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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
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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
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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
change the
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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
Goodluck! 119 © florangeles.com | Ideal Virtual Professional - How to Start A Self-Hosted WordPress Blog in 30 Minutes or Less
Try not to become a man
of success but a man
of value.
- Albert Einstein