Creating Online Information

Guide for students to create a blog with WordPress

Step 1. Decide what your blog will focus on

The first step is decide WHAT your blog will focus on: travel, vegetarian,

romance, marketing, political, religion, fashion, photography…something

you are passionate with!

Step 2. Decide a blogging platform

A platform is where you blog will be recorded, so every time you need to

change or add something you’ll have to connect to this platform by Internet.

The platform you will use to do your blog is WordPress

Step 3.1 Let’s register the blog

You need to sign up to WordPress to start developing your blog

Step 3.2 Let’s register the blog

Choose the category your blog will be about

Step 3.3 Let’s register the blog

Choose the home page for you blog

Step 3.4 Let’s register the blog

Choose the theme

Step 3.5 Let’s register the blog

Choose a custom domain

Step 3.6 Let’s register the blog

Choose the free plan for your domain

Step 3.7 Let’s register the blog

Create an account with a user and a password

Step 4.1 Time to set up your blog!

Update the title and the tagline, and add a logo

Step 4.2 Time to set up your blog!

Add a header

Simulate what your site looks

like (desktop, tablet,

smartphone)

Step 4.3 Time to set up your blog!

Add a background Save & Publish the blog

Step 4.4 Time to set up your blog!

Add a widget

Step 4.5 Time to set up your blog!

Add a widget – a little help to take a decision on where include your widget

Step 5. Include an article

Time to work in our first post

• Write a title and the content of the post

• Be carefully with the grammar

• Express your opinions, thoughts, feelings with respect.

• Before publish your post, preview it to correct it in

case of mistakes

• Write well and it’s sure your visitants will visit your blog

again and again !