{"id":480,"date":"2013-10-19T23:29:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-19T23:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weblegal.ca\/?page_id=480"},"modified":"2016-09-23T02:30:05","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T02:30:05","slug":"how-to-create-a-blog-with-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.weblegal.ca\/guides\/how-to-create-a-blog-with-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a blog with WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"
Having your own blog, whether for personal use or to promote a small business, is increasingly popular. Many people mistakenly believe they have to be a Web expert in order to create a blog. This is not the case. In fact, a beginner can just as easily install a WordPress blog than anyone else. The purpose of this guide is simple – to help you install your WordPress blog on a unique domain name of your choice in less than 15 minutes.<\/p>\n
Follow the steps below, and you will be ready to publish your first article on the web in a couple of minutes.<\/p>\n
If you want to create an eCommerce site to sell stuff online, read our How to create an online store with Shopify<\/b><\/a> guide instead.<\/p>\n Visit WHC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n For the purposes of this guide to create a WordPress blog, we will assume that you are starting from scratch – without a domain name and without a web hosting service – and therefore, we suggest you the web hosting company WHC.ca<\/strong><\/a>, that costs as little as $3.95 per month if you pay for 36 months (these are the only fees you will have to pay to get your blog online today). With WHC, your domain name will be free.<\/p>\n Here are the steps to create your first blog with WordPress:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n After creating your web hosting account, WHC will send you an email with your account information, including your username and password. You will need this information for the next steps.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\nHow to create my blog with WordPress?<\/h2>\n
Guide to create a WordPress blog step by step<\/h2>\n
1. Choose my domain name and create my web hosting account<\/h3>\n
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2. Installing WordPress with cPanel and Softaculous on my domain name<\/h3>\n
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