How To Start A Blog On Domain_6

Starting a WordPress blog is not any difficult now a days. You can start a beautiful looking WordPress blog in less than a hour, but before starting one it is necessary to properly analyze and decide the budget and the platform for hosting and also domain registrars, because if you choose these things randomly you might afterwards regret if something doesn't go in right way.

So, in this article I will discuss how you can start a beautiful looking and professional WordPress blog in just 15$. I will try it best to give you proper guidance from choosing domain name to hosting and themes and plugins and finalizing it.

I would like to divide the whole article into five sections. Each section will guide you thoroughly on how you can set up the related stuff. So, now let's get started.

1. Domain & Hosting

The very step is to have a perfect domain name which reflects your blog or website or your business name and the second step in this process is to find the perfect hosting for your blog.

What is Domain?

Domain is basically the address on web where people can access your website. Such as www.xyz.com .

What is Hosting?

Hosting is the space on server where required files and software (in this case WordPress) for your blog are stored.

So, for getting a perfect Domain Name and Hosting for your blog, Visit website here and select your desired package configuration. The domain price for a ".com" domain is 12$. and monthly price of basic hosting is 2.45$. So, you could easily start a WordPress blog in only 15$. If you are getting hosting for one year then it will cost you ~23$ and you will be saving 13$.You can skip the addons, there is need of them at beginning.

If you already have a domain name, then you can use it instead of registering a new one, it will save you 12$. I have included a picture, your check this on website.

Now, create account or login if you have one and Checkout your Bill. After finalizing all the stuff here, you will get some emails containing following information.

cPanel & Nameserver address (if your domain is registered elsewher) information.

WordPress Installation information

2. Connecting Domain & Hosting

If your domain is registered on anothere registerar then you should connect it to your hosting, so, in case if you have registered it on veeble, you can skip the step. So, now as discussed above, note the Nameserver information and follow these steps to configure them properly.

Step1: Sign into your Veeble account and Click on Domains, Now select Nameservers tab and here put the Nameserver values that you have been given in the Email.

Step 2: Save the settings, Wait for some time, 10-30 minutes so that setting propagate properly.
Now you have successfully pointed your Domain name to your hosting. Now follow the next step.

3. Configuring basic WordPress settings

Now that you have connected your domain name and hosting and these are live, So, it is time to do some basic WordPress setting on your website. So, follow these steps below.

Step 1: In your browser, type your domain address followed by wp-admin as: "www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin".

Step 2: Give your credentials ( Username & Password ) as you have received in the WordPress installation email and Sign in.

Step 3: After signing in successfully you would see something like below,

Step 3: Now click on Settings Tab and here you can configure your specific setting such as site title, tagline, date format, avatar (under discussion tab) etc. So, do it and save it.

4. Setting up Beautiful Theme

Now is the time to beautify your website or blog. So, Visit here and Download the free version of theme, you can get the premium later on if you want but here we will go with the free one. Now follow these steps to install it.

Step 1: Under Appearance Tab click on Themes

Step 2: Click on Add New and Upload the zip file that you have just downloaded.

Step 3: After it gets installed, Activate it and Now visit you website, you would see a complete new look, isn't it?

Step 4: Now if you want to further customize your theme you can do this by clicking Appearance > Themes > Customize.
So, now you have successfully installed the most powerful and lightweight WordPress theme on your website. Here I have selected the Astra Theme, you can also choose any theme of your choice.

5. Setting Up Plugins

Though WordPress by default doesn't require you to install any plugin for its operations, But here we are just using one plugin, which will be very helpful in design and formatting posts and pages. So, download it Ultimate addons for Gutenberg and it is completely free for use. Add this plugin by clicking on Add new button under plugins tab and activate it.

Conclusion

So, in the whole article I have discussed the complete process of starting a website or blog form the very first step. You can follow the same steps to extended it according to your choice. Now, if you have faced any problem during this whole process then you can share it with me by commenting in the section below.