Step by Step Guide to Creating A Self Hosted Wordpress Blog

Want to host your own Wordpress Blog but don’t know how to do it?  It’s really not that hard to do - you need to organise some hosting, do some downloading, do some uploading and then some tweaking.  Don’t worry the tweaking part is optional!

Here is a brief guide to getting your own self hosted Wordpress Blog.

1. Register domain and get hosting.  Make sure hosting has MYSQL and PHP.  If you don’t have a hosting company in mind, pop on over to Blue Host as they can provide you with reliable hosting at a great cost.
2. When domain and hosting is set up add the email addresses you will need.  You don’t have to do this step but it looks great in marketing if you have yourname@yourdomain.com instead of a Yahoo or Gmail account.  It’s all about the image!
3. Set up a MYSQL database via your hosting company.  Make note of settings as you’ll need them.
4. Download latest version of Wordpress from wordpress.org and install on your local drive (your computer).  It’s free so you don’t have to get your credit card to get the rather awesome wordpress software.
5. Change the wp-config-sample.php to include the MYSQL database details.  Rename the wp-config.sample.php to wp-config.php.  You can use notepad to edit the file.
6. Use an FTP program to upload the wordpress files to your host company.
7. Go to your domain name in your internet browser and go to your domain name.  The installation process should run automatically.  All you need to enter is your Blog title and your email address (using one of your new ones creates a streamlined blog approach but you don’t have to – any old one will do).
8. Make note of the admin password – I suggest copying it because you’ll need it to log in.
9. Log in to your new blog and start to tweak!