How to Make a Blog - Quick & Easy!
How to Make a Blog - Quick & Easy!
How to Make a Blog - Quick & Easy!. Today, I'm gonna show you how you can create this blog in just 17 minutes So, this is the blog we are going to create It is going to have your own blog address like this and then we're going to create this blog posts then we’re going to create this menu and then we’re also going to create this
this blog is going to be mobile friendly so it’s going to look perfect on any mobile device you use Before, we start, just click the link below the video
will take us to GoDaddy.com so we’re gonna use godaddy because they give the domain for free and also a discount on hosting so let’s click get started now just
now just remove this office 365 and click proceed to checkout now click create an account and just fill-in your details choose any 4-digit number as your PIN and then click create account now enter your name and address and choose the payment method now click continue and place your order now, let’s complete the payment so, let’s set it up by clicking managed wordpress and then click next then again click next and now let’s enter a username and password for WordPress this will be used for logging into your blog then click install Now, wordpress will be installed once it's done let’s click get started and then click no thanks and click ok so now we’re inside this
right now, it has this default wordpress look To install a new theme let’s login back to our blog You just need to add /slash login after your blog address and then press enter enter your username & the password and then click log in so, now we're back to our blog so, just go here and scroll down
your blog so, to add your first post let’s go back to our blog and then go to new and click post now, let's enter the title for our post let's publish it and see how it looks As you can see, we’ve created our first blog post
so, this is how you can post articles to your blog Next we’re gonna see how to change the title of our blog right now, we’ve this default title so
click here and click menus now let’s click add menu and let’s name this menu as menu1 and click create menu now we need to choose where we want our
so, let’s click add items and first let’s click home and it will be added to the menu next, we'll add a new page called about and then we’ll add a page called contact Okay! So, now we have home, about and contact in the menu so, let’s click save and publish and now if you see here you can see that we’ve added
to the menu and when a user clicks videos it will show all the posts that are under the category of videos this will make it easy for the user to browse your blog and get the information they need Okay! So, now let's see how we can apply this to our blog so, let's go back to our blog and if you see here you can see that we
new category and we’ll enter a category called how-to and the click add new category now as we’ve added this category, let’s uncheck this and then click update now let’s add 1 more post in a separate category. so, let’s click add new and let’s enter a title for our new post and then paste the content and, let’s create a new category called news and then
so, now you can see here that we've added the category pages to the menu now, when a user clicks how-to it will only show the posts that are under
and, then let’s view our page so, we now have our about page Next, we’re going to add content to our contact page so, when we go to our contact page you can see that, it’s empty right now so, we’ll add this contact form so that people can contact us so, in order to create this form we need to install a plugin let’s go back to our blog and then go to our dashboard and then go to plugins and click add new and then let’s search for.
will now be added so, let’s check that by going back to our blog and then click any of our blog posts and now when you scroll down you can see that we’ve now added the social sharing buttons now when we click here we can now share this post on Facebook Next we’re going to see how to add these social media links Now, these links will help your readers to find you on social media sites so, to add that let’s go back to our blog and then click customize and go to menus now, let’s create a new menu for our social media links so, just click here and let’s name it as social and then click
and type twitter and then click add to menu and lastly we’ll add the google+ link the text as google+ and then click add to menu so, now we’ve added all the social media links so, let’s click save and publish and then let’s go back Okay! So, now we’ve added the social media links now, if we click here It will take you to your facebook page Next, we’re gonna see how to add this
we need to again install a plugin so, let’s go back to our blog and then go to plugins and click add new now, let’s search for a plugin called and then drag & drop it here now, let’s add some text here and then add the social media links so, I’m going to add my facebook link then the twitter link and the google+ link once you’re done just click save now, if you go back to your blog and refresh the page You can see here that we’ve
then let’s name it as read more and then scroll down and click save and now, if we go back to our blog and then click refresh You can see here, that we’ve got this read more section Okay! So, now we’ve added all the items in our blog. So, this is how it looks!