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PAGE 4 FREELANCER BLOGGING
HOW TO START A
BLOG FROM SCRATCH
B Y E I T E L B O C K
Selecting a proper blogging solution :
If you are like many of us , you may have been
There are many blogging solutions /platforms
toying with the idea to start your own blog
available . Through trial , error , tears and experience I
for some time but could not get down to
have found that WordPress is the ultimate solution
doing it . Most of the people we meet who
to blogging . Although WordPress is much more than
have an idea of starting a blog feel that it
a blogging tool , its roots remains in the blogging
requires a deep understanding of the arena . In fact , WordPress is responsible for powering
30 % of all websites on the internet . That includes
technology involved .
websites and blogs . A further look at statistics from
If you are like many of us , you may have been
various reputable sources show us that WordPress is
toying with the idea to start your own blog for
the biggest Content Management System ( CMS )
some time but could not get down to doing it .
with 59 .9% of the CMS share . A Content
Most of the people we meet who have an idea of
Management System is a website and /or blog where
starting a blog feel that it requires a deep
the content can be managed by the owner itself in
understanding of the technology involved . For
real time , thus no need to hire a developer to make
others , the costs to hire a website
changes to the website /blog . WordPress consists of
designer /developer to develop and design a
two platforms , which are WordPress .com and
blog is a huge put off .
WordPress .org . You can have a look at the
I have found , during numerous discussions with
differences between the two WordPress
like minded writers that the mere thought of
versions here . For this article we will only consider
getting a blog up and running is enough to
WordPress .org as it will give you complete freedom
make them procrastinate ..
over your content , your blog ’s URL as well as its
layout .
