How to set up a blog using WordPress.com - all free very detailed step by step guide.

1. Crea%ng
a
Blog
with
WordPress.com
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2. • We
are
working
with
WordPress.com
to
discuss
blogs.
If
you
want
a
self
hosted
website
you
will
need
to
use
WordPress.org.
• Visit
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wordpress-­‐com
for
an
overview
of
the
difference
between
the
two.
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3. • A
blog
can
be
thought
of
as
a
magazine
or
newspaper
ar%cle.
• Blogs
can
have
many
authors
who
contribute
or
be
the
work
of
just
one
blogger.
• Readers
can
add
their
comments
to
ar%cles,
which
encourages
feedback
to
the
blogging
process.
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4. • A
single
entry
on
your
blog.
• The
format
can
be:
– Wri9en
– Video
– Audio
– Images
– Or
a
combina%on
of
all
of
the
above.
• Entries
are
organized
sequen%ally
by
date,
the
latest
appearing
at
the
top
of
the
page.
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5. • WordPress
is
an
open
source
blogging
tool.
• Open
Source
means
that
the
basic
soTware
is
free
and
code
is
shared
among
developers.
• It
began
in
2003
and
as
of
2013
more
than
60
million
websites
have
been
built
using
WordPress.
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7. • Sign
Up
Process:
h9p://wordpress.com
• You
need
to
give
your
blog
an
address
&
name.
• The
address
could
be
AwesomeBlog.WordPress.com
• The
name
could
be
Eileen
Lonergan’s
Awesome
Blog
• You
can
choose
to
have
your
site
visible
to
all,
crawled
by
search
engines
or
set
to
private.
• Note:
crawled
by
search
engines
means
that
Google,
Bing
and
the
other
engines
will
comb
through
your
site
and
poten%ally
list
it
in
search
results.
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10. • Check
your
email
and
confirm
that
you
want
to
create
the
blog.
• This
will
bring
you
into
your
Dashboard,
which
is
command
central
for
your
blog.
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14. 1. Give
the
post
a
%tle.
2. The
next
large
box
is
where
you
add
the
text.
3. The
sec%on
above
the
text
box
has
op%ons
for
styling.
The
op%ons
are
very
similar
to
a
Word
document.
4. If
you
click
the
li9le
camera
icon
that
says
Add
Media
you
can
add
an
image
into
your
page
or
post.
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16.
The
right
hand
side
of
the
page
is
where
you
can
save
your
post
or
page
as
a
draT,
preview
what
you
have
done
or
publish.
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17. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Bold
Italic
Strike-­‐through
Unordered
list
(bullet
points):
Ordered
list
Blockquote
(a
way
of
displaying
quoted
text;
each
theme
will
style
this
differently.)
Always
forgive
your
enemies;
nothing
annoys
them
so
much.
Align
LeT
Align
Center
Align
Right
Insert/edit
link
Unlink
Insert
More
tag
Proofread/Spell
Check
Toggle
Distrac%on
Free
Wri%ng
(this
removes
the
visual
editor
and
you
will
only
see
your
text
on
the
page.)
Show/Hide
Kitchen
sink
(enables
the
second
row
of
edi%ng
icons)
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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10.
11.
12.
13.
Style
–
various
formalng
styles
defined
by
your
theme
Underline
Align
full
Select
text
color
–
change
the
text
color
Paste
as
Plain
Text
Paste
from
Word
Remove
formalng
Insert
custom
character
Outdent
–
move
text
further
leT
Indent
–
move
text
further
right
Undo
–
undo
your
last
ac%on
Redo
–
redo
your
last
ac%on
Help
–
display
some
informa%on
about
using
the
editor,
as
well
as
keyboard
shortcuts.
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19. Go
to
WordPress.com
Tell
your
friends
where
to
find
you.
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20.
• Visit
my
blog:
h9p://www.eileenlonergan.com/ar%cles
• I
have
set
up
a
page:
h9p://www.eileenlonergan.com/etl-­‐blog-­‐class
I
will
have
informa%on
from
class
and
you
can
post
your
ques%ons
or
%ps
to
share
with
the
group.
• WordPress.com
support
h9p://en.support.wordpress.com/
• YouTube
• WordPress
TV:
h9p://wordpress.tv/
• h9p://www.expand2web.com/blog/
• h9p://learn.wordpress.com/
• I
posted
to
my
blog,
now
what?
Gelng
People
to
Read
Your
Blog
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