want to start building your site or store – go to your domain or brand name and add wp (wordpress) - admin

You get a site that looks You get a site that looks. You can spend hours exploring all your options. Or you can go to appearance and select a theme, go to post and write something, and go to media and post a picture. You can find all kinds of tutorials, including videos. People all over the web have set up sites to help you blog!