How to register for and start your own blog
Posted by admin in starting a blog
I got a question today asking me how to start the blogging process. So, I figured I’d post it here because others may have the same questions. Without further ado:
The first thing you will need to do is click the register and comment link on the right sidebar of http://onhutchinsonisland.com This will take you to the sign up page - http://onhutchinsonisland.com/wp-signup.php
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Once you click signup, you will be sent an activation email. You must activate to start using the blog or post comments. After you activate, you will receive a login and password email. Click the login link and sign in. The first page you will see will be your administrative dashboard.
Click on the “View site>>” link at the far left of the site. This is the default, barebones of your new blog.
To get back to the administrative dashboard, click on “site admin” under the Meta grouping on the bottom right.
Let’s customize the look of your blog -
Click on the Presentation link. This will take you to “Themes”.
Scroll down and look at the many options. Click on one that you like, and then at the top of the page, “view site”
(remember to get back to the dashboard, click “site admin”)
Okay, so, now you have a nice page to look at, but you have a ridiculous “hello world” post that comes as part of the default, and of course, you want to get rid of it.
On your dashboard, you will see a “Manage” link.
When you click on it, you will see you have several options. It will automatically default to “manage posts”. You’ll see the “hello world” post, click edit. Change the title and type something that you’d like say. You can tell people about your intentions with this blog or whatever. Remember as your site begins to develop, you can delete this entirely. Click save and view it if you want.
Look at “Manage Pages” - you will have an “About” page, use this to tell people a little about yourself. Again, click edit and then save. Then go view your site. Click on the about link, see how it looks.
Okay, so you’ve managed the default post and you managed your “about” page. How do you start writing a blog?
On your dashboard, you will see a “Write” link before “Manage”. Make sure the “write post” is highlighted and
begin writing. There’s a couple of things here to remember:
Add categories, this will help people find what they want to find.
If you are making a real estate blog, use categories that define locations or price ranges or first time home buyers, renters, buyers, sellers…. etc.
On this page, you can upload pictures into your blog and format the placement of them. For more on how to do this click:
Okay, this is enough to get you started. Inevitably, you will have questions as you begin to realize the potential of this self publishing tool.
Feel free to email support@onhutchinsonisland with your questions and I’ll be happy to walk you through it. Or you can leave a comment here (remember you have to register to leave comments).