How Do You Start Blogging?
Every now and then I get asked this question by people who want to start a blog of their own but simply don’t know where to begin. These are usually non technical people who have spent time reading and even commenting on the odd blog which has inspired them to want to start their own. Here are the steps to get started.
Firstly, decide on a topic that you’d like your blog to be about. It could be a personal blog or a topic focused blog like this one.
Secondly, choose a blogging platform. There are quite a few blogging platforms available ranging from user hosted (on your own server), license fee developer hosted to free developer hosted platforms. For the sake of keeping things simple (and free), I suggest starting with a free developer hosted platform like the ones listed below.
These are the leading free developer hosted platforms available and they both come with a variety of features but their core functionality remains pretty much the same. Whichever you choose, both will allow you to quite easily create and edit blog posts (blog entries) and upload photos.
Once you’ve decided on the one you want to go with simply proceed to sign up. They both provide sign up wizards with fairly simple step by step instructions that will take you through the whole setup process. It should only take somewhere between 5 to 10 minutes from start to finish to get a basic blog up and running.
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