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.
- nemitambo – 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.
Dzidza nezvei mhando dzemawebsite iwe unogona kugadzira neWebhu uye uzive kuti iwe unokwanisa sei protect the blog kana chaitika.
Pane nzira mbiri dzaunogona kutenga madomeni nekutambira:
- Iwe unotenga masheti uye unotora kubva kune imwecheteyo webhuji
- Kana iwe unotenga ese maviri zvakasiyana
If you ask me, I would recommend going for Option 2 (buying separately) for two reasons:
- Iwe unowana zvibvumirano zviri nani kana iwe uchinge watenga masheti uye nekutambira zvakasiyana.
- Iwe unoderedza njodzi nekutenga kubva kumakambani akasiyana.
Ndinokurudzira Namecheap kwekutora nzvimbo dzako uye Bluehost zvekutapa webhu.
Namecheap, sezita zvarinoreva rinotengesa mazita emuzinda pamutengo wakanaka, hapana chikonzero chekutenga dura rako uye kutambira kubva kune mumwe muupi wekutengesa saka ini ndatenga shop kutenderedza.
BlueHost - Ndiri kushandisa Bluehost kweanoda kusvika makore masere ikozvino mamwe emasaiti angu uye awana kuti ave akatendeka.
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.
Ungatanga Sei BlogNhanho 1. Nyoresa yako Domain
CHERECHEDZA: Kana iwe uchitova neyako domain, unogona kuruka izvi uye zvakananga uende
Maitiro Ekuseta Kubata Kwe WordPress chikamu.
Kutanga zvinhu kutanga, inguva yekutenga iyo dura. Iwe uchazoda kufunga nezvekuti ndeyipi domain yaunoda uye nezvavanotaura pamusoro peiyo WordPress blog yako.
Nditende, kusarudza iro rezita rekutonga izita rakaoma mazuva ano sezvo vese "vakanaka vatoenda".
Ungada kutarisa izvi 7 Domain Zita Matipi to get the right name for your site or you can use these tools to gadzira zita rezita rekutaurisa.
Once you have listed some of the domain name options, it’s time to check their availability.
Uye izvo, tevera matanho pazasi:
Step 1. Enda ku www.Namecheap.com uye nyora domain raunoda mubhokisi rekutsvaga domain.
Step 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!
Step 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.
Step 4. Simbisa yako kuraira, ini ndinokurudzira kukurudzira iyo domain ku Auto-Risa.
Step 5. Izvo zvino zvichakukumbira iwe kuti ugadzire account, zadza zvese zvinyorwa uye ita chokwadi kuti iwe unorangarira password!
Step 6. Pane peji rinotevera, rinobvunza iwe kuti uzadze yako account account yekuzivisa ruzivo. Kana usati wasarudza kuvanzika kwesecret, saka ruzivo urwu rwuri pachena kune chero munhu kuti uone. Dzvanya 'Enderera'
Step 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.
Nhanho 2. Set Up Hosting Ye WordPress
Kusarudza right web hosting company is a very important factor in starting a blog.
Musika uyu unozadzwa nemazana emakambani anogamuchira webhu uye vanoshandisa mazano ese kuti uwane bhizinesi rako.
I have listed & answered few questions that most first-time site owners have about hosting.
Unogona kuvaona pano.
Ikozvino, kuti iwe wagadzirira, ngatigone kusvika kune yedu yekutambira.
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.
Step 1. Enda ku www.Bluehost.com uye tinya pakanzi Bhatani Bhatani.
Step 2. Sarudza chirongwa chaunoda kutenga. Yezve demo iri, tichaenda ne Basic yavo Urongwa.
Step 3. On this page, depending on whether you have a domain or want to get a new one, you can make your selection.
Step 4. Once you have the domain, it’s time to enter your contact details.
Step 5. Zvino sarudza chirongwa chaunoda kuenda nacho. Iyo yakareba iyo nguva iwe yaunosarudza, iyo yakawanda mutengo iwe yaunowana.
Step 6. Pinda yako kiredhiti kiredhiti nhoroondo uye ita kubhadhara.
Step 7. Kana izvozvo zvangoitwa, gadzira password yako pachiratidziri ichi (usakanganwa kuti chengetedza password yako kumwe kunhu kwemberi kuti uwane
Step 8. Now that you have created the password, it’s time to login!
Nhanho 3. Unganidza yako Domain kune Hosting
Saka, kana iwe uchinge watenga yako WordPress inoitisa kubva Bluehost iwe uchafanira kuseta yako Namecheap domain kunongedzera kune ino hosting.
Step 1. Login to your BlueHost account
Step 2. Dzvanya pane zvemasizinda
Step 3. Click on the ‘Nameservers’ tab
Here are the default Nameservers of Bluehost:
NS1.Bluehost.com
NS2.Bluehost.com
Step 5. Go to Namecheap and Login.
Step 6. Once you logged in go Domain List ==> Domains ==> Select Domain ==> Select Manage ==> Under NameServers, select Custom and place your Bluehost's nameservers ipapo
Step 7. Dzvanya Chengetedza shanduko.
Zvinogona kutora kusvika maawa makumi maviri nemana kuti shanduko iyi ipedziswe saka usazvidya moyo kana zvikasashande ipapo.
Nhanho 4. Isa WordPress
Next, we need to install WordPress on the Bluehost nemitambo.
BTW, WordPress is a blogging platform for writing blog posts.
Tinotenda Bluehost ine otomatiki yekuisa saka ini ndinokuratidza iwe.
Step 1. Kupinda ku Bluehost
Step 2. Muchikamu chewebsite tinya pane 'Isa WordPress'
Step 3. Sarudza iyo domain yaunoda kushandisa iyi inoiswa WordPress, iwe ungangove uine chete domain. Siya dhairekitori munda.
Step 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.
Step 5. Iwe unogona kuchengeta iyo yekufambira mberi kwekuisa kumusoro kwepage, asi kazhinji kuisirwa kunotora maminetsi mashanu.
Sezvauri kuona zvakananga kuti WordPress yakaiswa.
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. Enda kune http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin uye unopinda zita rako rekushandisa uye password.
2. Iwe unofanirwa ikozvino kugona kuona iyo admin dashboard.
Kamwe patakapinda mukati zvinobatsira kuti uwane zvishoma zvinhu zvakarongedzwa tisati tafamba pazvinyorwa, mapulagi uye nekuwedzera zvirimo.
Gadzirisa Musoro uye Seti Front peji
Pane zvinhu zvishoma zvandiri kugara ndichida kuisa mushure mekuisa 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.
Ndiro chete ratinofanira kunyatsogadzirira izvozvi. Tinogona kuenda kune zvinonyanya kufadza zvinhu!
Ndinogadzira sei mapeji matsva uye matsamba?
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.
Maitiro Ekuwedzera Mapeji / Mahwindo kuMenyu
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.
Themes & Design
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.
Nzira yekuwana sei yakakwana WordPress theme
Kana iwe usingakwanise kuwana zvawaitsvaga pano, unogona kuenda kune dzimwe sarudzo pano:
Themeforest – One of the oldest and the largest marketplace for WordPress theme. You get tons of high-quality themes at reasonable prices.
creativemarket – 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.
GretaThemes – 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:
Step 1. Kana wapinda mune admin dhibhodhi sarudza 'Kuonekwa' uyezve dingindira kubva kuruboshwe kuruboshwe menyu.
Step 2. Dzvanya bhatani re 'Wedzera Nyowani'
Step 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.
Step 4. Kanda Isa
Step 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.
Isa Plugins
Chii chinonzi 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.
Semuenzaniso, kana iwe uri kushandisa yako WordPress saiti kutengesa zvigadzirwa pamhepo zvinogona kubatsira kuwedzera foramu yekutsigirwa.
Chero iwe paunoda kuwedzera mashandiro kune ino saiti yeWordPress, tarisa kune plugins usati watarisa pakugadzira chimwe chinhu iwe pachako / kubhadhara mugadziri kuti akuitire iwe.
Kuisa plugins kuri nyore, iyo yakaoma chikamu chiri kusarudza kuti plugins ipi yaunoda kuisa. Kune zviuru zvema plugins anowanikwa mahara, kune zvakare akawanda ma premium plugins anowanikwa.
Where I can find more WordPress Plugins?
Izvo zviviri zvakanakisa zviwanikwa pane internet zve WordPress plugins nde:
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.
Uye kune zvishoma zvakanakira zvekuenda kune yakabhadharwa plugins kubva 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 uye vachakugadzirira iwe. Chii zvakare, iwe unogona kuwedzera waranti yetsigiro kwemwedzi gumi nemaviri nekubhadhara yakadoma mari.
- Iwo ma plugins ari emhando yepamusoro, akanyatsoongororwa na 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.
Kana iwe uchinge wafunga pane plugin heino maitiro aunoriisa.
Maitiro Ekuisa WordPress plugin
Step 1. From the Admin Dashboard select Plugins -> Add New
Step 2. Tsvaga plugin yaunoda, kana kuiisa kana uine mafaera
Step 3. Dzvanya Dzvanya, uye uape iyo maminitsi mashoma yekuisa, yakakura iyo plugin iyo yakareba iyo yainotora kutora.
Step 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:
Mahara mapulagi:
- 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 (Mahara) -Kana iwe uchiri kufunga nezve kubvumira mhinduro pane yako WordPress blog iwe unoda iyo Askimet yekutsanangura spam plugin. Iyi plugin yakanyanya kuderedza huwandu hwe spam maoni iwe uchawana.
- Yoast SEO (Yemahara) – Download this plugin before you download any. It’s a MUST HAVE plugin for SEO.
Paid plugins:
- Visual Composer (Yakabhadharwa) – It’s THE BEST Page Builder for WordPress. Just drag and drop and you can create stunning page layouts in minutes. Love it!
- Ninja Popups (Paid) – 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 dzive nemabheka. And this plugin does just that. It’s a lifesaver!
Maitiro ekuita Mari kubva Blog rako
Now that you have your WordPress blog nicely set up, with some content, a slick WordPress theme, 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
Kubatana:
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%.
Kune mazana emakambani ekubatana ekushambadzira zvirongwa kunze uko, iwe unofanirwa kutsvaga izvi zvichienderera mberi nezve niche yako, iwe ungashamisika kuti makambani mangani ane zvirongwa. 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.
Izvi zvinokonzerwa nemhando yevashambadzi vari kuda kuti kushambadzira kwavo kuiswe, mune imwecheteyo 'yakakurumbira' yako blog zvakanyanya iwe paunomira kuti uwane.
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.
Kubatanidzwa kwakanaka kwemaitiro ese ari maviri kunowanzo kurudzirwa.
Zvitsva Zvitsva
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:
- Ronga wenguva dzose zvemukati, 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 WordPress otomatiki mhinduro.
- Dzidza zvese nezve 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.
- Ramba uine mafungiro akanaka, 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!
