4 Ways to Start a Blog – wikiHow

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Fill out the blog creation form. Enter your information into the following fields:

• What would you like to name your site? — Enter your blog’s name here.
• What will your site be about? — Type in a one-word category, then click a category that fits your blog in the resulting drop-down menu.
• What’s the primary goal you have for your site? — Type in a one-word category, then click a category that fits your blog in the resulting drop-down menu.
• How comfortable are you with creating a website? — Click one of the numbers at the bottom of the page.

Enter your information into the following fields:

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Enter your preferred address for your blog. In the top text box, type in whatever you want your blog’s URL name to be.

• Don’t include the “www” or “.com” part of the URL here.

In the top text box, type in whatever you want your blog’s URL name to be.

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Confirm your email address. While you’re waiting for WordPress to finalize your account details, do the following:

• Open your WordPress email inbox in a new tab.
• Click the “Activate [blog name]” email from “WordPress”.
• Click Click here to Confirm Now in the email body.
• Close the tab once it finishes loading.

While you’re waiting for WordPress to finalize your account details, do the following:

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Add a theme to your blog. The “theme” dictates how your blog looks. Scroll down to the “Customize” heading, click Themes, and select the theme you want to use for your blog. You can then click Activate this design at the top of the page.

• You might want to click Free in the upper-right side of the page to see results for free themes only.

The “theme” dictates how your blog looks. Scroll down to the “Customize” heading, click, and select the theme you want to use for your blog. You can then clickat the top of the page.

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Start writing. You can start your first blog post by clicking Write in the upper-right side of the window to bring up the post window; at this point, you’re free to begin creating content for your blog.