So I want to make a Blog. Yes, I know it seems everyone wants to make a blog these days, but I really do have a lot of time to burn and I might as well give it a go. I'm not in it for monetisation; I just want to keep myself writing about topics that interest me.
I have a few areas of interest - pc gaming, books, movies, television and anime - which I think might be a bit too much for a single Blog. Do you think it would be too difficult to keep people interested in a Blog that covers this many topics? Should I condense it to just PC Gaming etc? At the moment, the most difficult hurdle I have is coming up with a Blog name that is relevant to all those topics. If I was to simplify the topic list it would definitely be easier, but I feel like I would be sacrificing a lot of what I want to write about.
Wordpress looks like a good place to start, but I can't seem to find any concrete information pertaining to using your own domain name and hosting services. I understand how to edit/update and post new content to your Wordpress Blog when using their self-contained service, but how do you go about doing all of this if you were to purchase a specific domain/hosting service?
Will I need a program like Dreamweaver, or some other form of Website Development software? Forgive me for sounding like a complete newbie, but I've wasted most of my life playing video-games, reading books and watching movies, rather than doing anything useful like actually learning to use my computer!
Are there any step by step tutorials that specifically details how to create your own basic theme - nothing special, just plug-in your choice of images and graphics - and upload it to a hosting service, and how to add content to it over a period of time?
Has anyone here managed, or is currently managing, their own Blog? Do you have any tips? I already have a lot of Documents saved from when I used to post things around the web, on different forums; I have content ready to upload in one place, I just need a blog and somewhere to do it. I would just rather not use the ".wordpress.com" domain.
I have a few areas of interest - pc gaming, books, movies, television and anime - which I think might be a bit too much for a single Blog. Do you think it would be too difficult to keep people interested in a Blog that covers this many topics? Should I condense it to just PC Gaming etc? At the moment, the most difficult hurdle I have is coming up with a Blog name that is relevant to all those topics. If I was to simplify the topic list it would definitely be easier, but I feel like I would be sacrificing a lot of what I want to write about.
Wordpress looks like a good place to start, but I can't seem to find any concrete information pertaining to using your own domain name and hosting services. I understand how to edit/update and post new content to your Wordpress Blog when using their self-contained service, but how do you go about doing all of this if you were to purchase a specific domain/hosting service?
Will I need a program like Dreamweaver, or some other form of Website Development software? Forgive me for sounding like a complete newbie, but I've wasted most of my life playing video-games, reading books and watching movies, rather than doing anything useful like actually learning to use my computer!
Are there any step by step tutorials that specifically details how to create your own basic theme - nothing special, just plug-in your choice of images and graphics - and upload it to a hosting service, and how to add content to it over a period of time?
Has anyone here managed, or is currently managing, their own Blog? Do you have any tips? I already have a lot of Documents saved from when I used to post things around the web, on different forums; I have content ready to upload in one place, I just need a blog and somewhere to do it. I would just rather not use the ".wordpress.com" domain.
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