how to start a photography blog WordPress photography blogging hey guys
Bryan with WP Cupid Blog and in this video I'm gonna be showing you a
complete WordPress photography blogging for beginners tutorial on how to start a
photography blog whether you be a technology I have no experience of blog
starting or even if you are a pro this WordPress photography blogging for
beginners tutorial video will be perfect for you the great thing about this
tutorial is it is extremely easy to follow along with even if you have no
experience in starting and setting up a photography blog by following this
tutorial video you will have your WordPress photography blog set up in as
little as 10 minutes at the end of this video you won't have your blog
successfully started I'm going to be providing you with a bunch of helpful
resources that will help you in your blog starting journey towards the end of
the video so stay tuned the first step I'm going to cover is how to choose and
register your own domain name for free to have a blog you have to have a main
name step 2 I'll be going over how to choose a hosting provider to have a blog
you have to have hosting step 3 is getting your blog set up for free with
the most popular blogging software today the blogging platform is WordPress if
you want your blog to rank reach success etc WordPress is the way to go if you
don't have time to start your WordPress blog right this second be sure to
bookmark this video so you can come back to it later let's get started the first
thing you want to do is head on over to Bluehost me the link that I provided in
the description Bluehost is will be getting a free domain name and up to 63
percent off web hosting make sure you click the link in the description to get
this great deal do you have a blog you have to have a domain name for people to
find your blog and web hosting that powers your WordPress blog a little
about Bluehost Bluehost powers over two million websites worldwide in over a
hundred fifty thousand blogs around the world
they're also recommended by WordPress themselves since 2005 but instantly
installed WordPress for you which makes starting a blog that much easier they
provide 24/7 support via chat email and phone and they have a 30-day money-back
guarantee if for any reason you are unhappy you can cancel and get a refund
no questions asked within the first thirty days I do want to mention that
the link is an affiliate link and not receiving Commission which helps support
this chain and helps us put out more wordpress
tutorial videos once you click the link you'll be at the Blue Hose home page
you'll see the get started now button on the page click the button this is where
you can select your hosting plan you'll see three different options you'll see a
basic plan a plus plan and a choice plus plan I recommend going with the basic
plan and then you can always scale up whenever you like if you have more than
one website then you want to choose either the plus plan or a choice plus
plan I'm gonna choose the basic plan for this tutorial as this is most common go
ahead and hit the select button on whichever plan you would like to use we
are now brought to a domain page where we can choose a domain name that we want
completely free or if you already have a domain name you enter it in over on the
right for the new domain you can select if you want it to be a.com dotnet dot
org etc dot-com is the most popular domain extensions so I'd recommend going
with a.com if you can I'm gonna type in a domain here and click the next button
you were now brought to a create your account page this is where you will
input your information we have first name last name the business name is
optional put your country address information in to put a phone number and
lastly the best email for you as you'll get emailed a receipt of payment and a
copy of your login credentials etc below that you will see package information
you'll see account plan this is where you select a term for your hosting
package you have 12 months 24 months 36 months and 60 months as you can see
you'll save money the longer you purchase your hosting for I'm gonna
select the 12 months package setup fee is free the main registration is free
let's encrypt SSL is free this SSL feature is a free SSL certificate which
makes your site secure with the green bar and with the HTTPS domain privacy is
an add-on that I highly recommend it will prevent telemarketers and marketers
getting a hold of your personal contact information and bugging you with their
services the domain privacy which I'll Bluehost information for the site and
not yours site lock security fine is security for your WordPress website and
protects it from hackers I don't select this as there are really
good free alternatives you'll see code guard code guard creates daily back
and it allows you to restore your sight with a click of a button in case
something happens there are free alternatives that were just the same SEO
tools start you can keep unselected this add-on will submit your site to search
engines and provide a report on your site ranking in keyword rankings
submitting your site to search engines you can do for free this isn't necessary
to have all these add-ons are completely optional and up to you to get as you can
see you're saving a lot for this hosting package below that you will input your
information I'm not gonna fill this out for protection of personal information
once your information is filled in you want to select the I have read and
agreed to Bluehost privacy policy in terms of service
now click the submit button you are now brought to a page rule to choose a
password for your Bluehost account click the create your password button input
the password you would like click the I have read and agree the Bluehost privacy
policy in terms and conditions and click the next button you will now be directed
to a congratulations page click the blue login button to log into Bluehost
Bluehost is also going to at this time email your dashboard login information
to the email address you provided you will now see pick your theme
Bluehost has a bunch of awesome free WordPress themes you can choose from you
can select the theme now if you want to or below the themes you can click skip
this step if you choose a theme now you can always change the theme you pick
without any problem at a later date I'll be going over this in more detail
later in the video once you choose your free theme or click
skip this step you'll be at the page here stating all done click the button
that says start building to start building your blog on WordPress once you
click that login you'll be at the wordpress dashboard this is what the
wordpress dashboard looks like it'll ask you a few questions as you can see if
you don't need help just click that you don't need help option once you do that
you will see this page you will see blog posts where you can add a new blog post
you will see where you can add new pages to your blog if you want to change your
navigation menus you can do so easily and if you are going to sell products on
your site you can install WooCommerce to do so on the far left you will see tabs
over over them and get to learn them post is where you can add new
host pages is where you can add new pages the media tab is where your images
will show that you upload to your blog comments is where you can view comments
people leave on your blog plugins is where you can install plugins for your
blog almost any customization or feature that you would want more than likely
there's a plug-in already made for it appearance is where you can change the
look for your theme or change your theme to another one or a premium theme select
themes when you hover over appearance it will showcase a free wordpress themes
that you can choose from if you select the most popular it will show you the
most popular free WordPress themes hover over a theme and click install and then
click activate to make the theme your WordPress theme you should also see add
new theme on this page this is where you can add any theme if you got it from
another site or is a premium theme a great resource i've used for several
years and recommend for professional WordPress themes that look like an award
winning design agency did your blog is creative market this is a creative
market wordpress blog themes page you can easily browse wordpress blogging
premium themes click on them and get a live preview of themes as you can see
here here's a few examples of premium WordPress themes that are already
pre-made for you to input your information or change however you like
you'll see they look really good click the link in the description below to
check out creative market in the top left of your WordPress dashboard you
will see welcome here or your site title towards the top of the page click this
to view your site to log into your WordPress dashboard you can do so via
the Bluehost cPanel or by typing in your domain name with a slash WP dash admin
here's an example it'll bring up this page here just input your login
credentials to be logged into WordPress another great resource that is helpful
and used by over 500,000 users is the drag-and-drop editor called element or
page builder a limiter page builder makes starting and creating your
WordPress blog easy you can make edits by dragging and dropping search element
or page builder on the plugins page and install and activate it if you'd like to
try it out Elementor it has a free in paid version I provided a link in the
description so you can check out and compare the features of the free end
page versions another great resource to check
out is fiber fiber is a great place to get tasks done for just $5 it is helpful
if you need a logo or something done I provided a link in the description below
and that is my WordPress photography blogging for beginners tutorial video on
how to start a photography blog if you have any questions get in touch as I'm
here to help you with anything you need alright guys thanks for watching give
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