intro to blogging

How To Become A Blogger Step 5: How To Upload Files To Your Webhost Using FTP

July 22, 2010 Category: Getting Started

FTP” meaning File Transfer Protocol is a standard network protocol used to copy a file from one host to another over a TCP/IP-based network, such as the Internet

In other words it’s a way to take files on your computer, and upload them to your host.

How To Become A Blogger Step 4: How To Install WordPress On Your Website

July 19, 2010 Category: Getting Started

How to install wordpress to your website using the 5 minute wordpress install process. What tools you will need and the step by step walkthrough of the installation.

After this walkthrough your new website will be up and running and visible to the world.

How To Become A Blogger Step 3: Where To Get Web Hosting

July 15, 2010 Category: Getting Started

What is a web host? Why you need a web host? How do you set up web hosting? What is a Nameserver? How do you link your domain name to your web host? How do you re-assign your nameservers to your web host?

All that and more in Step 3 of this ‘How to become a blogger series’.

How To Become A Blogger Step 2: How To Register Your Own Domain Name

July 14, 2010 Category: Getting Started

Registering your own domain name is cheap and easy. It’s also an important step to becoming a blogger. It will look more professional and give users an easy way to remember how to find your website.

How To Become A Blogger Step 1: Why You Should Use WordPress

July 13, 2010 Category: Getting Started

So you think you want to become a blogger but you don’t know where to start.

This first video tells you what a blog is and what is the best blogging platform to use. It will also explain why we have chosen to use “wordpress” as our blogging platform.