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These questions cover the most commonly asked questions and topics about blogging. For more in-depth articles about blogging, check out the blog, or read articles about blog promotion

How do I Pick a Free Theme From WordPress?

June 25, 2015 By Oscar 2 Comments

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So you have a new blog and now you’re wondering how to make it look cool. Hopefully you followed my guide on how to start a blog. Now you want to install a theme… The official WordPress repository has hundreds of themes for your blog. But how do you pick one? But what about the… [Continue reading…]

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Do I Need to Know Programming to Start a Blog?

June 24, 2015 By Oscar Leave a Comment

Absolutely not. A long time ago, you needed to know HTML to be able to run and maintain a website. But nowadays the software has advanced so much that anybody can start a blog. You don’t need programming experience. You don’t need to know what DNS, FTP, Cnames, PHP, MySQL or any of that other… [Continue reading…]

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How do I Move my Blog from WordPress.com to Self-hosted WordPress.org?

June 9, 2015 By Oscar 162 Comments

If you started a blog on WordPress.com because it is free, or you because you didn’t know that a self-hosted WordPress.org blog was better, you can move it. The process is involved, but it is fairly easy to do. I haven’t had a chance to create a full step by step guide for this, but… [Continue reading…]

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How do I Start a Blog?

June 7, 2015 By Oscar 41 Comments

Starting a blog is fairly easy. The main thing to do is to actually start it. Many people think and think about starting a blog. But if you are ready, here’s a super quick summary of how you start a blog. To start, you need to come up with an idea of what you want… [Continue reading…]

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How do I Make my Blog Mobile Friendly?

June 3, 2015 By Oscar Leave a Comment

With the proliferation of mobile devices, it has become necessary for blogs and websites to be mobile-friendly. WordPress is very SEO friendly and it also helps with mobile access. The easiest way to make sure your blog is mobile friendly is to use a theme that is responsive. The term responsive design refers to a… [Continue reading…]

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What is Domain Privacy, and Do I Need it?

June 1, 2015 By Oscar Leave a Comment

When you purchase your web hosting plan from Inmotion hosting, or when you purchase a domain from a company like Godaddy, or Namecheap, you are offered the option of registering your Domain using Domain Privacy. This means that the details of the ownership of the domain will be kept private. If you have Domain privacy… [Continue reading…]

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Do I Need an SSL Certificate for My Blog?

June 1, 2015 By Oscar Leave a Comment

Technically, no. You can start a blog and run the blog without an SSL certificate. But the trends are showing that Google and maybe other search engines tend to prefer websites that have an SSL certificate installed. This includes blogs. But you can install an SSL certificate later after starting your blog if you feel… [Continue reading…]

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What is cPanel?

June 1, 2015 By Oscar Leave a Comment

cPanel is one of the most popular web host management systems. If you follow my getting started blog guide, you’ll use cPanel to install your blog. It’s easy to use. It is used to manage your domains, your web hosting space, your installed programs on your website, your email system and many other components of… [Continue reading…]

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How do I Install WordPress?

June 1, 2015 By Oscar 24 Comments

WordPress can be installed in five steps according to WordPress.org. They refer to this installation procedure as their famous five-minute installation guide. My installation guide is better. You can only install WordPress by hand in five minutes if you know what you are doing or have done it before. If you are completely new to… [Continue reading…]

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What is Jetpack?

May 30, 2015 By Oscar 2 Comments

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Jetpack is a group of plugins under one master plugin. It is developed and produced by Automattic, the company that runs WordPress.com and the biggest contributor to the WordPress.org project. The purpose of Jetpack is to give you the best features from WordPress.com to use in your self-hosted (WordPress.org) blog. I’ve mentioned before that you… [Continue reading…]

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