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HostGator will send you an email once you’ve purchased a hosting package that contains some pretty important information so PLEASE don’t delete it!

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…before I go any further I’d like to apologize for the last post. I talked about updating the DNS and yet I completely skipped over where in the world you where supposed to get that info! Sorry…

Enough of the mushy stuff! Let’s get to work LOL!!

As I mentioned before, once you’ve purchased your hosting plan you’ll receive an email; for tutorial purposes I’ll use HostGator. In that email will be your username, password, name servers, cpanel access and a “Getting Started Tutorial”.

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How to transfer the DNS to your server, also called “Updating The DNS”, is something you’ll need to learn so you can repeat the process as your arsenal of domain names slowly grows. If you’re not familiar with the term DNS it simply stands for “Domain Name Server”.

I’m assuming you took my advice and grabbed your domain name from GoDaddy and a hosting account from HostGator. Well, to be honest with you if you’re looking to save money and quality customer service isn’t important at this time then you can go with whatever company you like just make sure the hosting company has cPanel.

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What you need before installing a WordPress Blog is a domain name and a hosting service. Even though WordPress.org is a free platform and has the most freedom, support and the easiest user interface you must have your own hosting service which will cost at least $6 a month and a domain name that will cost $10 a year.

Another important step you must have completed is what the niche, theme, ideology or message will be behind the blog. If you want it to simply be fist-pounding rants and obscure raves then so be it. That’s the freedom you’ll have with a self-hosted WordPress blog.

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“How do I make money with my blog?” is one of the top three questions I’m asked and it’s a good one!

First of all there are a few different ways you can make money with your blog and second of all you should ask yourself which platform will you be using; a self hosted WordPress.org blog, Blogger blog or a WordPress.com blog?

Here’s my opinion about the three platforms…

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The Antique-Engravings.com Blog installation has been a real big challenge for me. But you know what? I love every single minute of it! Sure, I may have a little less hair but I never thought I could learn so much so fast about customizing WordPress Blogs, seriously!

So I would like to thank Tim Warren for pushing me passed my comfort zone, whether it was on purpose or not!

As you can tell I’ve placed a screen cap of the Antique-Engravings blog to the left. If you’d like to know what template I used, it was the Egecia WordPress Theme. (Follow that link if you’d like to see what it used to look like before I customized it )

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The TheoBaskind.com Blog is now a “WordPress Friendly” site so visitors can learn how to use this popular software more effectively for the construction of websites, audience engagement, and the creation of online communities.

WordPress is a free, open source, customizable software script that became available in 2003. Since its release, it has become the most popular blogging tool in the world, used on hundreds of thousands of websites viewed daily by millions of people. The infamous software platform grew rapidly due to its stability and ease of use for novices to seasoned professional website designers. The software’s open source allows anyone to view the software code and modify it for new and innovative applications.

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