By now you should have purchased a domain, updated the DNS settings, and researched 10 Internet marketing related concepts. I hope that you found one that suited you ok.
Now, we are going to be gearing towards getting your website up, choosing the look of your site, getting your site up on your domain, and then doing some other cool stuff with the “plug-ins” inside your WordPress site administration area.
Step 1: Create a new blog
To build the site/your blog, you go login to your webhosting and install WordPress on your server. This is a free install.
I can tell you here how to get started on wordpress, but I think you are better off with the tutorials that they provide. There is a forum available where people will answer all the technical questions you might have.
You can also choose to become a member of Wealthy Affiliate where you will be guided step by step through the process. WA has just released their amazing new WordPress tool to create WordPress blogs in seconds and comes fully supported with hosting and is a 3-step process to get your very own WordPress blog up and running!
Then you will choose your ‘Blog Name’ and ‘Theme’ in the next step. Choose a theme that you like. A theme can always be altered later on so don’t waste too much time choosing one…try to do it in a maximum of 15 minutes. There are so many nice themes, but for now just make a choice.
Step 2: Activate Plug-ins
Somebody explained to me what a plug-in was like this: it is like all the attachments on a vacuum cleaner. With the attachments you clean up the little corners and the stairway and all those things. That is what a plug-in means. It makes the blog more manageable plus you can do some cool stuff that you couldn’t do without them. Makes sense?
So, plug-ins are “add ons” in WordPress that make it very easy for you to improve the functionality of your website in many ways. WordPress Plug-ins are open source, meaning that people from all over the world develop them for the platform. They are also free!
You will learn a lot on www.learn.wordpress.com but when you would install a WordPress site on your domain within your website or Wealthy Affiliate you would notice that they would have already installed 5 of the top plug-ins for you.
Here are some very important plug ins though
1. cbnet Ping Optimizer : Saves your wordpress blog from getting tagged as ping spammer.
2. Akismet: Used by millions, Akismet is quite possibly the best way in the world to protect your blog from comment and track-back spam.
3. Robots Meta: This plugin allows you to add all the appropriate robots meta tags to your pages and feeds, disable unused archives and nofollow unnecessary links.
4. W3 Total Cache: The fastest and most complete WordPress performance plugin. Dramatically improve the speed and user experience of your site.
5. All in one SEO... This one is going to be a little bit more complicated than the other ones, but don’t worry, I will get back on this.
Step 3: Create email account
The next step in the process is to set up your own unique email address for the domain that you have purchased, and this will help to add a professional touch to your campaign, as well as providing your visitors with a point of contact.
To create your email account you will first need to login to the host service you have created from the main hosting page.
Please note that your login details will be:
Login – your domain name or username (example: marksmarketinghub.com)
Password – your password
(You can find this information in the confirmation e-mail you received from your webhosting service).
As noted in the “Control Panel Info” (Cpanel) on the hosting page.
Once logged into the Cpanel, at the top of the screen there is link to “Create Mail Account”, and from there you simply have to enter a few details and your email address will be created.
If you require further help with setting up your email address, follow the steps indicated by your hosting service or consult the FAQ in the cpanel section.
Well done…you’ve made excellent progress today!
The one last thing that we suggest you do today is to spend some time getting familiar with the WordPress admin area. For many people it can be daunting getting used to a new interface, but WordPress is actually very easy to use once you get familiar with your surroundings.
Task Overview:
(1) Install Your WordPress Express Site (theme, name, install)
(2) Activate Plug-ins
(3) Set-up the All-in-One SEO Plug-in for your site (read tutorial)
(4) Set-up an email account for your domain in the cpanel e-mail section
(5) Become familiar with the WordPress admin area
Have Fun; very important!
Thank you for your reading, and look out for part 3!
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