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Blogging & RSS InformationHow to Get Started Blogging in 5 Minutes or Less
by:
Linda J Bruton
I put off starting a journal
for a long time because I thought it would-be be hard. I thought it would-be be technical. I thought I'd have to install scripts and tear my hair out effort them to work. At that point, most of what I'd see just about blogs and RSS was just so more geek-speak.
Was I ever wrong!
When I finally got the spirit
to give it a go, I went to blogger.com and signed up for an account. To my amazement, I had a journal
set up in just about 5 minutes. My 1st post was uploaded to my site just about 10 minutes later.
The only thing even as remotely technical I was required to do was enter the FTP settings for the website my journal
would-be be publicized
on. But even as that wasn't a requirement. With Blogger, you can set up a journal
on their site, Blogspot, and not even as worry just about FTP settings.
Since then, I've started 3 Blogger blogs on some sites. Blogger remains one of the most popular journal
applications in the earth just because it is so simple to use and set up. If you're a naysayer
or don't have the time to discover thing
altogether new, I would-be urge you to drop by Blogger.com and take a look. You could be blogging - and enjoying the benefits - just about immediately.
Another really simple blogging tool is Wordpress. This journal
is my 1st Wordpress blog, and I'm really affected
with how powerful it is - as well as simple.
Wordpress is installed on your own website, but don't let that finish you. Most hosts that have Cpanel already have Wordpress available for you to install. Look in your Cpanel for the Fantastico application, click it open, and then choose Wordpress to install. It wish mechanically
install it on your site for you, and you can start blogging right away.
If your host doesn't already include Wordpress in the scripts on your server, you can still pick it up at:
http://wordpress.org/
Then go to the Wordpress Wiki for manual on how to install it in 5 minutes:
http://wiki.wordpress.org/?pagename=5MinuteInstallation
Wordpress is free, open-source software. It is really simple to install, even as for technophobes, and has a lot of online documentation. There are likewise many an sites with free Wordpress add-ons and templates. I'm victimisation a guide for this journal
that I picked up at Alex King's site:
http://www.alexking.org/index.php?content=software/wordpress/styles.php
The Wordpress Wiki is a wealth of information on all things Wordpress, including installation instructions, help files, a long list of guide sites, and all kinds of hacks and extras you can use to modify your journal
and do it original.
If you're a Wordpress user, another place to visit is the Wordpress discussion forum:
http://wordpress.org/support/
If you're a new blogger, some
Wordpress and Blogger are really user friendly. There isn't a long learning curve. And you won't have to discover any new technical tricks. Why not give one of them a try?
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For more tips and ideas on how to do money blogging, be sure to
visit my "Why Marketers Should Blog" weblog at (what else)
http://www.WhyMarketersShouldBlog.com
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