It’s been ages since we covered the easy way to get your blogging software installed (ie with Fantastico) in part 1 of this guide. Actually, it’s not that much more difficult to install it yourself. The steps to follow are: go to www.wordpress.org and download the ZIP version of the software; whilst that’s downloading, start [...]

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We’ve covered buying your domain and hosting it, now it’s time to get your blogging software loaded. At this point, if you’ve chosen a hosting service that supports your preferred blog software (we use WordPress) then it can be as easy as logging into the hosting control panel and clicking install. Well, not quite so [...]

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OK, so you’ve decided what you’re going to write about, picked a domain for your blog, selected a place for it to live and loaded up the software. What’s next? Well, you could run with the default theme (ie appearance) but they’re usually pretty boring and it’s best to choose something that’s jazzier and fits in with [...]

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