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How to Start

a Self-Hosted

WordPress Blog

in 30 Minutes

or Less

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What is

Web

Hosting?

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Web Hosting

is a service

that allows

individuals and

organizations

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to build their

website on the

World Wide Web

or Internet

Steps to Create

a Self-Hosted

WordPress

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Step 1:

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Set Up a Web

Hosting Provider

or Company

In this tutorial,

I recommend to

use Hostgator as

the web host

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Open your web

browser

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Look here in the

address bar

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Click inside the

bar

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Type in www.hostgator.com

and press Enter

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The home page appears

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Click on Get Started

Now! button

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This window will

appear. Scroll down

to choose a plan.

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Let’s choose

Hatchling Plan. Click

on Sign Up Now! button

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The Hostgator Order

Form will appear

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Enter your Domain here

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Domain Name is the Uniform Resource

Locator (URL) of your website or the

unique address of your web page.

Example of a domain name,

Facebook.com (Facebook.com is the

domain), Twitter.com (Twitter.com is

the domain). You can use the name of

your business or your own name as your

domain. Like in my case, “flor” is my

nickname and “angeles” is my last name

and my domain is florangeles.com

Click on Drop down

arrow to select

Package Type

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Click on Drop down

arrow to select

Billing Cycle

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Billing Cycle varies from 1

month to 36 months. You can

get a cheaper price if you select

the longer cycle. Please keep in

mind that you will be required

to pay the whole amount for the

payment terms that you’ve

chosen in advance.

Enter your Username

here

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Enter your Security

PIN here

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Enter your Email

here

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Enter again your Email

here

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Enter your First Name

here

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Enter your Last Name

here

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Enter your Company

here (if there’s any)

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Enter your Address

here

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Enter your Payment

Details here

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Select any Additional

Services that you want here

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1. Enter your Coupon

Code here

2. No need to enter a coupon

code if you see a check

mark here

1

2

Review your Order

Details thoroughly

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Tick the box for the

service agreement and

other policies

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Click on Checkout

Now! if you’re

finished

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Step 2:

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Install

WordPress

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Go to your Email account

and look for “Your Account

Info” message from

Hostgator in your Inbox or

Spam folder. Look for the

following; link to your

Control Panel, Username

and Password

Click the link going to

your Control Panel.

This will appear

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Enter your Username

here

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Enter your Password

here

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Click on Log in

button

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The Hostgator Control

Panel appears

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Scroll down until you

see the Software/

Services part

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Click on QuickInstall

button

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QuickInstall window

will appear

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Look for Install

WordPress logo and

click it

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Choose Free Option and

click on Install

WordPress button

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Fill out the form

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Please take note that

you don’t have to write

anything here

Enter your Admin

Email

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Enter your Blog Title

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Enter your Admin User

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Enter your First Name

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Enter your Last Name

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If you’re done, click on

Install WordPress

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You’ll see this message

while the installation is

running

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Once installation is

completed, click on My

Installs

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WordPress Log In

window will appear

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Go to your Email

account and look for

“Quick Install powered

by Mojo” message in your

Inbox. Look for your

Username and Password

to log in to WordPress

Enter your Username

here

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Enter your Password

here

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If you’re finished, click

on Log In button

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Your WordPress

Dashboard appears

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Step 3:

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Write Your First

Blog Post

On the left hand side of

your Dashboard, look

for Posts

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Click on Add New

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This will appear

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Write your Headline

here

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Write your Blog Post

here

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To save your unfinished

post, click on Save Draft

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If you’re done writing,

click on Publish

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Step 4:

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View Your

Blog Post

To view your post, click

on Preview

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You’ll now

have a glimpse

of your first

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How to

Customize

Your Theme?

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Go to Appearance,

click on Themes

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This will appear. Choose

your theme here.

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Hover your mouse on

your chosen theme

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Click on Live Preview to

see first how the theme

looks like on your blog

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Click on Activate if

you’re already satisfied

with your theme

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You can always

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How to

Change your

Password on

your Control

Panel? 81 © florangeles.com | Ideal Virtual Professional - How to Start A Self-Hosted WordPress Blog in 30 Minutes or Less

Log In to your Control

Panel

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Scroll down until you

reach the Preferences

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Click on Change

Password

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This window will

appear

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Enter your Old

Password

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Enter your New

Password

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Enter your New

Password again

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This will indicate

your password

strength

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Click on Change

Password if you’re

finished

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How to

Change your

Password on

your WordPress

account? 91 © florangeles.com | Ideal Virtual Professional - How to Start A Self-Hosted WordPress Blog in 30 Minutes or Less

Log In to your

WordPress account

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Hover your mouse on

Users

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Click on Your

Profile

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Your Profile window

will appear

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Look for Account

Management part

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Click on Generate

Password

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Enter your New

Password

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Tick the box if you

confirm the use of a

weak password

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How to

Change your

Username on

your WordPress

account? 100 © florangeles.com | Ideal Virtual Professional - How to Start A Self-Hosted WordPress Blog in 30 Minutes or Less

Go to Users

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Click on Add New

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This will appear

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Enter your new

Username

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Enter your Email

(must be new)

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Enter your First

Name

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Enter your Last

Name

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Enter your Website

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Enter your Password

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Click the drop down arrow

to choose your Role

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Click on Add New

User

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Your New Username

is already added

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Log out to your

account

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Log In to WordPress using

your new username and

password

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Go to All Users, delete

previous username

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1

2

Tick Attribute all

content to the new User

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Click on Confirm

Deletion button

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I hope

you learn

something from

this tutorial

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You can now

start creating

your self-hosted

WordPress blog

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Try not to become a man

of success but a man

of value.

- Albert Einstein

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