Creating a Blog

Sunshine12 · 10 February 2010 at 12:30PM

Not sure if Im posting on correct thread so pls tell me if I need to move it.

I want to start a blog. Something very simple, nothing hi-tec (as Im not too good on computers) but i have no clue where to start. Just want to be able to put in text and upload pictures. Can anyone point me in direction of basic and good free blog site? Ive googled but there are so many links and I dont know which ones are good and which ones might be too complicated. The simpler the better. Ive searched on here but previous posts were either from some time ago or more specific requirements.

Thanks in advance. x

busenbust · 10 February 2010 at 12:36PM

http://wordpress.org/ perhaps

[creating a blog]

Sunshine12 · 10 February 2010 at 12:56PM

Thanks Busenbust. Ive created one already. Dont know how to use it yet but looks simple enough. Thanks again.

busenbust · 10 February 2010 at 12:58PM

Sunshine12 wrote: »

Thanks Busenbust. Ive created one already. Dont know how to use it yet but looks simple enough. Thanks again.

Never a prob Sunshine

bat999 · 10 February 2010 at 1:00PM

Hi
Also there's blogger.com
It's owned by google.
I've just started to use it recently.
If you already have a googlemail account you use the same login details.
https://www.blogger.com/start

ahll · 20 April 2010 at 2:08AM

If you already have a website can anyone tell me how to add a blog onto it ?

MadTechie · 20 April 2010 at 9:39AM

ahll wrote: »

If you already have a website can anyone tell me how to add a blog onto it ?

for external blog sites like blogger.com a quick an simple approach would be to use a frames,
ie

<iframe src ="http://www.blogger.com/whatever" width="100%" height="300">
  <p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p>
  <p>please go to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/whatever">MyBlog</a></p>
</iframe>

as for WordPress your install that on to your server in a folder called myblog (whatever) and it would be part of you site..
Hope that Helps

ahll · 20 April 2010 at 4:26PM

MadTechie wrote: »
for external blog sites like blogger.com a quick an simple approach would be to use a frames,
ie
<iframe src ="http://www.blogger.com/whatever" width="100%" height="300">
  <p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p>
  <p>please go to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/whatever">MyBlog</a></p>
</iframe>
as for WordPress your install that on to your server in a folder called myblog (whatever) and it would be part of you site..
Hope that Helps

Thanks for the response all this is new to me...someone else developed the site and it has now been handed over. Are you saying I would have to ask the guy who developed it is he has put 'WordPress on to the server in a folder called myblog' ? Is there away of being able to tell from looking at my website. There seems to be a save and share drop down which has Wordpress on it !

MadTechie · 20 April 2010 at 5:38PM

If he developed your site and it has any server side code then he should be able to get WP installed, the installation is simple (if your used to that sort of thing)

if it has a "save and share drop down which has Wordpress on it" then he probably installed WP and used that as the base for your site (its a cheeky shortcut that he should of asked you if it was okay to use)
to check open your a page on the site and view source (right click and view source) and look for

<meta name="generator" content="WordPress

or maybe

wp-content

if you don't have it then

Here is the Install Guild
if you have cPanel then access (also FTP helps) then the steps would be as followed

1. go into cPanel http://yourdomain.com:2082
2. create a database + username + password, assign user to database
3. Download and unzip the WordPress package, to your PC
4. open wp-config-sample.php and update variables

DB_NAME = The name of the database you created in Step 1 . 
DB_USER  = The username you created in Step 1. 
DB_PASSWORD  = the password for username created in Step 1. 
DB_HOST  = normally "localhost" will be fine

4.1 Save as wp-config.php.
5. using an FTP client (ie firezilla) connect to the web host and in the public_html folder create a new folder called blog
6. upload all your extracted files into that folder (in step 5)
7. open your website with the url http://yourdomain.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php
8. follow instructions

hope that helps

ahll · 24 April 2010 at 12:45PM

MadTechie wrote: »
If he developed your site and it has any server side code then he should be able to get WP installed, the installation is simple (if your used to that sort of thing)

if it has a "save and share drop down which has Wordpress on it" then he probably installed WP and used that as the base for your site (its a cheeky shortcut that he should of asked you if it was okay to use)
to check open your a page on the site and view source (right click and view source) and look for
<meta name="generator" content="WordPress
or maybe
wp-content
if you don't have it then

Here is the Install Guild
if you have cPanel then access (also FTP helps) then the steps would be as followed

1. go into cPanel http://yourdomain.com:2082
2. create a database + username + password, assign user to database
3. Download and unzip the WordPress package, to your PC
4. open wp-config-sample.php and update variables
DB_NAME = The name of the database you created in Step 1 . 
DB_USER  = The username you created in Step 1. 
DB_PASSWORD  = the password for username created in Step 1. 
DB_HOST  = normally "localhost" will be fine
4.1 Save as wp-config.php.
5. using an FTP client (ie firezilla) connect to the web host and in the public_html folder create a new folder called blog
6. upload all your extracted files into that folder (in step 5)
7. open your website with the url http://yourdomain.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php
8. follow instructions

hope that helps

I went to the home page and did a find on the code and I couldnt find exactly what you had asked me to look for the nearest I found was below

<head>

<metahttp-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

<title>H Lythgoe | Kick The Diet</title>

<metahttp-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

<linkrel="shortcut icon" href="/sites/all/themes/ktd2/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

<linktype="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/sites/all/modules/views/css/views.css?9" />

Does this mean that he has not used wordpress ? If not can you tell what he has used ? Html ?

I am still looking into the other advice you gave me regarding the blog thanks.

ahll · 24 April 2010 at 12:55PM

MadTechie wrote: »
If he developed your site and it has any server side code then he should be able to get WP installed, the installation is simple (if your used to that sort of thing)

if it has a "save and share drop down which has Wordpress on it" then he probably installed WP and used that as the base for your site (its a cheeky shortcut that he should of asked you if it was okay to use)
to check open your a page on the site and view source (right click and view source) and look for
<meta name="generator" content="WordPress
or maybe
wp-content
if you don't have it then

Here is the Install Guild
if you have cPanel then access (also FTP helps) then the steps would be as followed

1. go into cPanel http://yourdomain.com:2082
2. create a database + username + password, assign user to database
3. Download and unzip the WordPress package, to your PC
4. open wp-config-sample.php and update variables
DB_NAME = The name of the database you created in Step 1 . 
DB_USER  = The username you created in Step 1. 
DB_PASSWORD  = the password for username created in Step 1. 
DB_HOST  = normally "localhost" will be fine
4.1 Save as wp-config.php.
5. using an FTP client (ie firezilla) connect to the web host and in the public_html folder create a new folder called blog
6. upload all your extracted files into that folder (in step 5)
7. open your website with the url http://yourdomain.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php
8. follow instructions

hope that helps

Thanks for your help but I am struggling right from point one as I dont know what a 'if you have cPanel then access (also FTP helps)' is so I dont know if I have one. Can you please give me more information. Thanks

Creating a Blog

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