Starting Up A Blog

[Bud921]

My name is Bud, and I am sixteen and currently live in Shangahi China. I have a passion for writing and was hoping to set up a blog. I have already bought a domain name "www.aboundlessworld.com" and am hosted by dream host, after that I have nothing. I tried installing wordpress but I have found it to be very complicated as I am pretty new to all this blogging technical stuff. I have wordpress for dummies but am still struggling. I am aware of the website What Is Blogging? We Explain Blogging So That You Too Can Become A Blogger | Become A Blogger and viewed a view of the videos when I was visiting in the United States but they do not load for some reason in China (internet restrictions?) I was also thinking about possibly getting blog mastermind but that is quite a heavy investment, especially since my parents don't even know you can make money online.. I was hoping some one could help me get my blog set up and running, because I have a lot to share with the world

[Blaine Moore]

If you go into the dreamhost control panel, look for fantastico under the scripts or programs section (I don't have a dreamhost account anymore so I can't look it up specifically where it is) - there is a 1 click install for wordpress from within there that you can use.

[ia77]

Bud

Though a little off track, may I advise you to first try a blog at blogger.com (as you are unable to run wordpress). You'll have the initial feel of the things and I think, within a short time, you'll pick up WP as well.

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[Jake]

I will have to disagree with you ia77. I started a blogspot blog for about 1 1/2 weeks and all it did was put me 1 1/2 weeks behind. You will still need to learn how to use wordpress. If you're going to start, you should start the right way.

[BarryMorris]

I'd have to agree with Jake on the Blogger issue. Yaro recently wrote an article on it a well. Back in the days when I ran a static site I used Blogger to host an archive of articles. But with the advent of WordPress, archiving on a separate site isn't necessary for most bloggers.

Bud921 - Hang in there and if you can, get a copy of WordPress for Dummies by Lisa Sabin-Wilson. I think I'm pretty savvy when it comes to WP, but the book is a goldmine for little-known facts and tweaks. I learn each time I review a chapter.

Good luck.

[CodrutTurcanu]

Stay away from blogger/blogspot. While it seems easier than WP, it's not.

I hate to talk bad about that service since it's from a site which I love: Google.

Yet, I find wordpress.org via dreamhost very easy to install.

My blog mentoring program even includes step-by-step screen-capture video tutorials that help you with this important aspect.

Hope to see you get in asap