Starting with WordPress…

Everyone today is talking about Bloging…What is a Blog…..I would simply say its a web-presence where you can put your thoughts.

To set up a blog, you need to register with a free blogger like Blogger or WordPress or if you are techy like me install wordpress on your own hosing account.

Blogger used to be a popular blogger before it was purchased by Google. The good news is that Blogger is free, as most of google services and you can get your blog running in monutes.

WordPress is my choice for a free blogger. First its open source and I love open source software, becuase its supported by a huge number of bloggers like me. The other end is that WordPress is not only feature rich you can extend its functionality by installing themes and plugins. For more information, visit WordPress.org

Now lets talk about 2 ways to get a WordPress blog up and running:

WordPress.com ( Free Sign Up!, Online Documentation, Quick Setup, No Tech Knowledge Required)

WordPress.org (Need a Domain and Hosting accounts, Documentation Available, Need some Tech Knowledge)

WORDPRESS.COM

Like most of the bloggers out there I started by blogging by registering for a WordPress blog. I used it to get a taste of Blogging. If you are new to blogging, I would recommend you start with a blogging account with WordPress.com.

Just go to WordPress.com, you see a button “Get a WordPress Blog Now>>” click it and follow the on-screen instructions you should be up and running in minutes.

So where is my blog hosted, the answer would be on wordpress.com servers, why would they host my blog on their servers for free. Any blog would have visitors, so your blog would also have visitors. More visitors to your blog would result in more clicks on the ADs that are displayed on your blog which would generate revenu for wordpress.com. The limitation of using wordpress.com would be you can’t install themes and plugins.

WORDPRESS.ORG

If you have a hosting account with GoDaddy.com you can host wordpress using your own domain.

3 Easy steps

Step 1: Go to WordPress.org and download the latest release of WordPress installation files.

Step 2: Connect to your web hosting account and upload the installation files to the domain (if you have multiple domains hosted) and folder that you want your WordPress blog installed.

Step 3: Download the 5 Min Install Guide from WordPress.Org and you should be running your blog in 1-2 hours.

Agreed you need to have some Tech Knowledge, but remember that there would be people like me ready to help you out.