How to start a blog with your own domain?
Tired of having your blog on other websites? Frustrated when you discover how little control you have when your blog is hosted on a third party platform? You bet the long URL of your blog that ends with ‘blogspot.com’ or ‘typepad.com’ looks ugly!
Here’s the solution that ends all these frustration: start your blog on your own domain!
There are waaaaaay too many benefits running your blog independently online and guess what? Hosting your blog on an independent domain isn’t expensive at all! I mean, it’s dead cheap!
And also the best of all, hosting your blog on your own domain is very simple. All you have to do is a one time simple setup and you can start publishing blogpost as you were doing it in Blogspot, Typepad, or Friendster.
What you need to start a blog with your own domain?
A domain name, a web hosting service installed with desired blog software, and lots of heart (and time!) to write some good blogposts.
You will need to register your own unique domain name. There are a few reputable domain registering agents around WWW, I would recommend GoDaddy as they are one of the cheapest. Many hosting companies offer free domain registration for their first time customers. Thus in case you have not purchase any web hosting services, save your money and get your free domain names with these web hosting company.
Lunarpages for example, offers free domain name to their customers. Other web hosts that provide such offers are like Bluehost and Hostgator.
Installing a blog at your web host
The next thing to do is to purchase a web host and install related blogging software on it. For those who’re starting for the first time, I would recommend Lunarpages as you can get special offer here (cheapest among all, only $4.95/mo).
How to install WordPress in Lunarpages?
With the help of Fantastico, web application can be installed at your hosting within clicks. I’ll show you how to install your WordPress blog in Lunarpages.
First, login to cPanel and go to ‘Fantastico’. The Fantastico icon looks like a smiley face and it’s normally listed at the bottom of the page.
Click WordPress once you’re in Fantastico main page. Here, you’ll have all the basic details about WordPress in your Lunarpages account. Check out the screen cap below for example, you’ll see the number of WordPress installed in your hosting account, WordPress version, required disk storage size, as well as the link for WordPress quick installation.
Click “New Installation” to install your WordPress blog. You will come to a page where you need to input all the necessary info for your blog. Insert related info such as blog name, blog location (the folder where you wish to locate your blog, leave blank if you want it at root), blog administrator login, email, and blog descriptions.
Click “Install WordPress” at the bottom once you’re ready. You’ll then see a few lines of the installation details and there, you’re done installing your blog at Lunarpages. Upon completion, you can have your installation and login details filed and sent to your inbox. Just keyin your email and press ’send’, the details will be in your inbox within seconds. To start posting or to edit your blog design, login to your WordPress blog for the first time, go to http://yourdomain.com/blogfolder/wp-admin.
Wrapping things up
Well as said, the whole process of setting up your blog on an independent domain is really simple and it makes no sense to have your blog hosted on other platform. After all, you’re the one writing the blog, why let others have control on your blog.
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Wrote on October 29, 2008 @ 2:10 pm
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