Hi all of the bloggers ,blogmasters ,moderators here, Firstly ,i'm new here and i wish to blog about online resources and my intention is to earn money through the advertisement like ,Adsense ,Infolink ,Adbrite and etc.I'm lost in nowhere since i bought the yahoo for business domain for $1.99 and i wish to build a wordpress blog ,so i'm here to ask the professional to enlighten me and guide me thoroughly .Here is the couple questions that i have no idea even though i've googling around 1,Do i need a web hosting ?What web hosting is the most cheapest and reliable ?recommend for me 2,how to make my domain on wordpress blog ?Do i need to pay any fees else ? 3,What tools that i need to maintain my blog ? Thanks in advance with sincere heart ! Moderator in charged ,if my thread isn't in the right place ,please feel free to move it to the right place without deleting it,thanks !
1. Yes, when you buy a domain name you need to buy hosting. I use SultanHost.com, which is roughly $100 a year. Their up time is over 99.9% and they are fast! 2. When you sign up for hosting it will give you two DNS (domain name server) listings. You will have to log into your domain name and apply them in the settings. Note, this can take up to 48 hours to propagate (tie the domain to the hosting). When that is complete go to WordPress.org and download it. Once unzipped, you will have to upload all of the files to the server. You then have to create a database and install it. 3. Plugins are the greatest things in the world. There are a slew of them including SEO, spam control, Google Sitemaps, etc.