There are two ways to use the Wordpress platform for a blog. Both versions are free, but there is one big difference. In one version, Wordpress installs the blog on your computer and hosts it for you. The other way to do it is to use CPanel to host your own Wordpress blog. Serious blogger usually use the latter method. Here is how to use CPanel to host your own Wordpress blog.
First let's get the basics cleared. CPanel is a popular hosting panel. You can use this to host a Wordpress blog, but in order to do this you already need to have a domain name and a hosting account. While installing and hosting Wordpress is free, the hosting account and domain name usually aren't.
To install Wordpress using CPanel, you need to use Fantastico. To do this, first go to the CPanel home page. Here there is a small home icon on the top left that takes you there. On the homepage, scroll down until you get to the software and services group of icons. The Fantastico icon is a blue smiley face. Open Fantastico and in the left hand column click on Wordpress in the blogs section.
This opens up a form, which enables you to install a Wordpress blog on your domain name. The first section in the form is about the domain name. If you want your domain name to go directly to your Wordpress blog, you can leave the add-on domain name field blank. If not, you can enter the sub domain name in the first field. Next comes the directory field.
If you want Wordpress to be installed in the root directory, this field should be left blank. If you would like to install it in a new sub-directory, this can be created by entering a name here. The installer creates a new directory, so this should not be an existing directory.
The next fields are about administrative access to the blog. This is where you enter the admin name, as well as the password. It is important to choose a secure password as this allows you to enter the blog's administration area. You can change the username later on if you want to.
The section following this is about base configuration. This includes an author nickname - this is usually the name that appears on blog posts as the author, and can be changed later on if need be. You also need to enter your email address here. This is the address to which any administrative emails are sent and like the nickname, can be changed later on.
Once the form is filled press install Wordpress, and voila, it's all done! Any customisation to themes can be made from the appearance panel. You can also manage installed themes and add new themes from the same panel. Using Fantastico on CPanel is the easiest way to host a professional Wordpress blog.
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