The document provides step-by-step instructions for creating a free WordPress blog. It explains that WordPress is an easy to use content management system for blogging and websites. The steps include choosing a category and theme, entering login credentials, writing and publishing a sample blog post, and previewing the post. The overall process is described as easy.

1. HOW TO CREATE YOUR
FREE WORDPRESS
BLOG
Step by Step Tutorial

2. Got a lot of ideas in
mind?

3. You’re here
because you want
to create a blog,
right?

4. GREAT!

5. I can teach you how
to easily create one

6. Using

7. What is
Wordpress?

8. Wordpress is an
online,

9. open source
website creation
tool

10. written in PHP.

11. But in non-geek
speak,

12. it’s probably the
easiest and most
powerful

13. blogging
and

14. website content
management
system (or CMS)

15. in existence today.
- ithemes.com

16. Now we’ll see how
easy it is to use.

17. Let’s begin!

18. Open a browser

19. For this demo,
we will use

20. Go to wordpress.com

21. Click Create Website

22. Choose your category

23. For this demo, I'll pick
Writing and Books

24. Pick your sub-category

25. Choose your
homepage format

26. For this
demo, I’ll
pick this
format

27. Choose your theme

28. I’ll pick this

29. Enter your wordpress.com
domain

30. Select the free one

31. Click Select Free

32. Enter your
e-mail
address

33. Create a
username

34. Choose a
password

35. Click
Create
my
Account

36. Be patient...

37. Click Continue

38. Congratulations
!

39. You’ve successfully
created your free
Wordpress blog!

40. ACTIVATING YOUR E-MAIL

41. Go to your e-mail inbox and open
this message

42. Click
Confirm Now

43. You have
successfully
confirmed your e-
mail address.

44. LET’S TEST IF WE COULD LOG IN

45. Of course, we
need to log out
first.

46. Click the profile
icon

47. Click Sign Out

48. On your address bar,
Type wordpress.com

49. Click Log in

50. Enter your
username

51. Enter your
password

52. Click
Log In

53. You’re logged in!

54. CREATING A BLOG POST

55. Click My Site

56. On Blog Posts, click Add

57. Type the title of your
blog post

58. Type (or paste)
your contents
here

59. Use these
tools to
format your
text

60. To
categorize
your post,
click
Categories &
Tags

61. Click
ADD A NEW
CATEGORY

62. Type a new
category

63. Click Add

64. All categories are
checked by
default

65. Uncheck the
ones that
don’t apply

66. To add tags,
click the box
under TAGS

67. Remember: Tags are
more specific than
categories.

68. Type the tags.

69. Press Enter to
add a new one.

70. To add an
image, click
Featured
Image

71. Click Set
Featured
Image

72. You can
click either
Add New...

73. or
Upload Media

74. For this demo,
I’ll choose
Upload Media

75. click
Upload Media

76. Choose
the
image

77. Click Set
Featured
Image

78. It will look
like this

79. To set sharing
options, click
Sharing

80. Check this to
show sharing
buttons

81. And/or this to
show like
buttons

82. I want to check
both

83. To see how it
looks like, click
Reader

84. or Preview

85. Click this icon
for computer
view

86. This one
is for
tablet
view

87. And this one
is for
cellphone
view

88. If everything
looks OK,
click Publish

89. Or this
calendar icon
to schedule it
in the future

90. You’ll get
this
confirmation
message

91. To see
the
actual
post,

92. Click
View
Post

93. This is now the
live post.

94. Scroll up and down
to see the whole
page

95. That’s it!
Easy, right?

96. Congratulations!

97. You can now start
blogging.

98. Is there a tool you’d
like me to make a
tutorial for?

99. Write a comment
below!

100. Or contact me at:
edzmenady@gmail.com
@edzmenady

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