How to Be a Blogger
How can I start a blog, how to create a blog site is a very relevant question, and this post shows the answer and explains the process of creating a blog step by step.WordPress is a CMS that is mainly used for blogging, and WordPress has a number of good plugins available for free and for a fee to increase the functionality of the blog site. Here I recommend Bluehost web hosting for any blogger because it provides free SSL lifetime for WordPress websites as well as good support.
Here is a step-by-step process for a Bluehost WordPress blog:
#1.Hosting and domain
Bluehost may be the best hosting provider for a WordPress blog, but at the same time there are many other hosting providers. I purchased a shared hosting plan for 3 years along with a one-year free domain, which will be renewed in a year.
You can purchase a hosting service that you think is right for you by choosing the desired tariff plan, you can make a purchase by registering/logging in. The domain can be purchased from Bluehost or from any other provider. You can now log in to Bluehost using the credentials they sent you. As soon as you log in, a screen will appear and you will be able to log in to your WordPress to manage your blog.
#2.Theme
There are many free WordPress themes available, I use the Ocean WP theme for my WordPress blog. The theme is completely free, and you can install all the necessary plugins on it.
Go to your domain name / wp-admin and log in, for example, for the domain /wp-admin. As soon as you log in, the dashboard will appear, and go to the Appearance and Themes section.
After navigating to this area, enter the name of the topic in the search box, then install and activate.
#3.SSL (Secure Sockets layer)
SSL provides secure encrypted communication between the web server and the browser. Bluehost does implement free SSL for the entire WordPress site. Either you can activate SSL for your WordPress blog by going to your billing login, or you can contact Bluehost support and request SSL activation.
Log in to Bluehost and go to the home page> My Site > Site Management
Go to the Security section and enable SSL.
#4.Mail setup and contact form
After completing all the above steps, you can create webmail for your domain. Use, for example, if the domain is tekengine.org, The email can be ashif@tekengine.org
Go to the Email section in Bluehost account > email > Add an email account. You can add the desired email address and specify a quota, and then create an account.
After you have created the email, go to the webmail and log in with the created email address and password (which is used to log in to the Bluehost account).
#5.Plugins
Here are some of the useful plugins I use for my Bluehost WordPress blog.
Extended review of comments: Comment verification plugin
Contact Form 7: This is a simple and flexible contact form.
Google XML Sitemap for Images: This plugin will generate an XML image sitemap for your WordPress blog
Google XML Sitemap for Video: This plugin will generate a video sitemap in XML format for your WordPress blog
myStickymenu: A simple implementation of a sticky (fixed top) menu for the navigation menu.
Audacious Social Sharing: The most elegant, simple, and optimized sharing buttons. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest.
Smush: Reduce image file sizes, increase productivity and boost your SEO
Adaptive carousel of posts: Slider plugin for WordPress
Yoast SEO: a comprehensive SEO solution for WordPress, including page content analysis
Go to the admin panel of the website mentioned in step 2, then go to Plugins > Add New and install Plugins, or you can download all these plugins and download them one by one.
#6.Blog Development
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Create all the pages needed for the blog pages > add new ones, give the appropriate name for all the pages, then go to appearance> menu you can see all the names of the created pages in the pages section, now create a new menu and name it, then check the boxes with the names of the pages you want and click add to the menu, then save, this you can see in your WordPress blog.
Carousel
Toolbar >carousel and create a carousel. You can control which post will be displayed in the carousel.
Widgets
Dashboard > appearance > widget.Just drag and drop the available widget and place it in the sliders and footers.
Footer
Go to appearance > settings, find the page footer, and configure.
Messages
Toolbar> Messages > add new, enter the name of the message and start writing a message and publishing, you can control the carousel which post should be displayed on the slider of the main page.
Pages
Dashboard> Pages > add a new one, specify the name of the page and in the title write the desired content on it and publish it. You can also add this page to the menu.
#7. Earn Money on Your Blog
Bloggers place Google ads on their blogs to make money. Blog Revenue bloggers earn money online, moreover, it is a passive income for which you need to create a Google AdSense account and submit your website for approval. As soon as your site is approved, you will be able to log in to it, create ad blocks and post the code on your blog, in a few hours it will start appearing on the blog. If someone clicks on an ad posted on your blog, you will receive a few cents for it, which will be available for viewing in your ad sense account.