Thing 2: Blogging

Creating a Blog

 1 Select a Blog host. Select a blog host, or website platform to start blogging. There are plenty of free hosts and blogs with fees. 

Free blog hosts

• WordPress selva
• Blogger
• Posterous
• Tumblr

Free blog hosts:

• GoDaddy
• Bluehost
• HostGator
• Hostmonster

2 Determine how much control you want control over your URL. If a free blogging platform is used, the URL is going to look like this:

www.myblog.wordpress.com/

3 Know the difference between free hosting services and paid hosting. Mainly, paid hosting services offer much more control over the look of the website design, as well as offering more web tools. In contrast, free hosting services offer a few basic pre-made templates for bloggers to choose from when designing the look of the website. Paid hosting services generally offer a greater variety of templates to choose from, as well as giving the blogger the option of designing the look of the website from the bottom up. 

4 Get familiar with the ins and outs of whatever hosting service you decide to use. When you start blogging, the following questions will help you in the process of designing: How will I create an outbound link to another website? How I can italicize a title?. Being familiar with you blogging platform will increase the more you blog. Explore the different options you have with your blog. You often don't know what is possible until you try it.  Some blogs offer interactive video or slide show to new users. Many tutorials are packed with useful tips and hints, and will get you blogging faster and better.

Example:  Creating a Blog.

This information was obtained from:  http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Personal-Blog