Today I am going to show you how to start a blog from scratch. And you won’t believe how easy it is to do.
So, let’s start your blogging journey!
We will need 4 things:
- domain – Domain is the name of the blog which you type in the browser address bar. “www.HostingPill.com” is the domain of this site.
- hosting – Hosting is the “home” of your blog where it will “stay”. It is usually a server at a web hosting company.
- WordPress – WordPress is the “software” that will power your new blog.
- Design & Themes – To make your blog attractive design-wise you will need to install WordPress themes.
Koyi game da nau'ikan yanar gizo zaku iya ƙirƙirar tare da WordPress kuma ku san yadda zaku iya protect the blog da zarar ya tashi.
Akwai hanyoyi guda biyu da zaku iya siyan yanki da kuma tallatawa:
- Kuna siyan yanki da kuma tallatawa daga mai masaukin yanar gizo guda
- Ko kuma ku sayi duka biyu daban
If you ask me, I would recommend going for Option 2 (buying separately) for two reasons:
- Kuna samun mafi kyawun ma'amala lokacin da kuke siyan yanki da kuma tallata daban.
- Kuna rage haɗarin ta hanyar siyan ta daga kamfanoni daban.
ina bada shawara Namecheap don samun yankinku da Bluehost don tallata yanar gizo.
Namecheap, kamar yadda sunan ya ke sayar da sunayen yankin don farashi mai kyau, babu buƙatar sayen yankinku da karɓar baƙi daga mai siyarwa don haka sai na yi zagaye.
BlueHost - Ni ne ta yin amfani da Bluehost kusan shekaru 8 yanzu ga wasu rukunin yanar gizo na kuma gano su amintacce ne.
In this step by step guide, I’m going to buy a domain, set up web hosting, install WordPress, configure WordPress and then talk about how you can make money blogging.
Mataki na 1. Yi rijista yankinku
NOTE: Idan kun riga kun mallaki yanki, zaku iya tsallake wannan kuma ku tafi kai tsaye
Yadda ake saita Saiti don WordPress sashe.
Abubuwa na farko da farko, lokaci yayi da zaka sayi yanki. Kuna so kuyi tunani game da yanki wanda kuke so da abin da yake faɗi game da shafin yanar gizonku na WordPress.
Yi imani da ni, zaɓi sunan yankin da ya dace aiki ne mai wahala a zamanin yau tunda duk “masu kirki sun riga sun tafi”.
Kuna iya son duba waɗannan 7 Nasihu Sunan Nasihu to get the right name for your site or you can use these tools to samar da sunan yankin dabaru.
Once you have listed some of the domain name options, it’s time to check their availability.
Kuma don haka, bi matakan da ke ƙasa:
Mataki 1. Ka tafi zuwa ga www.Namecheap.com kuma shigar da yankin da kake son shiga akwatin binciken yankin.
Mataki 2. If your domain is available then add it to the cart, consider also purchasing other TLD (Top level domains) of your name, for example, if your domain is ‘mytestdomain.com’ you might also want to pick up ‘mytestdomain.net’ and ‘mytestdomain.org’.
If your domain isn’t available, you’ll have to think of something else!
Mataki 3. Click on ‘View Cart’. Make sure everything is as you expect and double-check your domain name is spelled correctly. If you are buying a .com domain, you will notice that you also must pay a small ICANN fee.
Mataki 4. Tabbatar da odarka, Zan bayar da shawarar kafa yankin zuwa Auto-Sabunta.
Mataki 5. Yanzu zai nemi ku ƙirƙiri wani asusun, ku cika dukkan bayanai kuma ku tabbata kun tuna kalmar sirri!
Mataki 6. A shafi na gaba, yana tambayarka ku cika bayanan tuntuɓar asusarku. Idan baku zaɓi asirin yanki ba, to wannan bayanin ga jama'a ne don kowa ya gani. Danna 'Ci gaba'
Mataki 7. Pay for your domain, you can choose from a credit card or PayPal. Click ‘Continue’ and that’s it, you are now the proud owner of your new domain.
Mataki na 2. Saita Gida Don WordPress
Zaɓi da right web hosting company is a very important factor in starting a blog.
Kasuwanci ya cika ambaliya tare da ɗaruruwan kamfanonin baƙi na yanar gizo kuma suna amfani da duk dabara don samun kasuwancin ku.
I have listed & answered few questions that most first-time site owners have about hosting.
Kuna iya ganin su nan.
Yanzu, cewa kun kasance a shirye, bari mu fara da karɓar bakuncinmu.
We will setup your Bluehost account to start your first blog.
It offer a free domain (on Annual plans) and a 30 day money back guarantee, so you never have to worry about anything.
Mataki 1. Ka tafi zuwa ga www.Bluehost.com sannan ka latsa maballin Start Start.
Mataki 2. Zaɓi shirin da kake son siyan. Don wannan demo, zamu tafi tare da Tsarin Batun su.
Mataki 3. On this page, depending on whether you have a domain or want to get a new one, you can make your selection.
Mataki 4. Once you have the domain, it’s time to enter your contact details.
Mataki 5. Yanzu zabi tsarin da kake son tafiya dashi. Idan aka tsawaita lokacin da ka zaɓa, to yawan ragi zai samu.
Mataki 6. Shigar da cikakkun bayanan katinka kuma biya.
Mataki 7. Da zarar an gama hakan, ƙirƙirar kalmar wucewa ta wannan allon (kar a manta ta adana kalmar sirri ta wani wuri domin zancen gaba)
Mataki 8. Now that you have created the password, it’s time to login!
Mataki na 3. Haɗa yankinku zuwa Gidajan
Don haka, da zarar kun sayi gizon WordPress ɗin ku daga Bluehost kuna buƙatar saita your Namecheap yanki don nunawa ga wannan gizon.
Mataki 1. Shiga ku BlueHost account
Mataki 2. Danna kan saitunan yanki
Mataki 3. Click on the ‘Nameservers’ tab
Here are the default Nameservers of Bluehost:
Farashin NS1.Bluehost.com
Farashin NS2.Bluehost.com
Mataki 5. Ka tafi zuwa ga Namecheap da Shiga.
Mataki 6. Once you logged in go Domain List ==> Domains ==> Select Domain ==> Select Manage ==> Under NameServers, select Custom and place your Bluehostsunayen masu aiki a can
Mataki 7. Danna Ajiye canje-canje.
Yana iya ɗaukar kimanin sa'o'i 24 don wannan canjin ɗin don kammalawa don haka kada ku damu idan bai yi aiki nan da nan ba.
Mataki na 4. Sanya WordPress
Next, we need to install WordPress on the Bluehost hosting.
BTW, WordPress is a blogging platform for writing blog posts.
Abin godiya Bluehost yana da kayan sarrafa kansa don haka zan nuna maka cewa.
Mataki 1. Shiga zuwa Bluehost
Mataki 2. A sashen rukunin yanar gizo danna 'Sanya WordPress'
Mataki 3. Zaɓi yankin da kake son amfani da shi don shigarwa na WordPress ɗin, wataƙila za ku sami yanki ɗaya kawai. Barin filin babu komai.
Mataki 4. Now enter your blog name (can be changed later), username, email address, and password. Make sure to keep a note of these details. Make sure your password is secure, use an online password randomizer if possible, people will try to breach your WordPress blog.
Mataki 5. Kuna iya lura da cigaban shigarwa a saman shafin, kodayake yawanci shigarwa yana ɗaukar mintuna 5.
Kamar yadda kake gani yana da madaidaiciya don shigar da WordPress.
Now you can browse to http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin to login.
Step 5. Create a Blog in WordPress
Let’s get logged into the new WordPress blog.
1. Jeka http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin kuma shigar da sunan mai amfani da kalmar wucewa.
2. Ya kamata yanzu zaku iya ganin dashboard admin.
Da zarar an shiga ciki yana da darajan samun fewan abubuwan da ake rarrabe su kafin mu matsa zuwa jigogi, abubuwa da ƙara abubuwa.
Musammam taken da Kafa shafin gaba
Akwai 'yan abubuwan da koyaushe nake so in saita dama bayan shigar WordPress
Settings -> General Settings. Here you can set your blog title, tagline, main email address, time zone, date format & Language. Make sure you set all of these things correctly now, as it may come back to haunt you if you don’t!
Settings -> Reading. Here you can decide what function you want your WordPress blog to take. You can set your front page to take people straight into the blog post or you can set which static page you want to be your home page.
Wannan shi ne abin da muke buƙatar saitawa yanzu. Zamu iya matsawa abubuwa da yawa masu ban sha'awa!
Ta yaya zan ƙirƙiri sabon Shafuka da Posts?
To add new pages, go to Pages -> Add new, fill in your title, add some content and click publish. If you aren’t ready to publish the page, click draft.
To add a new post go to Posts -> Add New, it’s then the same procedure as above.
Yadda ake Pagesara Shafuka / Posts a Menu
To add these pages to the menu, go to Appearance -> Menu. Select your menu and select ‘add to menu’, you can then drag and drop to arrange it.
Jigogi & Zane
With WordPress, it’s really easy to create any design you can imagine without writing a single piece of code. And that is made possible only by WordPress themes.
WordPress has a lot of free theme designs to choose from.
Yadda ake neman cikakken taken WordPress
Idan baku iya samun abin da kuke nema ba anan, zaku iya zuwa ƙarin zaɓuka anan:
Themeforest – One of the oldest and the largest marketplace for WordPress theme. You get tons of high-quality themes at reasonable prices.
Kirkira – A newer marketplace with quite a variety of WordPress themes. The themes on this site are quite different in terms of design than what you get on Themeforest.
Labarin – Another great platform where you can get free and premium beautiful WordPress theme for your site.
Astra – Astra is the most lightweight and fully customizable WordPress theme.
It provides basic and advanced design options for blogs, single blog pages with a dedicated Blog Pro addon. Astra works seamlessly with all popular page builders like Beaver Builder, Elementor, etc.
How do I Install WordPress Theme
To install a new theme for your WordPress blog, follow these steps:
Mataki 1. Lokacin da aka shiga cikin dashboard ɗin shugaba zaɓi 'Bayyanar' sannan jigogi daga menu na hagu.
Mataki 2. Danna maɓallin 'Newara sabo'
Mataki 3. Search for your WordPress theme using the search bar at the top right. If you have been provided a theme file you can select upload theme from the top of the page.
Mataki 4. Click Shigar
Mataki 5. After a minute or so the new theme will finish installing. Now you can click customize and see what options you can change. This will vary a lot from theme to theme but usually, you can edit things like your logo, the rough layout of the page and some colors.
shigar Plugins
Mecece plugin?
Plugins – as the name suggests are tools that add functionality to your WordPress blog. The best thing which I like about WordPress is – these plugins.
Plugins can turn your site from a simple blog to a fully-featured e-commerce store, a user forum, a video streaming site, a member’s only site, and much more. Of course, you can combine most of these plugins together to add huge functionality to your blog.
Misali, idan kana amfani da shafinka na WordPress don sayar da samfuran kan layi yana iya zama da amfani don ƙara dandalin tallafi.
Duk lokacin da kake son ƙara aiki zuwa shafin yanar gizon WordPress, duba zuwa plugins kafin kallon ƙirƙirar wani abu da kanka / biyan mai haɓakawa don yi maka.
Shigar da plugins abu ne mai sauki, bangare mai wahala shine yake yanke hukunci akan irin abubuwanda kake son sanyawa. Akwai dubban plugins don kyauta, akwai kuma wadatattun plugins ɗin da suke akwai.
Where I can find more WordPress Plugins?
Abubuwan mafi kyawun albarkatu guda biyu akan yanar gizo don Wuta WordPress sune:
1. WordPress.org – Tons of free plugins! But beware – some of the plugins are demo versions of the paid ones. Still, it’s a good place to find what you are looking for.
2. CodeCanyon – Home to some of the best plugins on the internet. Although they are paid, they offer really good value for money. I usually get my plugins from here.
Kuma akwai 'yan fa'idodi na tafiya don biyan tukunyar kuɗi daga CodeCanyon:
- You get 6 months of free support from the plugin developer. So, if something is not working, you can approach the plugin developer via CodeCanyon kuma zasu gyara maka ita. Menene ƙari, zaku iya mika tallafin garanti na watanni 12 ta biyan kuɗin maras muhimmanci.
- Futocin suna da inganci sosai, an duba su sosai CodeCanyon. So, there are no chances of any malware in them. I had a bad experience in the past when I bought some free plugins from some random site.
Da zarar kun yanke shawara kan plugin ɗin anan ga yadda kuke girka shi.
Yadda zaka Sanya kayan aikin Wuta ta WordPress
Mataki 1. From the Admin Dashboard select Plugins -> Add New
Mataki 2. Binciki plugin ɗin da kake so, ko loda shi idan kuna da fayilolin
Mataki 3. Latsa Shigar, kuma ka bashi 'yan mintoci kaɗan don kafawa, babban plugin ɗin zai daɗe yana ɗauka don shigar.
Mataki 4. From the Plugins -> Plugins page activate your plugin, depending on the plugin you are using you may then be prompted to fill in some additional settings.
Here are some of my favorite Plugins:
Wuta Kyauta:
- Contact form 7 (Free)– This is a simple free email contact form for your blog. It’s easy to set up, always works, and doesn’t take up much space!
- Askimet (Kyauta) - Idan har kuna la'akari da barin maganganu a kan shafin yanar gizon ku na WordPress kuna buƙatar maƙallan spam na spam ɗin Askimet. Wannan plugin ɗin yana jujjuya yawan maganganun spam da zaku samu.
- Yoast SEO (Kyauta) – Download this plugin before you download any. It’s a MUST HAVE plugin for SEO.
An Bude Wuta:
- Mawallafin Kayayyakin kallo (Biya) – It’s THE BEST Page Builder for WordPress. Just drag and drop and you can create stunning page layouts in minutes. Love it!
- Ninja – If you ever want to have the ability for the user to signup for your email newsletter from your blog, this is the plugin to have. Few clicks and you get a beautiful popup done.
- BackupGuard (Paid) – It’s too easy to accidentally break your WordPress blog when installing a 3rd Party Plugin or theme, make sure you always da goyan baya. And this plugin does just that. It’s a lifesaver!
Yadda ake Samun Kudi daga Blog
Now that you have your WordPress blog nicely set up, with some content, a slick WordPress taken, and some great functionality added by Plugins it’s time to monetize your blog! There are two core methods to for making money from your blog, and everything boils down to these
Haɗin kai:
Affiliate marketing is where you promote other company’s products directly and earn a commission from any sales made.
For example, say you have a football blog, you could add affiliate links to football boots in your posts and make a commission off any boots sold, typically this would be 5 – 15%.
Akwai ɗaruruwan dabarun tallan tallace-tallace masu haɗin gwiwa a can, yakamata kuyi bincike game da wannan dangane da kuɗin ku, zakuyi mamakin yadda kamfanoni da yawa suke da tsarin. Amazon offers one of the most popular ones, it’s easy too!
Add special affiliate links to ANY product on the Amazon and make a commission of 4 – 10%. Amazon may not be the best paying site (this will vary wildly depending on the niche of your blog), but they do offer a HUGE range of products.
Adverts
Adverts are simple, got spare space on your blog, place an advert, often you will find these placed in the sidebar and within the content of any articles. Adverts can generate anything from $0.05 to $5 per click depending on the niche of your blog.
Google AdSense is the de facto online advertising company, simply fill in a 2-page signup form and you can start serving adverts to all your visitors. You don’t have to talk directly to companies to sell your advertising space.
Google’s advertising pay-outs differ massively from niche to niche, a highly competitive niche like credit cards, insurance, loans, etc.. will pay higher than less competitive ones.
Wannan shi ne saboda yanayin masu tallata tallace-tallace don sanya tallan tallan su, a cikin wannan ƙari ɗin 'sanannen' shafin ku shine za ku iya tsayawa don samun kuɗi.
Typically, you might expect something like a 0.5 – 3% click-through rate, i.e. the number of your visitors who actually click on the adverts.
Kyakkyawan haɗuwa na dabarun biyu ana bada shawara galibi.
Next Matakai
Now that your WordPress blog has been set up and you’ve monetized it’s time to start expanding and really pushing your blog.
Here are my top tips going forward:
- Tsara abubuwan yau da kullun, you won’t always be in the mood to write content, use the built-in post scheduler so you can write multiple posts when you feel like it while still allowing regular content to flow. Articles every few days are better than 5 on the same day. Here is another Maganin sarrafa kansa na WordPress.
- Koyi komai game da SEO (search engine optimization) that you can, this is a huge topic, you will never fully learn it, but the more you know the more successful blog will be.
- Ci gaba da kyau, your blog will unlikely blossom overnight, it takes months of hard work, but in the end dedication and good content pays off.
Good luck and start blogging!