Posted by Jerry in Don’t worry, a blog doesn’t cost you a dime. While you already knew, one of the main reasons why blogging is such popular nowadays is because you can blog for free. In fact, there are more than thousands of free blogging platform await to be explored.
For instance, here are some of the website where you can create your blog with totally no cost at all.
- http://www.blogger.com
- http://www.wordpress.com
- http://www.typepad.com
- http://www.blog.com
- http://www.blogeasy.com
- http://www.sina.com.cn
But hey, I am not good with computers!
Perhaps the best part of blogging (besides that it is free) is that blogging software/platform – like WordPress and Blogspot are extremely to be used. with a very user-friendly GUI, you can manage your blog styles (with built in blog template), links, blog posting, comment editing with minimal or no any web programming knowledge is needed. With blog nowadays, teachers can share their experience in scholl online, carpenter can share out his work on the Internet, and photographer often host their photo shotings online – thanks to the blog software engineers.
How to start your blog at Blogspot?
The procedures in setting up your blog at various platform are pretty similar and I’ll show how you can do this in Blogspot within minutes:
First, go to Blogger.com and click on the big arrow to get started.
Next, you will be required to key in all the basic details for your blogging account. Input your emails (get one from gmail.com for blogger), desired password, username (or screenname), verification codes, and so on. Push next whenever you’re ready.
As soon as your account with Blogger is created, you’ll come to a page for your blog setup. The following steps require you to decide a name for your blog as well as choosing a desired blog theme designs. The blog URL cannot be changed once it’s registered; while for other stuffs like blog title and blog themes are changeable in future.
There, here you go~ you’re now ready to make your first blogpost.
Installing your blog on its own domain?
Now you might ask: “What if I need my blog to be hosted on its own domain?” Well hosting your blog on its own domain is very simple. However, you’ll need to first have your blog domain already registered; and you’ll need a web hosting. To register your domain, I recommend GoDaddy; while for your hosting, Lunarpages or Bluehost are highly recommended.
Anyhow, I’ll show you how you can setup your blog on your own hosting (with your own domain of course) and I will use WordPress for our example. The tutorial is also available at my other post thus don’t be surprise if you find it similar.
Nowadays with the help of Fantastico or SimpleSripts, WordPress installation can be done in seconds. To begin, just login to your cPanel > Fantastico > WordPress > New Installation. Key in all the blog details you wish to have and click confirm installation. The process should be done in minutes.
Select ‘WordPress’ when you’re at the main page of SimpleScripts.
Wordpress version and related info are shown here, click “Install Now” when you’re ready.
Here’s a screen where you’ll need to input the basic info for your blog. Click “Complete” to finish the installation.
In case you need to need to install the WordPress manually, here’s the official installation guide.
Which blogging platform should you go with?
With so many free tools around, it’s sometimes confusing for beginners to decide what is the right blogging platform to go with. To ease your pain, here’s my recommendation: Go with WordPress. WP is the best blogging software I ever used and I will show you Why WordPress rocks.
