How to Setup Your
Own Blog
Bob Kepford
StateCenter.com
State Center Consortium
Clovis, California

What is a Blog
A blog (a contraction of the term weblog) is a website,
usually maintained by an individual with regular entries
of commentary, descriptions of events, or other
material such as graphics or video. Entries are
commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order.
\"Blog\" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain
or add content to a blog.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

Blogging is NOT for
Everyone

More Than a Blog

Content
Management
System

CMS
A content management system (CMS) is a computer
application used to create, edit, manage, search and
publish various kinds of digital media and electronic
text.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_Management_System

Themes / Skins

Plugins

Demo Here
• Create a WordPress.com account
• Name your blog/web site
• Choose your theme
• Make your first post

Now What?
Promote Your Blog

Social Networking
Flickr
Vimeo
Youtube
Twitter
Facebook

Domain Names
The main purpose of a domain name is to provide
symbolic representations, i.e., recognizable names, to
mostly numerically addressed Internet resources.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name

Web Hosting
A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting
service that allows individuals and organizations to
provide their own website accessible via the World
Wide Web.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Hosting

Other Options
Blogger blogger.com
Tumblr tumblr.com
Drupal Drupal.org
Typepad typepad.com
Edublogs edublogs.org
Twitter - Twitter.com

Questions?
There are NO dumb questions here.
Email: bob.kepford@statecenter.com
My Personal Blog: bobkepford.com/blog