Installing WordPress In 5 Minutes Or Less

As astonishing as it may seem, you can actually go from having an empty web hosting account to having a site that is ready to accept content in under ten minutes.  Actually, come to think of it, it’s closer to five.  In this video, I’ll walk you through setting up WordPress (my favorite blog platform)  and updating it to the latest version in just a few minutes. Read more

Don’t Reinvent The Wheel

One of the biggest problems I see with new webmasters is that they think they must “reinvent the wheel.”  They want to build a website from scratch and make life so much tougher on themselves.

Building a site from scratch is fine, if you’re in business as a web designer.  Web designers and webmasters are two different groups of people.  Sure, some folks belong in both groups, but they really have two different sets of goals and responsibilities.  A web designer creates a “look” for a website.  A webmaster keeps the site running and updated.  This site is about empowering new webmasters. Read more

Using A Free Blogging Web Site

For first time bloggers, a free blogging web site is a great way to get started in the blogosphere. Popular blogging web sites like blogger and eponym allow users to set up and host a blog without paying any fees at all.  This encourages People to start blogging, because the fact that one of these sites can provide you with all of the tools that you need to get your blog up and runningwithout spending any money means that you have nothing to lose by starting a blog. The fact that it is so easy to find a way to blog for free is one of the reasons why so many people who have never had any other kind of web presence before find themselves drawn to blogging. Read more